Chandy Oommen

Chandy Oommen (born 1 March 1986) is an Indian lawyer, lecturer, and politician. He is an advocate by profession, who practices law at the Supreme Court of India since 2016. He currently serves as the Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly representing Puthuppally Assembly constituency, since 2023, and as the Chairman of the National Outreach Cell of the Indian Youth Congress, since 2022.

In this Indian name, the name Oommen is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Chandy.

Chandy Oommen
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
11 September 2023 (2023-09-11)
Preceded byOommen Chandy
ConstituencyPuthuppally
Chairman of the National Outreach Cell, Indian Youth Congress
Assumed office
13 June 2022 (2022-06-13)
Preceded byShesh Narayan Ojha
Secretary (Kerala) of the Indian Youth Congress
In office
13 June 2011 (2011-06-13) – 21 March 2016 (2016-03-21)
Preceded byS. T. Aneesh
Succeeded byAbid Shahim
Personal details
Born (1986-03-01) 1 March 1986
Puthuppally, Kottayam district, Kerala, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Parents
  • Oommen Chandy
  • Mariamma Oommen
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • lecturer
  • politician

The son of politician and former Chief Minister of Kerala, Oommen Chandy, Chandy is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). His entry into electoral politics occurred in September 2023 when he contested in the Puthupally assembly byelection and won with an unprecedented margin of 37,719 votes, setting a new record for the constituency.

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