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V. Sivankutty
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| Minister for Education & Labour, Government of Kerala | |
| Assumed office 20 May 2021 | |
| Chief Minister | Pinarayi Vijayan |
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| Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2007 – 2011 | |
| Preceded by | B. Vijayakumar |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Thiruvananthapuram East |
| In office 2011 – 2016 | |
| Preceded by | N. Sakthan |
| Succeeded by | O. Rajagopal |
| Constituency | Nemom |
| Assumed office 24 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | O. Rajagopal |
| Constituency | Nemom |
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| Born | 10 November 1954 Cheruvakkal, Trivandrum, State of Travancore–Cochin (present day Kerala), India |
| Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Spouse(s) | R. Parvathy Devi |
| Relations | |
| Children | 1 |
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| Residence | Thiruvananthapuram |
Vasudevan Sivankutty (born 10 November 1954) is an Indian politician, currently serving as the Minister for General Education and Labour,[1] Government of Kerala. He represents the 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.
Personal life[edit]
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] 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[edit]
Sivankutty entered politics through the Students' Federation of India (SFI) and has held positions such as its District President, State President, District Secretary, State Secretary and All India Joint Secretary. From SFI, he joined the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), and currently holds positions such as its State Secretary and District President.
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).[2]
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.[3] 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[edit]
He is married to women's rights activist and Kerala Public Service Commission (PSC) member R. Parvathi Devi. They have one son.[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/10f1c4c2-f98b-4600-9b2a-749f33bdb791 [dead link]
- ↑ "Members - Kerala Legislature". www.niyamasabha.org. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ↑ Aswin J. Kumar (18 May 2021). "Kerala Ministers 2021: V Sivankutty becomes second corp mayor to turn minister | Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ↑ "തലസ്ഥാനത്തിന്റെ ജനകീയ മുഖമായി വി ശിവൻകുട്ടി". Deshabhimani (in മലയാളം). Retrieved 25 May 2021.
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