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{{Short description|Indian politician and advocate}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = A. K. Balan

| image = A.K. Balan, Minister.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|08|03|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Nadapuram]], [[Kozhikode district|Calicut]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| residence =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office1 = Minister for [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] Development and [[Devaswom]] [[Government of Kerala]]
| term_start1 = 2006
| term_end1 = 2011
| constituency1 = [[Coyalmannam]]
| predecessor1 = [[Aryadan Mohammed]]
| successor1 = [[Aryadan Mohammed]]
| office2 = Minister for Law, Cultural Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs, [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC/ST]] Development
| term_start2 = 25 May 2016
| term_end2 = 3 May 2021
| constituency2 =
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 = {{Unbulleted_list|[[P. Rajeev (Kerala)|P. Rajeev]] (Minister for Law)|[[K. Radhakrishnan (Politician)|K. Radhakrishnan]] (Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, SC/ST Development)|[[Saji Cheriyan]] (Minister for Cultural Affairs)}}
| office3 = Member of legislative assembly
| term_start3 = 2011
| constituency3 = [[Tarur (State Assembly constituency)|Tarur]]
| term_start4 = 2001
| term_end4 = 2011
| constituency4 = [[Coyalmannam]]
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| alma_mater = [[Government Brennen College, Thalassery]], [[Government Law College, Kozhikode]]
| spouse = Dr. P. K. Jameela
| children = 2
| parents = Kelappan Kunhi
| nationality = [[India]]n
| religion =
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'''A. K. Balan''' (born 3 August 1948) is an Indian politician and advocate. He was the Minister for Devaswom and [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC/ST]] Development in the [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|Left Democratic Front]] government under [[V. S. Achuthanandan]] from 2006 to 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://niyamasabha.org/codes/ginfo_6_12.htm|title=Twelfth Kerala Legislative Assembly|publisher=[[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]|accessdate=29 October 2011}}</ref> Minister for SC/ST, Law, Cultural Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs in the [[first Vijayan ministry]] and a member of Central Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. He represents the [[Tarur (gram panchayat)|Tarur]] constituency in the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kerala.gov.in/government/mla.htm |title=Members of Legislative Assempbly |publisher=[[Government of Kerala]] |access-date=13 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130012529/http://www.kerala.gov.in/government/mla.htm |archive-date=30 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
A. K. Balan was born to Kelappan and Kunhi on 3 August 1948 at [[Nadapuram]] in present-day [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]].<ref name="gov2">{{cite web|url=http://www.kerala.gov.in/government/balan.htm|title=A. K. Balan|publisher=Government of Kerala|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105185029/http://www.kerala.gov.in/government/balan.htm|archive-date=5 January 2010 |url-status=live|access-date=13 January 2010}}</ref> He is married to Dr. P. K. Jameela (Rtd. DHS) and has two sons, Nikhil Balan and Naveen Balan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://minister-law.kerala.gov.in/about/|title=Profile – Sri.A.K Balan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925213929/http://minister-law.kerala.gov.in/about/|archive-date=25 September 2018|url-status=}}</ref> Jameela was appointed Management Consultant at Aardram Mission in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/mobile/news/kerala/ak-balan-s-wife-appointed-as-management-consultant-at-aardram-mission-mathrubhumi-1.1947376|title=AK Balan's wife appointed as Management Consultant at Aardram Mission|url-status=live}}</ref> Naveen is married to Namitha Venugopal<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/mobile/print-edition/kerala/minister-ak-balan-s-son-marriage-naveen-balan-got-married-to-namitha-venugopal-1.3574243|title=മന്ത്രി എ.കെ.ബാലന്റെ മകൻ വിവാഹിതനായി|url-status=live}}</ref> and is an [[International business development|international business developer]] in [[Paris]], [[France]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/mobile/print-edition/kerala/-malayalam-news-1.1081470|title=ഭരണം ഈ കൈകളിൽ|url-status=live}}</ref> Nikhil is a graduate of [[Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram]] and has also completed Post Graduation in Air and Space Law from [[Leiden University]], [[Netherlands]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/education/campus-updates/advanced-masters-in-air-and-space-course.html#|title=ബഹിരാകാശ നിയമങ്ങൾ പഠിക്കാൻ?|url-status=live}}</ref> becoming the first [[Malayali]] to complete the course.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.deepika.com/nri/Pravasi_News.aspx?newscode=80087|title=നിഖിൽ ബാലൻ: ഇന്റർനാഷണൽ സ്പേസ് നിയമത്തിൽ പിജി നേടുന്ന ആദ്യ മലയാളി|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216114954/https://www.deepika.com/nri/Pravasi_News.aspx?newscode=80087|archive-date=16 February 2017}}</ref>

==Education==
Balan received his B.A. degree from [[Government Brennen College, Thalassery]], and also holds an [[LL.B]] degree from [[Government Law College, Kozhikode]].

==Career==
[[File:A. K. Balan 04.jpg|thumb|A. K. Balan - Minister for Law, Cultural Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs, SC/ST Development in Kerala Government]]
Balan entered politics through students movement and served as the President and the Secretary of Kerala State Committee of [[Students' Federation of India]] (SFI). He took part in 'Land Agitation' and imprisoned for 30 days in Kannur Central Prison.<ref name=gov>{{cite web|url=http://www.kerala.gov.in/government/balan.htm|title=A. K. Balan|publisher=Government of Kerala|access-date=13 January 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100105185029/http://www.kerala.gov.in/government/balan.htm| archive-date= 5 January 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> He was elected to [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Ottapalam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ottapalam]] constituency in 1980 and to [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] from [[Kuzhalmannam (gram panchayat)|Kuzhalmannam]] in 2001.

He is first electricity minister of any state in Indian history to electrify a district completely.
In February 2010, under his ministry [[Palakkad]] was declared first district in [[India]] to be fully electrified.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/palakkad-country-s-first-fully-electrified-district/578831 |title = Palakkad country's first fully electrified district - Indian Express|date = 12 February 2010}}</ref>

He is also having record of giving the most electricity connections to consumers in [[Kerala state]].
Kerala also won the National Award for Energy Conservation during his period as minister.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.old.kerala.gov.in/keralacal_june09/22-25.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-04-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226143014/http://www.old.kerala.gov.in/keralacal_june09/22-25.pdf |archive-date=26 February 2014}}</ref> He was the Minister for SC/ST, Law, Cultural Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs for the State of Kerala and the Central Committee member of CPIM.

==See also==
* [[Kerala Council of Ministers]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|A. K. Balan}}
*{{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20100101173930/http://www.minister-scst.kerala.gov.in:80/}}

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