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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = M. A. Baby
| spouse = [[Betty Louis]]
| honorific-suffix =
| image = MABaby.jpg
| caption = M. A. Baby
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|4|5|df=y}}
| residence =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office= Member of the [[Polit Bureau]] of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| term_start= 19 April 2015
| predecessor =
| successor =
|office2=Member of legislative assembly
| term_start2=2006
| term_end2=2016
|constituency2=[[Kundara]]
|predecessor2=[[Kadavoor Sivadasan]]
|successor2=[[J. Mercykutty Amma]]
|office3=Minister of Education, Govt of Kerala
|term_start3=2006
|term_end3=2011
|predecessor3=[[E. T. Mohammed Basheer]]
|successor3=[[P. K. Abdu Rabb]]

| party =[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] [[File:CPI-M-flag.svg|24px]]
| website = http://www.cpim.org/leadership
| footnotes =
| date = |
| year = |
| source =
}}'''Mariam Alexander Baby''' is an Indian politician and member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] from [[Kerala]].<ref name='Niyamasabha-Baby-0'>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stateofkerala.in/niyamasabha/m_a_baby.php|title=KERALA NIYAMASABHA - M.A.BABY|website=State of Kerala|language=en|access-date=2017-12-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218150812/http://www.stateofkerala.in/niyamasabha/m_a_baby.php | archive-date=2017-12-18}}</ref> He was elected to the Polit Bureau of CPI(M) in the 20th Congress held at Kozhikode, Kerala, in 2012.<ref name='cpim-cc-0'>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cpim.org/leadership|title=Leadership|website=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|language=en|access-date=2017-08-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218142635/http://www.cpim.org/leadership | archive-date=2017-12-18}}</ref>

==Personal life==
M.A. Baby was born to P.M. Alexander and Lilly Alexander on April 5, 1954 at [[Prakkulam]] in [[Kollam]] district of [[Kerala]]. Baby did his schooling from Prakkulam Lower Primary School and Prakkulam NSS High School. It was during his high school days where he first acquainted with politics. After completing basic schooling, Baby went to SN College, Kollam for higher studies. Later, Baby joined for BA in [[Political Science]] in SN College itself, but could not write the final year examination as he was incarcerated during the emergency period.<ref name='Niyamasabha-Baby-0' />

He is married to Betty Louis and has a son Ashok Betty Nelson.<ref name='Niyamasabha-Baby-0' />

==Political life ==
M.A. Baby joined [[Kerala Students Federation]], the predecessor of [[Students Federation of India]], while he was studying at NSS high school, Prakkulam. He has held many responsible positions in Students Federation of India, [[Democratic Youth Federation of India]], [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. Currently he is a [[Politburo]] member of CPI(M).<ref name='Niyamasabha-Baby-0' />

He was the Minister of Education in Kerala during the period 2006-2011.

He unsuccessfully contested from [[Kollam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kollam]] against [[N. K. Premachandran]] of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]] during [[2014 Indian general election]]s

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|M. A. Baby}}
* [http://mababy.in Website]

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[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala]]
[[Category:Malayali politicians]]
[[Category:1954 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian atheists]]
[[Category:Sree Narayana College, Kollam alumni]]
[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidates in the 2014 Indian general election]]
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 2006–2011]]
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 2011–2016]]
[[Category:Education Ministers of Kerala]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Kerala]]
[[Category:Students' Federation of India All India Presidents]]
[[Category:DYFI All India Presidents]]

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