Sitaram Yechury

Sitaram Yechury
Yechury in 2024
General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Assumed office
19 April 2015
Preceded byPrakash Karat
Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Assumed office
10 January 1992
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
19 August 2005 – 18 August 2017
Preceded byAbani Roy
Succeeded byShanta Chhetri
ConstituencyWest Bengal
Personal details
Born (1952-08-12) 12 August 1952 (age 71)
Madras, Madras State, India
(present day Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
SpouseSeema Chishti
RelationsMohan Kanda (Maternal Uncle)
Alma materSt. Stephen's College, Delhi (BA), Jawaharlal Nehru University (MA)
WebsiteParty Official website

Sitaram Yechury (born 12 August 1952) is an Indian Marxist politician and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist),[1] and a member of the Politburo of the CPI(M) since 1992. Previously, he was a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from West Bengal from 2005 to 2017.

  1. ^ "Whatever Happened, Comrades?". The Telegraph, Calcutta. 30 April 2017. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.

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