M. A. Baby

Mariam Alexander Baby
M. A. Baby in 2010
General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Assumed office
6 April 2025
Preceded bySitaram Yechury
Member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Assumed office
April 2012
Member of Kerala Legislative assembly
In office
2006–2016
Preceded byKadavoor Sivadasan
Succeeded byJ. Mercykutty Amma
ConstituencyKundara
Minister of Education, Government of Kerala
In office
2006–2011
Preceded byE. T. Mohammed Basheer
Succeeded byP. K. Abdu Rabb
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
1986–1998
ConstituencyKerala
Personal details
Born (1954-04-05) 5 April 1954
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
SpouseBetty Louis
Websitehttp://www.cpim.org/leadership

Mariam Alexander Baby is an Indian Marxist and education reformist politician who is currently serving as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He has served as a member of both the Rajya Sabha and the Kerala Legislative Assembly, and held the position of Minister for Education and Cultural Affairs in the Government of Kerala from 2006 to 2011. He was elected to the Politburo of CPI(M) in the 20th Congress held at Kozhikode, Kerala, in 2012. Baby is known for his contributions to the public education system in Kerala and is currently a member of the CPI(M) Politburo, the party's highest decision-making body.