| T. M. Jacob | |
| Birth Date: | 1950 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Oliyappuram, Muvattupuzha Taluk, State oTravancore–Cochin (present day Ernakulam, Kerala), India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Office: | Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, Government of Kerala |
| Predecessor: | C. Divakaran |
| Successor: | Anoop Jacob |
| Party: | Kerala Congress (Jacob) |
| Spouse: | Annie Jacob (Daisy) |
| Children: | 2 (incl. Anoop Jacob) |
| Website: | https://web.archive.org/web/20111201063215/http://www.tmjacob.in/ |
Thanikunnel Mathew Jacob (16 September 1950 – 30 October 2011) was an Indian politician and the leader of the Kerala Congress (Jacob). Jacob was the Food & Civil Supplies Minister[1] in the UDF government, which was elected into power in Kerala in 2011.[2]
T. M. Jacob was first elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly as an MLA from Piravom constituency in Ernakulam district in 1977, and remained a member for a period of over thirty years, representing Piravom and Kothamangalam constituencies.[3] Jacob has served as the Education Minister in the Government of Kerala under K. Karunakaran in the 1980s,[4] and as the Irrigation and Water Supply Minister in the UDF Government under A. K. Antony which was elected into power in 2001.[5] He first became a minister in the K. Karunakaran cabinet which held office from 1982 to 1987[6] and then subsequently from 1991 to 1995.[7]
His party Kerala Congress (Jacob) faced a split in 2020 after the sitting Chairman Johnny Nellore and his son Anoop Jacob failed to come into a political agreement.[8]
Jacob was born into the Thanikunnel family, on 16 September 1950, to T. S. Mathew and Annamma Mathew, as their second son.[9] [10] He was married to Daisy who works as AGM in Federal Bank, Trivandrum. The couple have a son Anoop Jacob and a daughter Ambili.[11] He was admitted to Lakeshore Hospital, Kochi on 17 October and died there on 30 October 2011, following liver failure.[12] He had also been under treatment for pulmonary hypertension.[13] He was interred at the Kakkoor St. Mary's Jacobite church, Piravom.[14] Anoop was elected from Piravom State Assembly Constituency following his father's death, and served as the minister of food & civil supplies in Oommen Chandy ministry. Ambili is working in Technopark Trivandrum.