# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/m-p-veerendra-kumar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:32:47.000Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/m-p-veerendra-kumar"
name: "M.P. Veerendra Kumar"
slug: "m-p-veerendra-kumar"
description: "Maniyankode Padmaprabha Veerendra Kumar was an Indian politician, writer and journalist, Former Union Minister of state for Finance in Devegowda Ministry and Union Minister of state for Labour and Employment, Parliamentary Affairs, Urban Development in Gujral Ministry. He was as a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha and Representing the state of Kerala and member of the 14th Lok Sabha. During the period of 1987 Virendra kumar elected member of Kerala Legislative Assembly from Kalpetta Constituency. He was a member of the Loktantrik Janata Dal political party and president of the Kerala state branch of the party. He was also the chairman and managing director of the Malayalam daily newspaper Mathrubhumi."
tagline: "Indian politician and writer (1937-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/M._P._Veerendra_Kumar_DS.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1937-08-15"
deathDate: "2020-05-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump