K. Radhakrishnan (politician)
Kochunni Radhakrishnan | |
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 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 4 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Ramya Haridas |
| Constituency | Alathur, Kerala |
| Minister of Devaswams, Welfare of Scheduled Caste & Scheduled Tribes and Parliamentary Affairs of Kerala | |
| In office 20 May 2021 – 17 June 2024 | |
| Chief Minister | Pinarayi Vijayan |
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| Succeeded by | V. N. Vasavan (Devaswam) O. R. Kelu (SC/ST Development) M. B. Rajesh (Parliamentary Affairs) |
| Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 3 June 2006 – 13 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Therambil Ramakrishnan |
| Succeeded by | G. Karthikeyan |
| Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2 May 2021 – 4 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | U. R. Pradeep |
| Succeeded by | U. R. Pradeep |
| Constituency | Chelakkara |
| In office 12 May 1996 – 2 June 2016 | |
| Preceded by | M. P. Thami |
| Succeeded by | U. R. Pradeep |
| Constituency | Chelakkara |
| Minister of Welfare of Backward & Scheduled Communities and Youth Affairs of Kerala | |
| In office 1996–2001 | |
| Chief Minister | E. K. Nayanar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 May 1964 |
| Party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
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).