M. V. Govindan

He was born to late K. Kunjambu and late M. V. Madhavi Amma at Morazha in Kannur on 23 April 1953. His spouse, P. K. Shyamala is the Chairperson of Anthoor Municipality and Kannur district committee member of CPI(M).They have two sons named Shyamjith & Rangeeth. He was working as a physical education teacher at Iringal UP School when he became active in politics and took voluntary retirement from the job. ==Political career==

He became a member of CPI(M) in 1970. He was one of the founding members of DYFI, the youth organisation associated with CPI(M). Prior to that he was KSYF Kannur President and Secretary. He was one of the five members from Kerala in the all India preparatory committee of DYFI formation. He became DYFI's first Kerala State President and later its secretary. He participated in 1986 Moscow Youth conference. He was the Kasaragod area secretary of CPI(M) when it was still part of Kannur district. Govindan Master was arrested during the emergency and put in jail. In 1991, he became CPI(M) state committee member after the state conference in Kozhikkode. He was elected to CPI(M) state secretariat during 2006. He represented Taliparamba in Kerala legislative assembly during 1996 and 2001. He was Kannur district secretary of CPI(M) between 2002 and 2006. He had also become Ernakulam district secretary of CPI(M). Also, he was the Chief Editor of Deshabhimani, organ of CPI(M) Kerala. On 28 August 2022, state secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist), Kerala, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan stepped down from the position due to failing health and was succeeded by M. V. Govindan and was also included in the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). ==See also==