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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = M. V. Govindan
| image =
| image_size = 200px
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1953|4|23}}
| birth_place = [[Morazha]], [[Kannur]], [[Kerala]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| termstart = 20 May 2021
| 1blankname = [[Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata = [[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
| office2 = [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
| termstart2 = 2021
| termend2 =
| constituency2 = [[Taliparamba (State Assembly constituency)|Taliparamba]]
| successor3 =
| office = Minister for [[Local government in Kerala|Local Self Governments]] and [[Kerala Excise|Excise]], [[Government of Kerala]]
| term_start =
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[A. C. Moideen]] (Minister for Local Self Governments)<br />[[T. P. Ramakrishnan]] (Minister for Excise)
| successor =
| nationality = Indian
| spouse = P. K. Shyamala
| parents = K. Kunjambu<br>M. V. Madhavi
| children = 2
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| residence =
| alma_mater =
| profession =
| religion =
| website =
| footnotes =
| predecessor2 = [[James Mathew]]
| native_name = എം. വി. ഗോവിന്ദൻ
}}
'''M. V. Govindan''', also known as '''Govindan Master''', is a Central Committee member<ref name='cpimwebsite'>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cpim.org/pressbriefs/new-central-committee-elected-22nd-congress|title=New Central Committee Elected at the 22nd Congress|website=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|date=22 April 2018|language=en|access-date=2018-04-27}}</ref> of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] and a prominent political leader from [[Kerala]]. He is the former Chief Editor of [[Malayalam]] newspaper [[Deshabhimani]]. He is also an accomplished author with more than three books in his credit.<ref name='keralabookstore0'>{{Cite web|url=https://keralabookstore.com/about-author/m-v-govindan-master/1572/|title=About Author M V Govindan Master|last=KeralaBookStore.com|website=keralabookstore.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-27}}</ref> He is currently serving as Minister for Local Self Governments – Panchayats, Municipalities and Corporations, Rural Development, Town Planning, Regional Development Authorities, KILA ,Excise, Government of Kerala;<ref>https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/10f1c4c2-f98b-4600-9b2a-749f33bdb791</ref> represents Taliparamba constituency in 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly<ref>{{Cite web|title=Taliparamba Election Result 2021 LIVE: Taliparamba MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia|url=https://www.oneindia.com/taliparamba-assembly-elections-kl-8/|access-date=2021-05-21|website=www.oneindia.com|language=en}}</ref>

==Political life==
He became the member of CPI(M) in 1970. He was one of the founding members of [[Democratic Youth Federation of India|DYFI]], the youth organisation associated with CPI(M). Earlier to that he was KSYF Kannur President and Secretary. He was one of the five members from Kerala in the all India preparatory committee of DYFI formation. He became DYFI's first Kerala State President and later as its secretary. He participated in 1986 Moscow Youth conference.

He was the [[Kasaragod]] area secretary of CPI(M) when it was still part of Kannur district. Govindan Master was arrested during [[The Emergency (India)|emergency]] and put in jail.<ref name='tnie0'>{{cite news |author= |date=2018-04-23 |title=M V Govindan's elevation highlights Kannur's importance for communist party |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/apr/23/m-v-govindans-elevation-highlights-kannurs-importance-for-communist-party-1805085.html |location=Hyderabad |work=Express News Service |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427125209/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/apr/23/m-v-govindans-elevation-highlights-kannurs-importance-for-communist-party-1805085.html |archive-date=2018-04-27 |access-date=2018-04-27 }}</ref> He was tortured by police during that time. In 1991, he became CPI(M) state committee member after the state conference in Kozhikkode. He was elected to CPI(M) state secretariat during 2006. He had represented [[Taliparamba (State Assembly constituency)|Taliparamba]] in Kerala legislative assembly during 1996 and 2001. He was Kannur district secretary of CPIM between 2002 and 2006. He had also become Ernakulam district secretary of CPI(M). Also, he was the Chief Editor of Deshabhimani, organ of CPIM KERALA.<ref name='tnie0' />

==Personal life==

He was born to late K. Kunjambu and late M. V. Madhavi at [[Morazha]] in Kannur on 23 April 1953.<ref name='niyamasabha'>{{cite web |url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m75.htm |title=KERALA LEGISLATURE - MEMBERS |date=2018-04-27 |access-date=2018-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427130223/http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m75.htm |archive-date=2018-04-27}}</ref> His spouse, P. K. Shyamala is the Chairperson of [[Anthoor]] Municipality and Kannur district committee member of CPI(M). He has two sons named Shyamjith & Rangeeth. He was working as Physical Education Teacher at Iringal UP School when he became active in politics and took voluntary retirement from the job.

== References ==
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{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

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[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala]]
[[Category:People from Kannur district]]
[[Category:Malayali politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1953 births]]
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 1991–1996]]

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