Pinarayi Vijayan

In this Indian name, the toponymic surname is Pinarayi. It is not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Vijayan.

Pinarayi Vijayan
Vijayan in 2023
12th Chief Minister of Kerala
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 May 2016
Governor
Preceded byOommen Chandy
Additional ministries
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 May 2016
Ministry and Departments
  • General Administration
  • All India Services
  • Planning and Economic Affairs
  • Science, Technology and Environment
  • Pollution Control
  • Scientific Institutes
  • Personnel and Administrative Reforms
  • Election
  • Integration
  • Information Technology
  • Sainik Welfare
  • Distress Relief
  • State Hospitality
  • Airports
  • Metro Rail
  • Inter - State River Waters - Kaveri, Nila and Periyar Tribunals
  • Coastal Shipping and Inland Navigation
  • Kerala State Inland Navigation Corporation
  • Information and Public Relations
  • Non- Resident Keralites’ Affairs
  • Home
  • Vigilance
  • Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice
  • Fire and Rescue Services
  • Prisons
  • Printing and Stationery
  • Welfare of Minorities
  • All important policy matters
  • Subjects not mentioned elsewhere
Preceded byOommen Chandy
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 June 2016
Preceded byK. K. Narayanan
ConstituencyDharmadom
In office
1996–2001
Preceded byC. P. Narayanan
Succeeded byP. K. Sreemathi
ConstituencyPayyanur
In office
1991–1996
Preceded byK. P. Mammoo Master
Succeeded byK. K. Shailaja
ConstituencyKuthuparamba
In office
1970–1979
Preceded byK. K. Abee
Succeeded byN. V. Raghavan
ConstituencyKuthuparamba
Minister for Electricity, Kerala
In office
20 May 1996 – 19 October 1998
Chief MinisterE. K. Nayanar
Preceded byG. Karthikeyan
Succeeded byS. Sharma
Minister of Co-operatives, Kerala
In office
20 May 1996 – 19 October 1998
Chief MinisterE. K. Nayanar
Preceded byM. V. Raghavan
Succeeded byS. Sharma
Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 March 2002
Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Kerala State Committee
In office
25 September 1998 – 23 February 2015
Preceded byChadayan Govindan
Succeeded byKodiyeri Balakrishnan
Personal details
Born (1945-05-24) 24 May 1945 (age 79)
Pinarayi, Cannanore, Madras Presidency, British India
(present day Kannur, Kerala, India)
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse
T. Kamala
​
(m. 1979)​
[1]
Children2
RelativesP. A. Mohammed Riyas (son-in-law)
Residence(s)Cliff House, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Alma materGovernment Brennen College, Thalassery (BA)[2]
Signature
Websitepinarayivijayan.in

Pinarayi Vijayan (Malayalam: [piɳɐraːji ʋid͡ʒɐjɐn]; born 24 May 1945) is an Indian politician who serves as the Chief Minister of Kerala since 25 May 2016.[3][4][5] A member of the politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), he is the longest-serving secretary of the Kerala State Committee of the CPI(M) (1998–2015). He has also served as Minister of Electric Power and Co-operatives during the third E. K. Nayanar ministry. Vijayan won a seat in the May 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election and 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election as the CPI(M) candidate for Dharmadom constituency and was selected as the leader of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and became the 12th Chief Minister of Kerala.[6][7][8] He is the first chief minister from Kerala to be re-elected after completing a full term (five years) in office.[9] In 2022, he also became the longest-continuous serving chief minister of Kerala surpassing C. Achutha Menon who had been the first to remain in office for 2364 consecutive days.[10]

  1. ^ "Happy Anniversary മുഖ്യമന്ത്രി പിണറായി വിജയനും ഭാര്യ കമലയ്ക്കും വിവാഹ വാര്‍ഷിക ആശംസകളുമായി മുഹമ്മദ് റിയാസ്". News 18 Malayalam (in Malayalam). 2 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. ^ "A college that moulded the CM Pinarayi Vijayan, and many more". Deccan Chronicle. 21 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  3. ^ "How 'captain' Pinarayi Vijayan led LDF in Kerala, is set to break a decades-old record". 2 May 2021. Archived from the original on 13 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Preview: 'Captain' Pinarayi Vijayan likely to lead Kerala again, BJP vote share matter of interest". 2 May 2021. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Pinarayi Vijayan to be sworn-in as Kerala chief minister on May 25". Archived from the original on 26 July 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Pinarayi Vijayan, 72, Will Be Kerala Chief Minister, Not Achuthanandan, 92". NDTV.com. 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Dharmadam Election Result 2021 LIVE: CM Pinarayi Vijayan wins". CNBCTV18. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  8. ^ "General Election to Vidhan Sabha - Trends & result May-2021". results.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India.
  9. ^ "LDF shatters Kerala's 40-year record, Pinarayi Vijayan now the Marxist Helmsman". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Pinarayi Vijayan becomes longest serving CM for 2364 days". Mathrubhumi. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.