Shibu Baby John

{{Infobox politician | name = Shibu Baby John | image = Shibu-Baby-John.jpg

| office = Minister for Forests, Wildlife Protection and Skill Development, Government of Kerala | term_start = {{Start date|2026|05|18|df=yes}} | 1blankname = Chief Minister | 1namedata = V. D. Satheesan | predecessor = A. K. Saseendran

| office2 = Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly | constituency2 = Chavara | term_start2 = {{Start date|2026|05|21|df=yes}} | predecessor2 = Sujith Vijayanpillai

| office3 = State Secretary of the Revolutionary Socialist Party, Kerala State Committee | term_start3 = {{Start date|2023|02|21|df=yes}} | predecessor3 = A. A. Aziz

| office4 = Minister for Labour and Employment, Government of Kerala | term_start4 = {{Start date|2011|05|18|df=yes}} | term_end4 = {{End date|2016|05|20|df=yes}} | predecessor4 = P. K. Gurudasan | successor4 = T. P. Ramakrishnan

| office5 = Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly | constituency5 = Chavara | term_start5 = {{Start date|2011|05|13|df=yes}} | term_end5 = {{End date|2016|05|19|df=yes}} | predecessor5 = N. K. Premachandran | successor5 = N. Vijayan Pillai | constituency6 = Chavara | term_start6 = {{Start date|2001|05|13|df=yes}} | term_end6 = {{End date|2006|05|11|df=yes}} | predecessor6 = Baby John | successor6 = N. K. Premachandran

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|07|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = Kollam, Kerala, India<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members - Kerala Legislature |url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m104.htm |access-date=2026-05-18 |website=Kerala Legislature}}</ref> | alma_mater = TKM College of Engineering, Kollam | occupation = {{hlist|Politician|Businessman|Film producer}} | party = Revolutionary Socialist Party | spouse = {{Marriage|Annie Constantine|1988}} | children = 2 | parents = {{Unbulleted list|Baby John|Annamma Baby John}} }} '''Shibu Baby John''' (born 27 July 1963) is an Indian politician, businessman and film producer who is currently serving as the Minister for Forests, Wildlife Protection and Skill Development (KASE) in the Government of Kerala. He represents the Chavara Assembly constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly and is a senior leader of the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP).

He previously served as the General Secretary of the Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John), a Kerala-based faction formed after a split in the RSP. Following the merger of RSP (Baby John) with the parent party, he became a member of the national committee of the RSP. On 21 February 2023, he was elected Secretary of the RSP Kerala State Committee.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shibu Baby John elected as RSP state secretary; to replace AA Azeez |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2023/Feb/20/shibu-baby-john-elected-as-rsp-state-secretary-to-replaceaa-azeez-2549222.html |work=The New Indian Express |date=20 February 2023}}</ref>

He is the son of former RSP leader Baby John and Annamma John.<ref>{{cite news |title=Baby John: The firebrand socialist from Kerala politics |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/baby-john-the-firebrand-socialist-from-kerala-politics/article66753056.ece |work=The Hindu |date=16 April 2023}}</ref>

==Personal life == Shibu Baby John married Annie Constantine, a civil engineering graduate from TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, on 17{{nbsp}}January 1988<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article607951.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219012536/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article607951.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 December 2013|title = Engineering a romance: The Annie and Shibu Baby John love story}}</ref> and the couple have two children. He graduated with a B.Tech. from TKM College of Engineering, Kollam. After studies he ventured into the export business.

== Political career == In the 2001 Assembly election, he contested from Chavara constituency on the Revolutionary Socialist Party ticket and won. Chavara constituency is known for having supported Baby John for decades.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} He left the RSP and launched the Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John) in 2005. In the 2006 Assembly election, he lost to N. K. Premachandran of the RSP.

In the 2011 assembly election, he defeated then state minister N. K. Premachandran with a lead of 6,061 votes in the Chavara constituency, and was sworn in as a minister on 23 May 2011. However in 2014, both leaders merged their parties together, and this allowed Premachandran to join UDF and to pay way to Lok Sabha in the elections which soon followed. In 2016, he was defeated by N. Vijayan Pillai of Communist Marxist Party (Aravindakshan) who is former panchayath member and district panchayath member of Chavara and son of veteran RSP leader N. Narayana Pillai.

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== External links == {{commons category|Shibu Baby John}} * [http://www.shibubabyjohn.in/ Official Website]

{{DEFAULTSORT:John, Shibu Baby}} Category:State cabinet ministers of Kerala Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:Kerala MLAs 2001–2006 Category:Kerala MLAs 2011–2016 Category:Malayali politicians Category:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) politicians Category:People from Kollam district Category:Kerala MLAs 2026–2031