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
P. Sathasivam
Arif Mohammad Khan
Preceded by
Oommen 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 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
(1945-05-24) 24 May 1945 (age 78) Pinarayi, Cannanore, Madras Presidency, British India (present day Kannur, Kerala, India)
Political party
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse
T. Kamala
(m. 1979)
[1]
Children
2
Parent(s)
Maroli Koran Alakkatt Kalyani[2]
Relatives
P. A. Mohammed Riyas (son-in-law)
Residence(s)
Cliff House, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Alma mater
Government Brennen College, Thalassery (BA)[3]
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Pinarayi Vijayan (Malayalam:[piɳɐraːjiʋid͡ʒɐjɐn]; born 24 May 1945) is an Indian politician who is the current Chief Minister of Kerala, serving since 25 May 2016.[4][5][6] A member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), he is the longest-serving secretary of the Kerala State Committee of the CPI(M) (1998–2015). He also served in the government of Kerala as Minister of Electric Power and Co-operatives from 1996 to 1998. Vijayan won a seat in the May 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election as the CPI(M) candidate for Dharmadom constituency[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]
^"Happy Anniversary മുഖ്യമന്ത്രി പിണറായി വിജയനും ഭാര്യ കമലയ്ക്കും വിവാഹ വാര്ഷിക ആശംസകളുമായി മുഹമ്മദ് റിയാസ്". News 18 Malayalam (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
^"Members Profile". Niyamasabha.nic.in. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
^"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.
^"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.
^"Preview: 'Captain' Pinarayi Vijayan likely to lead Kerala again, BJP vote share matter of interest". Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
^"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.
^"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.
^"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.
^"Pinarayi Vijayan becomes longest serving CM for 2364 days". Mathrubhumi. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
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