Kadakampally Surendran
Kadakampally Surendran, born 12 October 1954, is an Indian politician, who served as the Minister for Co-Operation, Tourism, and Devaswom in the first Pinarayi Vijayan ministry (2016–2021) of the Government of Kerala. He was the Thiruvananthapuram District Committee Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for nearly a decade (2007–2016).
Kadakampally Surendran | |
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Minister for Co-Operation, Tourism and Devaswom, Government of Kerala | |
In office 25 May 2016 – 3 May 2021 | |
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Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 2 June 2016 | |
Preceded by | M. A. Vaheed |
Constituency | Kazhakkoottam |
Minister for Electricity, Government of Kerala | |
In office 25 May 2016 – 29 November 2016 | |
Preceded by | Aryadan Muhammed |
Succeeded by | M. M. Mani |
Thiruvananthapuram District Committee Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
In office 2007 –2016 | |
Preceded by | Pirappancode Murali |
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1996 –2001 | |
Preceded by | M. V. Raghavan |
Succeeded by | M. A. Vaheed |
Constituency | Kazhakkoottam |
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Born | K. Surendran 12 October 1954 Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala, India |
Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Spouse | Sulekha Surendran |
Children | Arun surendhren, anoop surendhren |
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Residence(s) | Karikkakom, Thiruvananthapuram |
A member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), he is presently a member of the Kerala state committee of the party. He is also an elected representative in the 15th Kerala legislative assembly from the Kazhakkoottam assembly constituency in the Thiruvananthapuram district.
Surendran has been a prominent figure of the CPI(M) and other leftist progressive movements in the district of Thiruvananthapuram for more than four decades.