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Nationality. India. Political party. Bharatiya Janata Party. Spouse. Reshma Arif. Arif Mohammad Khan (born 18 November 1951) is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). [1][2] He is currently the Governor of Kerala. [3] He is a former Union Minister. He has held several portfolios ranging from energy to civil aviation.
The elected council of ministers is headed by the chief minister of Kerala, who thus holds de facto executive authority in the state. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to act upon their own discretion, such as the ability to appoint or dismiss a ministry, recommend President's rule, or reserve bills for the president's assent ...
Several governors, lieutenant governors and administrators pose with the President of India at the ‘2024 Governors Conference’, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi in August 2024. In the Republic of India, according to the Article 154 of Constitution of India, a governor is the constitutional head of each of the twenty-eight states.
Pinarayi Vijayan (Malayalam: [piɳɐraːji ʋid͡ʒɐjɐn]; born 24 May 1945) is an Indian politician who serves as the chief minister of Kerala since 25 May 2016. [3][4][5] A member of the politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M)), he is the longest-serving secretary of the Kerala State Committee of the CPI (M) (1998–2015).
14. Kerala Council of Ministers, are elected legislative members, who are appointed as ministers by the Keralam State Governor to form the executive branch of the Government of Keralam. They hold various portfolios as decided by the Chief Minister of Keralam. The Keralam Council of Ministers is headed by the Chief Minister and oversees the work ...
Malayalam is the official language of Kerala and one of the six Classical languages of India. [411] There is a significant Tamil population throughout Kerala mainly in Idukki district and Palakkad district which accounts for 17.48% and 4.8% of each district's total population. [412]
Kochi (/ ˈkoʊtʃi /; Malayalam: [koˈtːʃi] ⓘ), also known by its former name Cochin (/ ˈkoʊtʃɪn / KOH-chin), [9] is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of Kerala. The city is also commonly referred to as Ernakulam.
Sheila Dikshit (pronounced [ˈʃiːlaː ˈdiːkʂɪt] ⓘ) (née Kapoor; 31 March 1938 – 20 July 2019) [ 3 ] was an Indian politician. The longest-serving chief minister of Delhi, as well as the longest-serving female chief minister of any Indian state, she served for a period of 15 years beginning in 1998.