M. Vijayakumar (born 5 October 1950) is an Indian politician who belongs to the

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. He served as an MLA, minister, and Speaker in the

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. He has been on the State and Central Committee of

. As an MLA, he represented the erstwhile Thiruvananthapuram North constituency in the Assembly.

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M. Vijayakumar was born on 5 October 1950 at Panacode near

Nedumangad Nedumangad is a municipal town in the Thiruvananthapuram district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the headquarters of Nedumangad Tehsil and Nedumangad Revenue Division. It is a suburb of the extended metropolitan region of Thiruvanantha ...

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. He holds a B.A. and Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) degree. He entered politics through students' movement and took active part in the formation of

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(SFI) in 1970 and

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(DYFI) in 1980. During the course of his political career, he has served at different times as the Kerala State Secretary of the SFI, District Secretary & State Secretary of DYFI, All India President of the DYFI, and State Committee member of

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. Vijayakumar was arrested several times and beaten by the police during the emergency period. He was also jailed for four months at

Poojappura Poojappura is a suburb of Thiruvananthapuram in India. It is known as heart of Thiruvananthapuram city. It is located in the south-east part of the city, surrounded by Jagathy, Karamana, Mudavanmugal and Thirumala, Thiruvananthapuram, Thirumala ...

Central Jail, Thiruvananthapuram during emergency. He led several agitations, including Parliament March in September, 1981 raising the slogan "Education for all and job for all" and in August, 1986 actively participated in the "way blockade" agitation for getting unemployment wages and recruitments to be made through

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(PSC) and was brutally beaten by the police. He was elected to

in 1987, 1991 and 1996 and served as Speaker of 10th Kerala Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2001, being the first speaker to complete his term. In 2001, he suffered defeat, but again won in 2006. In that chance, he became the state cabinet minister for law. In 2011, he did not contest elections. In 2015, he contested the by-elections from

Aruvikkara Aruvikkara is a panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala India. It is located on the banks of the Karamana River, 15 km from Thiruvananthapuram. Aruvikkara is the capital of the state of Kerala in South India and o ...

, which fell vacant due to the death of former Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly G. Karthikeyan, who died in office, but got defeated by Karthikeyan's son K. S. Sabarinathan. Now he is residing at PHAS (Pattur Housing Accommodation Scheme of KSHB) at EMS Nagar, Pattur, Trivandrum. He is presently the Chairman of

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(KTDC).

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* Malayali politicians Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala Politicians from Thiruvananthapuram 1950 births Living people Speakers of the Kerala Legislative Assembly Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram alumni {{Kerala-CPIndiaMarxist-politician-stub

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