Pinarayi Vijayan

Pinarayi Vijayan
Vijayan in 2023
12th Chief Minister of Kerala
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 May 2016
Governor	P. Sathasivam Arif Mohammad Khan
Preceded by	Oommen Chandy
Additional ministries Incumbent Assumed office 25 May 2016 Ministry and Departments General Administration All India Services Planning and Economic Affairs Science, Technology and Environment Pollution Control Scientific Institutes Personnel and Administrative Reforms Election Integration Information Technology Sainik Welfare Distress Relief State Hospitality Airports Metro Rail Inter - State River Waters - Kaveri, Nila and Periyar Tribunals Coastal Shipping and Inland Navigation Kerala State Inland Navigation Corporation Information and Public Relations Non- Resident Keralites’ Affairs Home Vigilance Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice Fire and Rescue Services Prisons Printing and Stationery Welfare of Minorities All important policy matters Subjects not mentioned elsewhere Preceded by Oommen Chandy
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 June 2016
Preceded by	K. K. Narayanan
Constituency	Dharmadom
In office 1996–2001
Preceded by	C. P. Narayanan
Succeeded by	P. K. Sreemathi
Constituency	Payyanur
In office 1991–1996
Preceded by	K. P. Mammoo Master
Succeeded by	K. K. Shailaja
Constituency	Kuthuparamba
In office 1970–1979
Preceded by	K. K. Abee
Succeeded by	N. V. Raghavan
Constituency	Kuthuparamba
Minister for Electricity, Kerala
In office 20 May 1996 – 19 October 1998
Chief Minister	E. K. Nayanar
Preceded by	G. Karthikeyan
Succeeded by	S. Sharma
Minister of Co-operatives, Kerala
In office 20 May 1996 – 19 October 1998
Chief Minister	E. K. Nayanar
Preceded by	M. V. Raghavan
Succeeded by	S. Sharma
Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 March 2002
Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Kerala State Committee
In office 25 September 1998 – 23 February 2015
Preceded by	Chadayan Govindan
Succeeded by	Kodiyeri Balakrishnan
Personal details
Born	(1945-05-24) 24 May 1945 (age 79) Pinarayi, Cannanore, Madras Presidency, British India (present day Kannur, Kerala, India)
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse	T. Kamala ​ (m. 1979)​ [1]
Children	2
Parent(s)	Maroli Koran Alakkatt Kalyani[2]
Relatives	P. A. Mohammed Riyas (son-in-law)
Residence(s)	Cliff House, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Alma mater	Government Brennen College, Thalassery (BA)[3]
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Pinarayi Vijayan (Malayalam: [piɳɐraːji ʋid͡ʒɐjɐn]; born 24 May 1945) is an Indian politician who is the current Chief Minister of Kerala, serving since 25 May 2016.^[4][5][6] A member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), he is the longest-serving secretary of the Kerala State Committee of the CPI(M) (1998–2015). He also served in the government of Kerala as Minister of Electric Power and Co-operatives from 1996 to 1998. Vijayan won a seat in the May 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election as the CPI(M) candidate for Dharmadom constituency^[7] and was selected as the leader of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and became the 12th Chief Minister of Kerala. He is the first chief minister from Kerala to be re-elected after completing a full term (five years) in office.^[8] In 2022, he also became the longest-continuous serving chief minister of Kerala surpassing C. Achutha Menon who had been the first to remain in office for 2364 consecutive days.^[9]