# C. N. Jayadevan > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/C._N._Jayadevan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/C._N._Jayadevan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._N._Jayadevan > Source revision: 1349808220 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Indian politician (born 1950) C. N. Jayadevan Leader of the Communist party of India in the Lok Sabha In office 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019 Preceded by Gurudas Dasgupta Succeeded by K. Subbarayan Former Member of parliament for Thrissur In office 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019 Preceded by P. C. Chacko Succeeded by T. N. Prathapan Member of legislative assembly In office 1996–2001 Preceded by P. P. George Succeeded by P. P. George Constituency Ollur Personal details Born (1950-05-24) 24 May 1950 (age 76) Manaloor, Thrissur, Kerala Party Communist Party of India Spouse M.S.Remadevi Children Deepak.C.J, Dinup.C.J Alma mater Sree Kerala Varma College, Thrissur **Chirukandath Narayanan Jayadevan** is an Indian politician of the [Communist Party of India](/source/Communist_Party_of_India) (CPI) from [Thrissur](/source/Thrissur) in [Kerala](/source/Kerala). He is a former [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_parliament%2C_Lok_Sabha) who represented [Thrissur](/source/Thrissur_Lok_Sabha_constituency).[1][2][3][4] Jayadevan earlier served as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Kerala from 1996 to 2001 representing [Ollur](/source/Ollur_Assembly_Constituency). ## 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](/source/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. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["C. N. Jayadevan"](http://india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/c-n-jayadevan). India Govt. Retrieved 17 September 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["C N Jayadevan wins in Thrissur"](http://kaumudiglobal.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=50130). kaumudiglobal.com. Retrieved 17 September 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Jayadevan bounces back"](http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/jayadevan-bounces-back/article6018872.ece). The Hindu. Retrieved 17 September 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["CN Jayadevan wins in Thrissur, Sreemathy in Kannur"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150423235534/http://asianetindia.com/cn-jayadevan-wins-thrissur/). Asianetindia. Archived from [the original](http://asianetindia.com/cn-jayadevan-wins-thrissur/) on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2014. Party political offices Preceded by Gurudas Dasgupta Leader of the Communist Party of India Party in the 16th Lok Sabha 2014–2019 Succeeded by K. Subbarayan v t e Communist Party of India General secretaries Sachchidanand Vishnu Ghate Gangadhar Adhikari Puran Chand Joshi (1935–1947) B. T. Ranadive (1948–1950) Ajoy Ghosh (1951–1962) Chandra Rajeswara Rao (1962–1990) Indrajit Gupta (1990–1996) Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan (1996–2012) S. Sudhakar Reddy (2012–2019) D. Raja (2019–) Chief Ministers E. M. S. Namboodiripad P. K. Vasudevan Nair C. Achutha Menon Related organisations All India Trade Union Congress All India Youth Federation All India Students Federation National Federation of Indian Women All India Kisan Sabha Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union All India State Government Employees Federation History Foundation of the Communist Party of India 1964 split in the Communist Party of India Electoral history v t e Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Kerala State GE 2014 K. C. Venugopal P. K. Biju A. Sampath Innocent K. V. Thomas Joice George P. K. Sreemathy P. Karunakaran N. K. Premachandran Jose K. Mani M. K. Raghavan E. Ahamed Kodikunnil Suresh M. B. Rajesh Anto Antony E. T. Mohammed Basheer Shashi Tharoor C. N. Jayadevan Mullappally Ramachandran M. I. Shanavas Bye-elections 2017 PK Kunhalikutty Pre-bye poll: E. 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