Chief Minister of Kerala



Sri. V.S.ACHUTHANANDAN


Portfolios: General Administration, All india services, Planning and Economic Affairs, Science, Technology, Scientific Institutes, Personnel & Administrative Reforms, Elections, Administration of Civil & Criminal Justice, Information Technology, Sainik Welfare, Distress Relief, State Hospitality, Airports, Inter State River Waters, Information and Public Relations, Non-Resident Keralites Affairs, Subjects not mentioned elsewhere.


Son of Shri Sankaran and Smt. Accamma; born on 20th October 1923, Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan,is a Communist politician, Polit Bureau member of Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) since 1985. He is popularly known as "Comrade VS".

VS had to give up his studies after finishing VII standard. He entered into the world of politics through Trade Union activities and joined State Congress in 1938. Like many young men of his age, he became disillusioned with the policies and politics of the Congress and became a member of the Communist Party of India (CPI) in 1940. He was imprisoned for five years and six months during Freedom Struggle period and has gone under-ground for four and half years in his struggled political career. He was active in the Punnapra-Vayalar uprising. He was one among the 32 comrades who left the CPI National Council in 1964 to form the CPI(M).

Now Elected From Malampuzha Constituency



Personal Details


Languages known

Malayalam and English

Wife

Smt. K. Vasumathy

Children

1 son and 1 daughter

Travels abroad

Russia, China, Mangolia and United Kingdom.

Hobbies

Reading