Mundakkal Mathew Jacob, alias M. Jacob, was an Indian politician, working in Indian National Congress. He was appointed Governor of Meghalaya in 1995 and again in 2000 for a second term. Jacob joined Bharat Sevak Samaj in 1954, with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru as its president.
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Mundakkal Mathew Jacob, alias M. Jacob, was an Indian politician, working in Indian National Congress. He was appointed Governor of Meghalaya in 1995 and again in 2000 for a second term. He is longest serving governor of any Indian state. Jacob joined Bharat Sevak Samaj in 1954, with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru as its president and Gulzarilal Nanda, Union Minister, as Chairman. Jacob played a leading role in the Cooperative Movement. He served as President of Kerala State Cooperative Rubber Marketing Federation. He also served as Director Kottayam District Cooperative Bank, Pala Rubber Marketing Cooperative Society and Director of Chitralekha Film Cooperative Society, Trivandrum for over a decade.
He has presented many papers in national and international seminars in India and abroad. Jacob was elected as Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha in 1986, and later served as a Union Minister of State in the Ministries of Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources and Home Affairs at different periods. As a leader, he participated in the VI World Festival in Moscow and the International Conference of Work Camps organised by UNESCO.
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