Kodiyeri Balakrishnan

Kodiyeri Balakrishnan (born 16 November 1953) is an Indian politician hailing from Kerala. He was the Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kerala State Committee from 2015 to 2020, the highest office within the party at the state level.[1]

Kodiyeri Balakrishnan
Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kerala State Committee
In office
23 February 2015 (2015-02-23) – 13 November 2020 (2020-11-13)
Preceded byPinarayi Vijayan
Succeeded byA. Vijayaraghavan
Member of Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Assumed office
3 April 2008 (2008-04-03)
Minister of Home Affairs, Kerala
In office
18 May 2006 (2006-05-18) – 16 May 2011 (2011-05-16)
Preceded byOommen Chandy
Succeeded byOommen Chandy
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
2001 (2001) – 2016 (2016)
ConstituencyThalassery
In office
1982 (1982) – 1991 (1991)
ConstituencyThalassery
Personal details
Born (1953-11-16) 16 November 1953
Kodiyeri, Malabar district, Madras State (now in Thalassery, Kannur, Kerala), India
NationalityIndian
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
Children2
Alma mater

During the year 2001–2006 and from 2011–2016 in the United Democratic Front (UDF) government in Kerala, he was the deputy opposition leader of the Left Democratic Front (LDF). During the 2006–11 V. S. Achuthanandan Ministry, he was the Minister of Home Affairs and Tourism.[1]

Political life

He entered politics through the students wing of CPI(M) in 1970. He was Secretary of the Kerala State Committee of the Students' Federation of India (SFI) and its All India Joint Secretary between 1973 and 1979. During the time of the emergency, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan was imprisoned under MISA for 16 months.[2]

From 1980 to 1982, he was the Kannur District President of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI). At present, he is a CPI (M) Politburo member and CPI (M) Parliamentary Party Deputy Leader. He was elected as an MLA to Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1982, 1987, 2001, 2006 and 2011 from Thalassery.[1] On 23 February 2015, he was elected as the Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kerala State Committee for a period of 3 years.[3] He was re-elected for a Second term as a State Secretary in 2018. He was Minister of Home affairs of Kerala during the time of V S Achudanandan Ministry.[4][2]

Personal life

He was born in Kodiyeri, Thalassery to Kunjunni Kurup and Narayani Amma on 16 November 1953. He studied in Kodiyeri Junior Basic School and Oniyan High School. He became active in politics while studying at Mahatma Gandhi Government Arts College, Mahé and was active in University College, Thiruvananthapuram.[2]

In 1980, he married S. R. Vinodini, daughter of ex-MLA M. V. Rajagopalan Master[2] and has two children, Binoy Kodiyeri[5] and Bineesh Kodiyeri.[6]

References
  1. Staff Reporter (26 February 2018). "Kodiyeri re-elected CPI(M) State secretary". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. "KERALA LEGISLATURE - MEMBERS Shri. KODIYERI BALAKRISHNAN". Niyamasabha. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  3. "Kodiyeri Balakrishnan new CPI(M) state Secretary in Kerala". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  4. "Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Gets Second Term as Kerala CPI-M State Secretary". News18. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  5. "Kerala CPI-M secretary's son appears before police, agrees to DNA test". National Herald. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  6. Peter, Petlee (29 October 2020). "Bineesh Kodiyeri, son of Kerala CPI-M leader, held by ED in Bangalore". Times of India. Retrieved 2 November 2020.


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