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{{Short description|Indian politician (1983)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Hibi George Eden
| image = File:Hibi Eden.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|4|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ernakulam]], [[Kerala]], India
| residence = [[New Delhi]] / [[Kochi]]
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start1 = 23 May 2019
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = [[K. V. Thomas]]
| successor1 =
| constituency1 = [[Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency|Ernakulam]], [[Kerala]]
| office2 = Member of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = 2011
| term_end2 = 2019
| predecessor2 = [[Dominic Presentation]]
| successor2 = [[T. J. Vinod]]
| constituency2 = [[Ernakulam Assembly constituency|Ernakulam]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Anna Linda|30 January 2012}}
}}

Hibi George Eden, commonly known as '''Hibi Eden''' (born 19 April 1983) is an Indian politician from [[Ernakulam]], Kerala and member of the [[Indian National Congress]]. Hibi is the son of the late George Eden, a long time [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|member of Parliament]] from the [[Ernakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ernakulam constituency]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=CBI Takes Over Solar Scam Probe, Case Against Top Kerala Congress Leaders|url=https://www.ndtv.com/kerala-news/solar-panel-case-cbi-case-against-top-congress-leaders-in-kerala-over-solar-panel-scam-2512225|last=|date=17 Aug 2021|work=NDTV|access-date=17 August 2021|archive-date=17 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817072023/https://www.ndtv.com/kerala-news/solar-panel-case-cbi-case-against-top-congress-leaders-in-kerala-over-solar-panel-scam-2512225|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Early life==
Hibi Eden was born in [[Ernakulam]], [[Kerala]] to the former [[Ernakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ernakulam MP]] George Eden<ref name="Archbishop’s letter">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/16/stories/2009031654280400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107093259/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/16/stories/2009031654280400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 November 2012|title=Archbishop's letter draws criticism. Rooting for Hibi termed interference in the political affairs of a party|last=Basheer|first=K.P.M.|date=16 March 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=17 March 2014}}</ref> (who died in office, 2003)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article578696.ece#.Uyc4OoWDmMU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317212735/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article578696.ece#.Uyc4OoWDmMU|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 March 2014|title=George Eden an outstanding politician|date=29 July 2012|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|accessdate=17 March 2014|location=Kochi}}</ref><ref name="MMP">{{cite web|url=http://www.ernakulammp.com/page/dr-sebastian-paul-mp|title=Dr Sebastian Paul _ Ernakulam MP/More a journalist than a politician|date=1 November 2009|accessdate=17 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313045438/http://www.ernakulammp.com/page/dr-sebastian-paul-mp|archive-date=2009-03-13}}</ref> and Rani Eden at Thoppumpady, Ernakulam on 19 April 1983. He has a younger sister. He lost his mother at an early age and his aunt raised him and his younger sister.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Hibi Eden |url=https://indianexpress.com/about/hibi-eden/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=The Indian Express |language=en |archive-date=9 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709113233/https://indianexpress.com/about/hibi-eden/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Hibi Eden married Anna Linda, a [[Malayalam]] television channel anchor on 30 January 2012 at [[Kaloor]] St Francis Xavier church after 4 years of love.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2012/Aug/20/in-love-with-and-married-to-hibi-eden-398825.html |title=In love with and married to Hibi Eden |first=Divya |last=Kandukuri |date=20 August 2012 |access-date=15 March 2025 |work=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref> The couple has a daughter.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/an-impressive-comeback-for-mlas-wife/article6968480.ece |title=An impressive comeback for MLA's wife |first=Sarath Babu |last=George |date=7 March 2015 |access-date=15 March 2025 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> Hibi is a devout member of the [[Latin Catholics of Malabar|Keralite Latin Catholic]] community.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nedumudy|first=Vinod|date=2019-03-31|title=Alphons may find it hard to eat into Eden's Christian base|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/310319/alphons-may-find-it-hard-to-eat-into-edens-christian-base.html|access-date=2021-06-30|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181502/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/310319/alphons-may-find-it-hard-to-eat-into-edens-christian-base.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Political career==
[[File:Hibi Eden and Sasi Tharoor.jpg|thumb|left|Hibi Eden with [[Shashi Tharoor]] during [[2011 elections in India|2011 election campaign]].]]
Hibi Eden was the general secretary of the [[Kerala Students Union]] (
KSU) at [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/02/03/stories/2003020300440100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030324224018/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/02/03/stories/2003020300440100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2003-03-24|website=[[The Hindu]]|date=2003-02-03|title='Netagiri' on the shelf?}}</ref> He later became the president of KSU and [[National Students' Union of India]] (NSUI), the students' wing of the [[Indian National Congress]].

He became a member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Kerala]] from Ernakulam constituency after winning the 2011 Kerala Assembly elections by a 32,437 vote majority, making him the youngest member in the Assembly.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kerala's youngest candidate fights his first election |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-kerala-assembly-keralas-youngest-candidate-fights-his-first-election/20110411.htm |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Rediff |language=en |archive-date=23 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623002200/https://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-kerala-assembly-keralas-youngest-candidate-fights-his-first-election/20110411.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2016 assembly elections, he got elected<ref>{{cite web |title=Eranakulam Candidates Kerala Assembly Election 2016 & Results |url=http://zeenews.india.com/assembly-elections/kerala/constituency/eranakulam |website=Zee News |accessdate=16 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524115829/http://zeenews.india.com/assembly-elections/kerala/constituency/eranakulam |archive-date=24 May 2016}}</ref> for the second time as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Kerala from Ernakulam constituency winning<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/ernakulam.html|title=Ernakulam Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs|website=www.elections.in|access-date=6 July 2016|archive-date=14 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714193901/http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/ernakulam.html|url-status=live}}</ref> by 21949 votes. In [[2019 Indian general election|2019 Loksabha election]] he contested from [[Ernakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)]] and Eden won by a margin of over 1.6 lakh votes against his nearest rival, [[P. Rajeev (Kerala)]] of CPI(M). In [[2024 Indian general election|2024 Loksabha election]] he contested again from [[Ernakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)]] and Eden won by a margin of over 2.5 lakh votes against his nearest rival, K J Shine of CPI(M).<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-06-04 |title=Lok Sabha Elections: Hibi Eden walks into book of political records with a margin of 2.50 lakh votes |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/lok-sabha-elections-hibi-eden-walks-into-book-of-political-records-with-a-margin-of-250-lakh-votes/article68251387.ece |access-date=2024-07-09 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=5 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605015346/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/lok-sabha-elections-hibi-eden-walks-into-book-of-political-records-with-a-margin-of-250-lakh-votes/article68251387.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Parliamentary Election
!Year
!Constituency
!Closest Rival
!Majority
(Votes)
!Won/Lost
|-
|2019
|Ernakulam
|P Rajeev [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|169510
|Won<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 - State Wise and Party Wise Results|url=https://www.elections.in/kerala/index.html/|access-date=2021-05-07|website=Elections in India|archive-date=9 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509061814/https://www.elections.in/amp/kerala/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2024
|Ernakulam
|K.J. Shine Teacher [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|250385
|Won
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Kerala Legislative Assembly Election
!Year
!Constituency
!Closest Rival
!Majority
(Votes)
!Won/Lost
|-
|2011
|Ernakulam
|Dr. Sebastian Paul (IND)
|32437
|Won<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala Assembly Election Results in 2011|url=https://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2011-election-results.html|access-date=2021-05-07|website=www.elections.in|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924045351/https://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2011-election-results.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|Ernakulam
|M Anil Kumar ([[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]])
|21949
|Won<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala Assembly Election Results in 2016|url=https://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2016-election-results.html|access-date=2021-05-07|website=www.elections.in|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924050604/https://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2016-election-results.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}
Represented India in the Commonwealth Country Seminar held at Samova Island and presented a paper on ‘Parliament and Civil Society’. Represented a ten member Kerala Assembly delegation to China in 2012. Represented INC as a member of Multiparty delegation invited by Singapore High Commission in 2013. Represented India in the Indo-Pak delegation to American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) held in US in 2014. Represented India in the European Union Visitors Programme in 2015. Attended the Conference of the Regions conducted as the preparatory session of the World Climate Change Conference in Lyon, France (2015) and presented a paper on 'Transport and mobility'.<ref name="Welcome to Kerala Legislature">{{Cite web|title=Welcome to Kerala Legislature|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/|access-date=2021-05-07|website=www.niyamasabha.org|archive-date=18 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518234755/http://www.niyamasabha.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Parliamentary Activity==
During the 17th Lok Sabha, Hibi Eden has 89% attendance. In this term, he asked a total of 318 questions, participated in 61 debates, and introduced 9 private member bills.<ref name="PRS India MP Track">{{Cite web|title=PRS India MP Track|url=https://www.prsindia.org/mptrack/17-lok-sabha/hibi-eden/|access-date=2024-03-18|website=www.prsindia.org|archive-date=19 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319021027/https://prsindia.org/mptrack/17-lok-sabha/hibi-eden|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Hibi Eden}}
* {{Official website|http://hibieden.in/}}

{{17th LS members from Kerala}}

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[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala]]
[[Category:Politicians from Ernakulam district]]
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 2011–2016]]
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 2016–2021]]
[[Category:Indian Roman Catholics]]
[[Category:India MPs 2019–2024]]
[[Category:India MPs 2024–2029]]
[[Category:Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance candidates in 2024 Indian general election]]

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TeodoroGalvan6 at 00:35, 25 March 2026