Binoy Viswam

Binoy Viswam
MP
Binoy Viswam MP
	Viswam in 2010
Leader of the Communist Party of India in the Rajya Sabha
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 24 July 2019
Preceded by	D. Raja
Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha for Kerala
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 July 2018
Preceded by	P. J. Kurien
Minister for Forests and Housing, Kerala
	In office; 18 May 2006 – 18 May 2011
Preceded by	A. Sujanapal
Succeeded by	K. B. Ganesh Kumar
Constituency	Nadapuram
Member of Legislative Assembly, Kerala
	In office; 2001–2011
Preceded by	Sathyan Mokeri
Succeeded by	E. K. Vijayan
Constituency	Nadapuram
State Secretary of the Communist Party of India, Kerala State Council
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 December 2023
Preceded by	Kanam Rajendran
Personal details
Born	25 November 1955
Political party	Communist Party of India
Spouse	Shaila C. George
Children	Rasmi, Surya
Parents	C. K. Viswanathan (father); C.K. Omana (mother);
Residence(s)	Muthuchippy, Thondayad, Nellicode P.O., Kozhikode, Kerala, India-673016
Education	Education Qualifications: B.A., L.L.B. Educated at St. Paul's College, Kalamassery, Maharaja's College, Ernakulam and Kerala Law Academy, Law College, Trivandrum

Binoy Viswam is a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Kerala representing the Communist Party of India (CPI) and its Parliamentary Party leader. A member of the CPI National Secretariat, he is currently the State Secretary of CPI Kerala State Committee, the Editor of New Age Weekly - the central organ of CPI and the Working President of the All India Trade Union Congress. He served as the Minister for Forests & Housing in the Government of Kerala during 2006–2011. He was earlier elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly from Nadapuram constituency and served as Member, Estimates Committee; Chairman, Assurance Committee; and was one of the five members of the Constituency Delimitation Committee. He is a senior Communist Party of India (CPI) leader and the president of the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation Employees' Federation.

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