K. Radhakrishnan (politician)

Kochunni Radhakrishnan
Official portrait, 2019
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Preceded byRamya Haridas
ConstituencyAlathur, Kerala
Minister of Devaswams, Welfare of Scheduled Caste & Scheduled Tribes and Parliamentary Affairs of Kerala
In office
20 May 2021 – 17 June 2024
Chief MinisterPinarayi Vijayan
Preceded by
Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office
3 June 2006 (2006-06-03) – 13 May 2011 (2011-05-13)
Preceded byTherambil Ramakrishnan
Succeeded byG. Karthikeyan
Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office
2 May 2021 – 4 June 2024
Preceded byU. R. Pradeep
ConstituencyChelakkara
In office
1996–2016
Preceded byM. P. Thami
Succeeded byU. R. Pradeep
ConstituencyChelakkara
Minister of Welfare of Backward & Scheduled Communities and Youth Affairs of Kerala
In office
1996–2001
Chief MinisterE. K. Nayanar
Personal details
Born (1964-05-24) 24 May 1964
Pullikkanam Vagamon, Kerala, India
(present day Idukki)
PartyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
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K. Radhakrishnan (born 24 May 1964) is an Indian politician who is the CPI(M) Parliamentary Party Leader in 18th Lok Sabha and Member of the Lok Sabha for Alathur since 2024. A veteran leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Radhakrishnan has previously served as a State Minister of Kerala from 2021 to 2024, and from 1996 to 2001.

He also served as Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2011. Radhakrishnan served in the Kerala Legislative Assembly for five terms, representing Chelakkara from 1996 to 2016 and again from 2021 to 2024.

He is CPI(M) Central Committee member and the All India President of Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch (DSMM).