{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1983)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Shafi Parambil | image = Shafi Parambil.JPG | caption = | office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | term_start = {{Start date|2024|06|04|df=yes}} | term_end = | predecessor = K. Muraleedharan | successor = | constituency = Vatakara | office1 = Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly | term_start1 = {{Start date|2011|06|01|df=yes}} | term_end1 = {{End date|2024|06|12|df=yes}} | constituency1 = Palakkad | predecessor1 = K. K. Divakaran | successor1 = Rahul Mamkootathil | office2 = Working President <br>Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee | term_start2 = {{Start date|2025|05|09|df=yes}} | term_end2 = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|02|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = Karakkad, Pattambi, Palakkad, India | spouse = Asheela Ali | children = 2 | parents = {{Unbulleted_list|Shanavas Parambil|Maimoona Shanavas}} | death_date = | death_place = | party = Indian National Congress }} '''Shafi Parambil''' (born 12 February 1983) is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress and a member of the 18th Lok Sabha representing the constituency of Vatakara. He had previously served as a Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly representing Palakkad constituency from 2011 to 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of MLAs of Kerala Legislative Assembly |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/mlas-list.html |access-date=2019-06-01 |website=www.elections.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Members - Kerala Legislature |url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/mem/shafi_parambil.htm |accessdate=11 March 2018 |archive-date=21 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421034539/http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/mem/shafi_parambil.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> His AICC appointment is one of the working presidents of Kerala Pradesh congress committee.
==Political career==
Shafi Parambil started his political life as a member of the Kerala Students Union. While in college, he was the unit office bearer of KSU and the general secretary of the college union. Shafi Parambil became the State General Secretary in 2007 and State President in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Shafi Parambil | url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/14kla/Members-Eng/114%20Shafi%20Parambil.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820223401/http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/14kla/Members-Eng/114%20Shafi%20Parambil.pdf | archive-date=20 August 2018 | access-date=1 June 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref>
He was elected thrice to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 2011, 2016 and 2021. In 2017, Shafi Parambil became the general secretary of Indian Youth Congress,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/youth-congress-gets-six-general-secretaries-118022500008_1.html|title=Youth Congress gets six General Secretaries|date=2018-02-25|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-06-01}}</ref> he resigned a year later.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://malayalam.samayam.com/latest-news/kerala-news/shafi-parambil-on-youth-congress-general-secretary-controversy/articleshow/65104544.cms|title=യൂത്ത് കോൺഗ്രസ് ദേശീയപദവി രാജി വെച്ചതെന്ന് ഷാഫി പറമ്പിൽ|date=2018-07-23|website=Malayalam|language=ml|access-date=2019-06-01}}</ref> In the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election he defeated E. Sreedharan by a margin of 3480 votes in a contest which drew significant attention.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/bjp-s-e-sreedharan-loses-shafi-parambil-retains-palakkad-photo-finish-148171|title=BJP's E Sreedharan loses, Shafi Parambil retains Palakkad in photofinish|website=The News Minute}}</ref> In 2024 Lok Sabha election, he contested from Vatakara and was elected with a margin of 1,14,516 votes.<ref>[https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS113.htm General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024]</ref>
==Personal life==
Shafi was born in Karakkad, Pattambi on 12 February 1983 to Shanavas Parambil and Maimoona Shanavas. He is an MBA graduate. He is married to Asheela and the couple have a daughter and a son.
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