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M. V. Govindan, popularly known as Govindan Master, is an Indian politician from the
Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electora ...
, and is the current Kerala State Secretary and the party's Politburo member since 2022. He previously served as the State Minister for Local self-governments and Excise in the
Second Vijayan Ministry Second Pinarayi Vijayan Ministry is the Council of Ministers headed by Pinarayi Vijayan that was formed after winning in the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 15th legislative assembly elections by bagging 99 of the 140 seats in the Ass ...
from 2021 to 2022.


Personal life

He was born to late K. Kunjambu and late M. V. Madhavi Amma at Morazha in Kannur on 23 April 1953. His spouse, P. K. Shyamala is the Chairperson of
Anthoor Anthoor () is a municipality, in Taliparamba taluk of the Kannur district in Kerala, India. The municipality had a population of 28,218 in the 2011 Indian census. Anthoor is situated on the western bank of the Valapattanam River. Anthoor is ...
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.


Political career

He became the member of CPI(M) in 1970. He was one of the founding members of
DYFI Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) is a youth organisation in India. It was founded in its inaugural conference held from 1–3 November 1980 at Shaheed Kartar Singh Saraba village in Ludhiana, Punjab. DYFI was formed as an independent ...
, the youth organisation associated with CPI(M). Prior 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 Kasaragod () is a municipal town and the administrative headquarters of the Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India. Established in 1966, Kasaragod was the first municipal town in the district. It is the northernmost district of Kera ...
area secretary of CPI(M) when it was still part of Kannur district. Govindan Master was arrested during the emergency and put in jail. 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 Taliparamba (also known as Perinchelloor and Lakshmipuram) is a Municipalities of Kerala, Municipality and List of taluks of Kerala, Taluk of Kannur district in Kerala state, India. The municipal town spreads over an area of and is inha ...
in Kerala legislative assembly during 1996 and 2001. He was Kannur district secretary of CPI(M) between 2002 and 2006. He had also become Ernakulam district secretary of CPI(M). Also, he was the Chief Editor of Deshabhimani, organ of CPI(M) Kerala.


Assembly election candidature history

After the historic 2021 election of Kerala, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) retained power with 99 seats, 8 more than in the previous election, marking the first time that an alliance won consecutive terms in the state since the 1977 election. Following the election M. V. Govindan was sworn in as the Minister for Local Self Governments and Excise. On 28 August 2022, state secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist), Kerala,
Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Kodiyeri Balakrishnan (16 November 1953 – 1 October 2022) was an Indian politician of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the secretary of the CPI(M) Kerala State Committee from 2015 to 2022. He stepped down from the position of st ...
stepped down from the position due to failing health and was succeeded by M. V. Govindan and was also included in the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).


See also

* Communist Party of India (Marxist), Kerala


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Govindan, M. V. Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala Politicians from Kannur district Malayali politicians Living people 1953 births Kerala MLAs 1991–1996