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| name = Binoy Viswam<br />
| honorific-suffix = [[Member of parliament|MP]]<br />
| image = File:Binoy vishwam.jpg<br />
| office = [[Communist party of India|Leader of the Communist party of India]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| term_start = 24 July 2019<br />
| term_end = <br />
| predecessor = [[D. Raja]]<br />
| successor = <br />
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament]] of [[Rajya Sabha]] for [[Kerala]]<br />
| term_start1 = 2 July 2018<br />
| term_end1 = <br />
| predecessor1 = [[P. J. Kurien]]<br />
| successor1 = <br />
| office2 = [[V. S. Achuthanandan Ministry|Minister of Forest and wildlife]], [[Kerala]]<br />
| term_start2 = 18 May 2006<br />
| term_end2 = 18 May 2011<br />
| predecessor2 = A. Sujanapal<br />
| successor2 = [[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Nadapuram (State Assembly constituency)|Nadapuram]]<br />
| office3 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]], [[Kerala]]<br />
| term_start3 = 2001<br />
| term_end3 = 2011<br />
| constituency3 = [[Nadapuram (State Assembly constituency)|Nadapuram]]<br />
| predecessor3 = [[Sathyan Mokeri]]<br />
| successor3 = [[E. K. Vijayan]]<br />
| party = [[Communist Party of India]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|11|25}}<br />
| birth_place = <br />
| spouse = Shaila C. George<br />
| father = [[C. K. Viswanathan]]<br />
| mother = C.K. Omana<br />
| children = Rasmi, Surya<br />
| residence = Muthuchippy, Thondayad, Nellicode P.O., Kozhikode, Kerala, India-673016<br />
| education = Education Qualifications: B.A., L.L.B. Educated at Maharajas College, Ernakulam and Law Academy, Law College, Trivandrum<br />
}}<br />
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'''Binoy Viswam''' is a Rajya Sabha Member representing the [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI).<ref>http://www.prsindia.org/mptrack/binoyviswam</ref> He is the national secretary member of CPI. He was the Forest Minister in the [[Government of Kerala]] during 2006-2011 .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/cmin.htm|title=Council of Ministers - Kerala|publisher=[[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]|accessdate=20 December 2009}}</ref> 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.<br />
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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.<br />
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.<br />
He became a CPI member at the age of 18. He was Member of National Council of CPI during the period 1992–98.<br />
He also served as [[Kerala Agricultural University]] Senate Member and Director Board Member of [[Kerala Tourism Development Corporation|KTDC]].<br />
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He won "Ambassador of Friendship Among World Youth Award" instituted by the Young Communist League of the Soviet Union.<br />
He also received "Banner of Youth Unity" and diploma awarded by the World Youth Federation.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
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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.<br />
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stateofkerala.in/niyamasabha/binoy_viswam.php}}</ref> 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.<br />
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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.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Kerala Council of Ministers]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[http://www.facebook.com/BinoyViswamCPI/ Facebook]<br />
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