Preceded by K Sivadasan Nair Spouse George Joseph Constituency Aranmula | Children Yes | |
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Political party Communist Party of India (Marxist) Occupation News Anchor,Editor, Television host, Politician Religion Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Party Communist Party of India (Marxist) Similar M V Nikesh Kumar, Prathiba Hari, Veena Nair | ||
Veena George is an Indian politician of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and represents Aranmula constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. Prior to joining politics, she has worked with major Malayalam news channels for over 16 years. She is also the first female executive editor among Malayalam news channels.
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Education
Veena George has a Post Graduate degree in Physics from Kerala University.
Personal life
Veena George is married to Dr. George Joseph who is the Association Secretary of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Career
Veena George began her career at Kairali TV as a journalist trainee.She left Kairali TV and joined Manorama News as a news anchor. At Manorama News she was also in charge of programmes named Pularvela and Ee lokham etc.Later she was associated with Malayalam news channels Indiavision and TV New. At Indiavision she was the chief news editor.She joined TV New in February 2015 as the Executive Editor.
Veena George has been nominated as the candidate for Aranmula assembly constituency by CPM state secretariat for Kerala Assembly Elections, 2016.
She was elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly from Aranmula assembly constituency in Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 2016 by defeating congress veteran K Sivadasan Nair of Indian National Congress by a margin of 7646 votes.