Pinarayi Vijayan

Pinarayi Vijayan (Malayalam: [piɳɐraːji ʋid͡ʒɐjɐn]; born 24 May 1945) is an Indian politician who has served as the 12th Chief Minister of Kerala and also serving as leader of the house in legislative assembly. A member of the politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), he is the longest-serving secretary of the Kerala State Committee of the CPI(M) (1998–2015). He has also served as Minister of Electric Power and Co-operatives during the third E. K. Nayanar ministry. Vijayan won a seat in the May 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election and 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election as the CPI(M) candidate for Dharmadom constituency and was selected as the leader of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and became the 12th Chief Minister of Kerala. He is the first chief minister from Kerala to be re-elected after completing a full term (five years) in office. In 2022, he also became the longest-continuous serving chief minister of Kerala, surpassing C. Achutha Menon who had been the first to remain in office for 2364 consecutive days. He launched the LIFE Mission (Livelihood Inclusion and Financial Empowerment) as part of the Nava Kerala Mission, aiming to eradicate homelessness and landlessness in Kerala by providing safe housing and promoting financial empowerment through livelihood support, social security schemes, and skill development programs.