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
Minister for Co-Operation, Tourism and Devaswom, Government of Kerala
In office
25 May 2016 (2016-05-25)  3 May 2021 (2021-05-03)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
  • V. N. Vasavan
    (Minister for Co-operation)
  • P. A. Mohammed Riyas
    (Minister for Tourism)
  • K. Radhakrishnan
    (Minister for Devaswom)
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2 June 2016 (2016-06-02)
Preceded byM. A. Vaheed
ConstituencyKazhakkoottam
Minister for Electricity, Government of Kerala
In office
25 May 2016 (2016-05-25)  29 November 2016 (2016-11-29)
Preceded byAryadan Muhammed
Succeeded byM. M. Mani
Thiruvananthapuram District Committee Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
In office
2007 (2007)–2016 (2016)
Preceded byPirappancode Murali
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office
1996 (1996)–2001 (2001)
Preceded byM. V. Raghavan
Succeeded byM. A. Vaheed
ConstituencyKazhakkoottam
Personal details
Born
K. Surendran

(1954-10-12) 12 October 1954
Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala, India
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
SpouseSulekha Surendran
ChildrenArun surendhren, anoop surendhren
Parents
  • C. K. Krishnan Kutty
  • Bhagavathi Kutty
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.

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