Spouse S.R Vinodini Role Political leader | Name Kodiyeri Balakrishnan | |
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Political party Communist Party of India (Marxist) Party Communist Party of India (Marxist) Children Bineesh Kodiyeri, Binish Kodiyeri Education University College Thiruvananthapuram, Mahatma Gandhi College Similar People Pinarayi Vijayan, V S Achuthanandan, Oommen Chandy, Bineesh Kodiyeri, K M Mani Profiles | ||
Cpi m state secretary kodiyeri balakrishnan sharing times with family
Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Nair is a prominent political leader from Kerala, India. He has been Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kerala State Committee since 2015, the highest office within the party at the state level.
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- Cpi m state secretary kodiyeri balakrishnan sharing times with family
- Election 2019 Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Support PJ Joseph
- Political life
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During the 2001–2006 United Democratic Front (UDF) government in Kerala, he was the deputy opposition leader of the Left Democratic Front (LDF). During the 2006–2011 LDF government in Kerala, he was the Minister of Home Affairs and Tourism, and since 2011 he has again held the position of deputy opposition leader. He is also a politburo member of the CPI-M..
Election 2019 |Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Support PJ Joseph
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 (India) Kodiyeri Balakrishnan was imprisoned under MISA for 16 months.
From 1980 to 1982, he was the Kannur District President of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI). At present, he is a CPI (M) Polit Bureau Member and CPI (M) Parliamentary Party Deputy Leader. He was elected as an MLA to Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1982, 1987 and 2001 from Kannur. In 2006 & 2011 he was elected from Thalassery. On 23 February 2015, he was elected as the Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kerala State Committee.
Personal life
He was born in Kodiyeri (Kannur, Kerala) on 16 November 1953. He studied in Kodiyeri Junior Basic School & Onion High School. He became active in politics while studying Pre-Degree at Mahatma Gandhi College, Mahe. He was active in Trivandrum University College during his college degree days. He is married and has two children, Bineesh and Binoy.