C. N. Jayadevan

{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1950)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = C. N. Jayadevan | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | alma_mater = [[Sree Kerala Varma College]], [[Thrissur]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|05|24|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Manaloor, Thrissur, Kerala]] | death_date = | death_place = | office = [[Communist party of India|Leader of the Communist party of India]] in the [[Lok Sabha]] | term_start = 16 May 2014 | term_end = 23 May 2019 | predecessor = [[Gurudas Dasgupta]] | successor = [[K. Subbarayan]] | office1 = Former [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of parliament]] <br /> for [[Thrissur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thrissur]] | constituency1 = | term_start1 = 16 May 2014 | term_end1 = 23 May 2019 | predecessor1 = [[P. C. Chacko]] | successor1 = [[T. N. Prathapan]] | office2 = Member of legislative assembly | constituency2 = [[Ollur Assembly Constituency|Ollur]] | term_start2 = 1996 | term_end2 = 2001 | predecessor2 = [[P. P. George]] | successor2 = [[P. P. George]] | party = [[Communist Party of India]] | spouse = M.S.Remadevi | children = Deepak.C.J, Dinup.C.J | website = | date = | year = | source = | Term end = | term = }} '''Chirukandath Narayanan Jayadevan''' is an Indian politician of the [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI) from [[Thrissur]] in [[Kerala]]. He is a former [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] who represented [[Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency|Thrissur]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/c-n-jayadevan |title=C. N. Jayadevan |publisher=India Govt |accessdate=2014-09-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://kaumudiglobal.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=50130 |title=C N Jayadevan wins in Thrissur |publisher=kaumudiglobal.com |accessdate=2014-09-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/jayadevan-bounces-back/article6018872.ece |title=Jayadevan bounces back |publisher=The Hindu |accessdate=2014-09-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://asianetindia.com/cn-jayadevan-wins-thrissur/ |title=CN Jayadevan wins in Thrissur, Sreemathy in Kannur |publisher=Asianetindia |accessdate=2014-09-17 |archive-date=23 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423235534/http://asianetindia.com/cn-jayadevan-wins-thrissur/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Jayadevan earlier served as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Kerala from 1996 to 2001 representing [[Ollur Assembly Constituency|Ollur]].

==Biography==

Jayadevan, son of Chirukandath Narayan and Poovathkadavil Lakshmi, was educated at St. Theresa's UP School and Manalur Government High School, Manalur Panchayath, Thrissur District. He studied at Guruvayur Sree Krishna College, Government Victoria College, Palakkad, and Sreekerala Varma College (Thrissur). His wife is MS Ramadevi. Their children are Deepak and Dinup (both engineers). Deepak is overseas. [[P.K. Gopalakrishnan]], former Deputy Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly and Communist leader of the Kerala Legislative Assembly, is the mother's brother. He entered politics through the student movement. During the period 1970–71, police arrested a protester. 18 days in jail. He gained political attention through the youth movement and became the district secretary of AIYF in 1976–79. He also served as the AIYF state president from 1982 to 1985. It was during this time that the AIYF led a popular struggle called "Job or Jail".He later served as the district Assistant secretary of the CPI from 1989 to 1997, From 1997 to 2002, and from 2008 to 2014 as CPI District Secretary. He was the district president of the All India Kisan Sabha from 1986 to 1988.

According to the party selected, he participated in two years of continuous study classes in GDR. He has attended study classes and conferences in Mongolia, USSR, and UAE. For the first time, he was elected as the Chairman of the Anthikad Block Development Council. From 1987 to 91, Jayadevan was elected to the first District Council from the Chazur Division. He also served as Vice President of the District Council in 1990–92. He became a member of the 10th Kerala Legislative Assembly in the 1996 general elections, defeating former Agriculture Minister PP George Master from the Ollur assembly.

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