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P. Karunakaran

PEP · Politician

P. Karunakaran is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Karunakaran, Shri P. · P. Karunakaran · पी॰ करुणाकरण · পি করুণাকরণ				[sources]
Alias	P. Karunakaran · पी॰ करुणाकरण · પી૰ કરુણાકરણ · ପି. କରୁଣାକରନ୍ · பி. கருணாகரன் · 2 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1945-04-20				[sources]
Place of birth	Kasaragod · Kiliyalam, Distt. Kasargod (Kerala)				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	India				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom · India				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	karunakaran.p@sansad.nic.in				[sources]
First name	P.				[sources]
Last name	Karunakaran				[sources]
Political association	Communist Party of India (Marxist)				[sources]
Title	Shri				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7117388				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Lok Sabha (member, 2014-) · Member of the 15th Lok Sabha · Member of the 16th Lok Sabha				[sources]
Education	M.A. Educated at M.A. College, Kothamangalam, Ernakulam, Kerala				[sources]
Status	Former				[sources]
Address	Amaravathi House, P.O. Nileswaram, · No.422, V.P. House, Rafi Marg,				[sources]
Last change	2026-05-14	Last processed	2026-05-19	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Started political work with student movement; worked in youth, trade union front; particiapted in many struggles; injured right hand in 1974 during police lathi charge; was on MISA warrant and went underground for 17 months and 43 days during Emergency; General Manager, ``Deshabhiman`` a Malayalam Daily participated in the demonstation at the Collectorate on 17 March, 2003; seriously injured due to police atrocities

— India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members, 2025-10-13

Indian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Smt. P. Chirutha Close Associate	mother	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Lok Sabha	2004-06-02	2009-02-26

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,464

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons291,481

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories358,377

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members8,802

Current and historical members of the two houses of the Indian Parliament

India · Parliament of India

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Wikidata344,689

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,615

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: in-sansad-ls-4178 · evpo-a333d85b-13a5-46bd-8174-54990b3102fe

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