A Vision for Equitable Land Management and People-Centred Development
A.P. Anil Kumar was born on 15 March 1965 in Malappuram. He is the son of A.P. Balan and K.C. Devaki. He represents the Wandoor Legislative Assembly Constituency. He completed his Pre-Degree education and is proficient in Malayalam and English. His wife is Praseeja P., and they have two sons, Arjun and Amal. Reading and travelling are his major interests, while football is his favourite recreational activity.
Political and Public Life
A.P. Anil Kumar entered public life through student politics. He served as the KSU Unit President in 1976 and as Taluk President in 1982. In 1984, he was elected as the Malappuram District Secretary of KSU and Chairman of the PTM College Union. In 1986, he became the District Vice President of the Youth Congress and later served as the State General Secretary of the Youth Congress.
He was first elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly from the Wandoor Constituency in 2001. From 2004 to 2006, he served as a Minister in the Oommen Chandy Ministry, handling the portfolios of Scheduled Caste Development, Scheduled Tribe Development, Backward Classes Welfare, Youth Welfare, Culture, Museums, Zoos and Archaeology. He represented the Wandoor Constituency in the Twelfth Kerala Legislative Assembly (2006–2011). Subsequently, he was re-elected to the Thirteenth Kerala Legislative Assembly and served as Minister for Scheduled Caste Development, Backward Classes Welfare and Tourism in the Oommen Chandy Ministry.
He continued to represent Wandoor in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Kerala Legislative Assemblies. In the Sixteenth Kerala Legislative Assembly, he was elected from Wandoor with a majority of 47,939 votes and currently serves as the Minister for Revenue in the Government of Kerala. He is presently the Secretary of the Congress Parliamentary Party and the Working President of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC).