Binoy Viswam | |
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 Viswam in 2010 | |
| Leader of the Communist Party of India in the Rajya Sabha | |
| Assumed office 24 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | D. Raja |
| Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha for Kerala | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2018 | |
| Preceded by | P. J. Kurien |
| Minister for Forests and Housing, Kerala | |
| In office 18 May 2006 – 18 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | A. Sujanapal |
| Succeeded by | K. B. Ganesh Kumar |
| Constituency | Nadapuram |
| Member of Legislative Assembly, Kerala | |
| In office 2001–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Sathyan Mokeri |
| Succeeded by | E. K. Vijayan |
| Constituency | Nadapuram |
| State Secretary of the Communist Party of India, Kerala State Council | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Kanam Rajendran |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 November 1955 |
| Political party | Communist Party of India |
| Spouse | Shaila C. George |
| Children | Rasmi, Surya |
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| Residence(s) | Muthuchippy, Thondayad, Nellicode P.O., Kozhikode, Kerala, India-673016 |
| Education | Education Qualifications: B.A., L.L.B. Educated at St. Paul's College, Kalamassery, Maharaja's College, Ernakulam and Kerala Law Academy, Law College, Trivandrum |
Binoy Viswam is a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Kerala representing the Communist Party of India (CPI)[1] and its Parliamentary Party leader. A member of the CPI National Secretariat, he is currently the State Secretary of CPI Kerala State Committee, the Editor of New Age Weekly - the central organ of CPI and the Working President of the All India Trade Union Congress. He served as the Minister for Forests & Housing in the Government of Kerala during 2006–2011.[2] He was earlier elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly from Nadapuram constituency and served as Member, Estimates Committee; Chairman, Assurance Committee; and was one of the five members of the Constituency Delimitation Committee. He is a senior Communist Party of India (CPI) leader and the president of the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation Employees' Federation.
He entered politics from his school days through All India Students Federation (AISF), as Unit Secretary of AISF in Vaikom Government Boys High School. He also elected as Union Chairman of St. Paul's College, Kalamassery. He was elected as Member of Kerala University Union and Syndicate member of Cochin University of Science and Technology. Later he became State President and All India Secretary of AISF. He also was elected as State Secretary of All India Youth Federation (AIYF). He served as Vice President of World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) and also Head of its Asia Pacific Commission. He became a CPI member at the age of 18. He was Member of National Council of CPI during the period 1992–98. He also served as Kerala Agricultural University Senate Member and Director Board Member of KTDC. After demise of Kanam Rajendran, he was elected as the secretary of CPI Kerala state committee in 2023.
He won "Ambassador of Friendship Among World Youth Award" instituted by the Young Communist League of the Soviet Union. He also received "Banner of Youth Unity" and diploma awarded by the World Youth Federation.
Binoy is married to Shaila. Shaila worked in the Kerala Gramin Bank as officer at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Shaila completed a course from Nottingham University in creative writing. Both Binoy Viswam and Shaila are the children of two prominent Communist Party leaders. [3] Binoy Viswam is the son of C.K.Viswanathan who was a leader of the Communist Party of India. He was the Asst Secretary of its State Committee and is a well-known campaigner and strategist. Shaila is the daughter of Koothattukulam Mary, a party leader turned teacher.
The couple have two daughters, Rasmi & Surya. Rasmi is working in The Hindu. Surya is a law graduate from Columbia University and is practicing at the High Court of Kerala, Ernakulam.
