Prakash Karat

Prakash Karat
Prakash Karat
Member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
In office
10 January 1992 – 6 April 2025
General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
In office
11 April 2005 (2005-04-11) – 19 April 2015 (2015-04-19)
Preceded byHarkishan Singh Surjeet
Succeeded bySitaram Yechury
Interim Coordinator, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
In office
29 September 2024 – 6 April 2025
Personal details
Born (1948-02-07) 7 February 1948
PartyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse
(m. 1975)
RelativesRadhika Roy (sister-in-law)
Alma materUniversity of Madras
University of Edinburgh
Jawaharlal Nehru University
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Prakash Karat (born 7 February 1948) is an Indian Communist politician. He was the general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 2005 to 2015. He served as interim coordinator of CPI(M) after the death of incumbent General Secretary Sitaram Yechury.