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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = M. Vijayakumar
| image = M Vijayakumar.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|10|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Nedumangad]], [[Thiruvananthapuram district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| residence =
| death_date =
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| office1 = Minister for Law, Sports and Youth Affairs,Govt of Kerala
| term_start1 = 2006
| term_end1 = 2011
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| predecessor1 = [[K. M. Mani]]
| successor1 = [[K. M. Mani]], [[P. K. Jayalakshmi]]
| office2 = Speaker of Kerala Legislative assembly
| term_start2 = 1996
| term_end2 = 2001
| constituency2 =
| predecessor2 =
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|office3=[[Member of Legislative assembly]]
|term_start3=2006
|term_end3=2011
|constituency3=Trivandrum North, [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
|term_start4=1987
|term_end4=2001
|constituency4=Trivandrum North, [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| spouse = Sreekala
| children = Aravind, Archana
| nationality = [[India]]n
| religion =
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'''M. Vijayakumar''' (born 5 October 1950), is an Indian politician who belongs to the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. He served as an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], minister, and Speaker in the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/cmin.htm|title=Council of Ministers - Kerala|publisher=[[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]|accessdate=15 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=16 January 2005|title=Vijayakumar re-elected CPI(M) district secretary|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/16/stories/2005011607530400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050302082010/http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/16/stories/2005011607530400.htm|archive-date=2 March 2005|accessdate=15 January 2010}}</ref> He has been on the State and Central Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. As an MLA, he represented the erstwhile Thiruvananthapuram North constituency in the Assembly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kerala.gov.in/government/mla.htm |title=Members of Legislative Assempbly |publisher=[[Government of Kerala]] |accessdate=15 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130012529/http://www.kerala.gov.in/government/mla.htm |archivedate=30 January 2010 }}</ref>

==Career==
M. Vijayakumar was born on 5 October 1950 at Panacode near [[Nedumangad]] in [[Thiruvananthapuram district]], [[Kerala]]. He holds a B.A. and Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) degree. He entered politics through student's movement and took active part in the formation of [[Students' Federation of India]] (SFI) in 1970 and [[Democratic Youth Federation of India]] (DYFI) in 1980. During the course of his political career, he has served at different times as the Kerala State Secretary of the SFI, District Secretary & State Secretary of DYFI, All India President of the DYFI, and State Committee member of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]].

Vijayakumar was arrested several times and beaten by the police during the [[The Emergency (India)|emergency period]].<ref name="vkumar">{{cite web|url=http://www.kerala.gov.in/government/vijayakumar.htm|title=M. Vijayakumar|publisher=Government of Kerala|accessdate=15 January 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091231085902/http://www.kerala.gov.in/government/vijayakumar.htm|archivedate=31 December 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
He was also jailed for four months at [[Poojappura]] Central Jail, Thiruvananthapuram during emergency.<ref name="vkumar" /> He led several agitations, including Parliament March in September, 1981 raising the slogan "Education for all and job for all" and in August, 1986 actively participated in the "way blockade" agitation for getting unemployment wages and recruitments to be made through [[Kerala Public Service Commission|Public Service Commission]] (PSC) and brutally beaten by the police.<ref name="vkumar" />

He was elected to [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] in 1987, 1991 and 1996 and served as Speaker of 10th Kerala Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2001, being the first speaker to complete his term. In 2001, he suffered defeat, but again won in 2006. In that chance, he became the state cabinet minister for law. In 2011, he did not contest elections. In 2015, he contested in the by-elections from [[Aruvikkara]], which fell vacant due to the death of former Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly [[G. Karthikeyan]], who died in office, but got defeated by Karthikeyan's son [[K. S. Sabarinathan]]. Now he is residing at PHAS( Pattur Housing Accommodation Scheme of KSHB ) at EMS Nagar, Pattur, Trivandrum.

He is presently the Chairman of [[Kerala Tourism Development Corporation]] [KTDC].

== See also ==
* [[List of Kerala ministers]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.minister-law.kerala.gov.in/}}

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[[Category:Speakers of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram alumni]]

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