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| birth_place = Cheruvakkal, [[Trivandrum]], [[Travancore–Cochin|State of Travancore–Cochin]]<br>(present day [[Kerala]]), India | | birth_place = Cheruvakkal, [[Trivandrum]], [[Travancore–Cochin|State of Travancore–Cochin]]<br />(present day [[Kerala]]), India | ||
| residence = [[Thiruvananthapuram]] | | residence = [[Thiruvananthapuram]] | ||
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'''Vasudevan Sivankutty''' (born 10 November 1954) is an Indian politician, currently serving as the Minister for Education and Labour,<ref>https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/10f1c4c2-f98b-4600-9b2a-749f33bdb791</ref> Government of Kerala. He represents the [[Nemom (State Assembly constituency)|Nemom Constituency]] in the 15th [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]. | '''Vasudevan Sivankutty''' (born 10 November 1954) is an Indian politician, currently serving as the Minister for General Education and Labour,<ref>https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/10f1c4c2-f98b-4600-9b2a-749f33bdb791 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> Government of Kerala. He represents the [[Nemom (State Assembly constituency)|Nemom Constituency]] in the 15th [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]. | ||
Sivankutty is a State Committee Member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] in Kerala and the State Secretary of the [[Centre of Indian Trade Unions]] (CITU) Kerala, and the District President of CITU, Thiruvananthapuram. | Sivankutty is a State Committee Member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] in Kerala and the State Secretary of the [[Centre of Indian Trade Unions]] (CITU) Kerala, and the District President of CITU, Thiruvananthapuram. | ||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
Sivankutty was born as the son of activist M. Vasudevan Pillai and P. Krishnamma, at Cheruvakkal, Thiruvananthapuram on 10 November 1954. He is a BA. LLB | Sivankutty was born as the son of activist M. Vasudevan Pillai and P. Krishnamma, at Cheruvakkal, Thiruvananthapuram on 10 November 1954. He is a BA. LLB, and was educated at [[Sree Narayana College, Chempazhanthy]] and the [[Kerala Law Academy]], Thiruvananthapuram. He is the son-in-law of late communist ideologue [[P. Govinda Pillai]] and [[Kerala University]] professor M. J. Rajamma. He is also a relative of poet [[Sugathakumari]] and of former chief minister [[P. K. Vasudevan Nair]].{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} He also participated and lead the great protest held in the state Assembly in 2015. V Sivankutty was in the opposition in 2015, when he broke furniture and microphones as then Finance Minister tried to present the budget. | ||
== Political career == | == Political career == | ||
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He was the President of the erstwhile Ulloor Panchayat, the Mayor of [[Thiruvananthapuram Corporation]], the Joint Secretary of the All India Mayors’ Council, the MLA of Thiruvananthapuram East and then Nemom (2011 - 2016).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members - Kerala Legislature|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/members/v_sivankutty.htm|access-date=2021-05-25|website=www.niyamasabha.org}}</ref> | He was the President of the erstwhile Ulloor Panchayat, the Mayor of [[Thiruvananthapuram Corporation]], the Joint Secretary of the All India Mayors’ Council, the MLA of Thiruvananthapuram East and then Nemom (2011 - 2016).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members - Kerala Legislature|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/members/v_sivankutty.htm|access-date=2021-05-25|website=www.niyamasabha.org}}</ref> | ||
In the recently concluded Kerala Assembly Elections, he defeated BJP's [[Kummanam Rajasekharan]] and [[K. Muraleedharan]] to become the MLA of Nemom again (2021–Present). He is currently a Minister in the [[Pinarayi Vijayan]]-led LDF cabinet, handling portfolios Public Education and Labour.<ref>{{Cite web| | In the recently concluded Kerala Assembly Elections, he defeated BJP's [[Kummanam Rajasekharan]] and [[K. Muraleedharan]] to become the MLA of Nemom again (2021–Present). He is currently a Minister in the [[Pinarayi Vijayan]]-led LDF cabinet, handling portfolios Public Education and Labour.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Aswin J. Kumar|date=May 18, 2021|title=Kerala Ministers 2021: V Sivankutty becomes second corp mayor to turn minister {{!}} Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/thiruvananthapuram-v-sivankutty-becomes-second-corp-mayor-to-turn-minister/articleshow/82744889.cms|access-date=2021-05-23|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> The other departments under him right now are Literacy Movement, Employment and Training, Skills, Rehabilitation, Factories and Boilers, Insurance Medical Service, Industrial Tribunals, and Labour Courts. | ||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||