Veena George

Veena George MLA
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 June 2016 (2016-06-02)
Preceded by	K. Sivadasan Nair
Constituency	Aranmula
Personal details
Born	(1976-08-03) 3 August 1976 Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse(s)	George Joseph
Children	2
Occupation	Television journalist politician

Veena George is an Indian politician of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and represents Aranmula constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. Prior to joining politics, she has worked with major Malayalam news channels for over 16 years. She is also the first female executive editor among Malayalam news channels.

Education

Veena George has a Post Graduate degree in Physics from Kerala University.

Personal life

Veena George is married to Dr. George Joseph who was the Association Secretary of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church

Career

Television career

Veena George began her career at Kairali TV as a journalist trainee. She left Kairali TV and joined Manorama News as a news anchor. At Manorama News she was also in charge of programmes named Pularvela and Ee lokham etc. Later she was associated with Malayalam news channels Indiavision and TV New. At Indiavision she was the chief news editor. She joined TV New in February 2015 as the Executive Editor.

Politics

Veena George was nominated as the candidate for Aranmula constituency by CPI(M) state secretariat for 2016 Kerala Assembly Elections, and was elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly by defeating congress veteran K Sivadasan Nair of Indian National Congress by a margin of 7646 votes.

In 2019 Indian general election, she contested from Pathanamthitta (Lok Sabha constituency) as Left front candidate (LDF). However she lost the election by a margin of 44,243 votes to Anto Antony of Indian National Congress.