Kodiyeri Balakrishnan

 
  • Born November 16, 1953
  • Graduate
  • Studied at Kodiyeri Oniyan High School, Mahatma Gandhi College, Mahe and University College, Trivandrum
  • Joined CPI(M)in 1970
  • Was Secretary of the Kerala State Committee of the SFI and its All India Joint Secretary between 1973 and 1979   
  • Imprisoned for 16 months under MISA during the internal emergency -- 1975-1977
  • 1980 to 1982 DYFI Kannur District President 
  • Was elected as the Secretary of the Kannur District Committee of the CPI(M)
  • Elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly on four occasions -- 1982, 1987, 2001, 2006 from Thalassery constituency. Was Dy. Opposition Leader in 2001  
  • Was State Secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha and a member of the AIKS Council
  • Elected to the Central Committee in 2003
  • Elected to the Polit Bureau at the 19th Congress in 2008
  • Currently Minister for Home and Tourism, Government of Kerala
  • Married, two children