Pinarayi Vijayan

Pinarayi Vijayan
Pinarayi Vijayan
	Vijayan in 2023
12th Chief Minister of Kerala
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 May 2016
Governor	P. Sathasivam; Arif Mohammad Khan; Rajendra Arlekar;
Preceded by	Oommen Chandy
Ministry and Departments	Incumbent
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 by	Oommen Chandy
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 June 2016
Preceded by	K. K. Narayanan
Constituency	Dharmadom
	In office; 1996–2001
Preceded by	C. P. Narayanan
Succeeded by	P. K. Sreemathi
Constituency	Payyanur
	In office; 1991–1996
Preceded by	K. P. Mammoo Master
Succeeded by	K. K. Shailaja
Constituency	Kuthuparamba
	In office; 1970–1979
Preceded by	K. K. Abee
Succeeded by	N. V. Raghavan
Constituency	Kuthuparamba
Minister for Electricity, Kerala
	In office; 20 May 1996 – 19 October 1998
Chief Minister	E. K. Nayanar
Preceded by	G. Karthikeyan
Succeeded by	S. Sharma
Minister of Co-operatives, Kerala
	In office; 20 May 1996 – 19 October 1998
Chief Minister	E. K. Nayanar
Preceded by	M. V. Raghavan
Succeeded by	S. 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 by	Chadayan Govindan
Succeeded by	Kodiyeri Balakrishnan
Personal details
Born	24 May 1945; Pinarayi, Cannanore, Madras Presidency, British India; (present day Kannur, Kerala, India)
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse	T. Kamala (m. 1979)
Children	2
Relatives	P. A. Mohammed Riyas (son-in-law)
Residence(s)	Cliff House, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Alma mater	Government Brennen College, Thalassery (BA)
Signature
Website	pinarayivijayan.in

Pinarayi Vijayan (Malayalam: [piɳɐraːji ʋid͡ʒɐjɐn]; born 24 May 1945) is an Indian politician who has served as the Chief Minister of Kerala since 25 May 2016. 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. He is the first chief minister from Kerala to be re-elected after completing a full term (five years) in office. 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.