Anathalavattom Anandan

Anathalavattom Anandan
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
ConstituencyAttingal
In office
1987 (1987)–1991 (1991)
Preceded byVakkom Purushothaman
Succeeded byAdv. T. Sarath Chandra Prasad
In office
1996 (1996)–2001 (2001)
Preceded byAdv. T. Sarath Chandra Prasad
Succeeded byVakkom Purushothaman
In office
2006 (2006)–2011 (2011)
Preceded byVakkom Purushothaman
Succeeded byB. Satyan
Personal details
Born
Krishnan Anandan

(1937-04-22)22 April 1937
Anathalavattom, Travancore, British Raj (present day Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India)
Died5 October 2023(2023-10-05) (aged 86)
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
SpouseLaila Anandan
Parents
  • V. Krishnan
  • Nani Amma
OccupationPolitician
Committees
  • Coir Commission
  • Estimate Committee
  • Public Undertaking Committee
  • Committee on Environment
  • Public Accounts Committee

Anathalavattom Anandan (22 April 1937 – 5 October 2023) was an Indian politician, a trade unionist and a member of Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the President of the Kerala State Committee and national Vice President of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions and the State Secretariat Member of the CPI(M) Kerala State Committee. Anandan was also the President of Kerala Coir Workers Centre. He was elected thrice to the Kerala Legislative Assembly from Attingal constituency in 1987, 1996 and 2006. The Government of Kerala had appointed him as the Vice Chairman of Apex Body for Coir in August 2016.