K. Krishnankutty

Kunjukutty Krishnankutty (born 13 August 1944) is an Indian politician who is serving as the Minister for Electricity of Kerala since 2021.^[1] He previously served as the Minister for Water Resources of Kerala from 2018 to 2021. He is a Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly representing Chittur since 2016 and previously from 1991 to 1996 and from 1980 to 1987. He is a member of the Janata Dal (Secular) Party.

K. Krishnankutty
കെ. കൃഷ്ണൻകുട്ടി
Minister for Electricity and ANERT, Government of Kerala
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 May 2021 (2021-05-20)
Chief Minister	Pinarayi Vijayan
Preceded by	M. M. Mani
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 June 2016 (2016-06-02)
Preceded by	K. Achuthan
Constituency	Chittur
Minister for Water Resources, Government of Kerala
In office 26 November 2018 (2018-11-26) – 3 May 2021 (2021-05-03)
Chief Minister	Pinarayi Vijayan
Preceded by	P. J. Joseph
Succeeded by	Roshy Augustine
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office 1991 (1991) – 1996 (1996)
Preceded by	K. A. Chandran
Succeeded by	K. Achuthan
Constituency	Chittur
In office 1980 (1980) – 1987 (1987)
Preceded by	P. Shankar
Succeeded by	K. A. Chandran
Constituency	Chittur
Personal details
Born	(1944-08-13) 13 August 1944 (age 80) Perumatty, Malabar District, Madras Presidency, British India (present day Palakkad, Kerala, India)
Political party	Janata Dal (Secular)
Spouse	K. Vilasini
Residence(s)	Periyar, Cliff House Compound, Nanthencode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Occupation	Politician

He started his political career with the Congress party and became a KPCC member in 1969 and continued till the inception of Janata Party.^[2] He was elected to the ministry of kerala in 2018 He is a strong supporter of Cooperative Movement in Kerala.^[3] He came to the ministry He has previously held the responsibility of being the president of Perumatty Service Co-operative Bank, the director of Palghat District Co-operative Bank and Kerala State Co-operative Bank.^[2] He became a legislator in 6th, 7th, 9th and the 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly.^[2] He became a Minister in Pinarayi Vijayan's Ministry, after replacing Mathew T. Thomas, the legislator from Thiruvalla constituency.^[4]

He is the former Kerala State General Secretary of the Janata Dal (Secular).^[5]

Early life

He was born to Kunjukutty and Janaki of Ezhuthani in Perumatty on 13 August 1944.^[6] He completed 8th standard from Government S. M. High School, Tattamangalam.^[6]

Personal life

He lives with wife Vilasini and son Narayanankutty at Ezhuthani near Chittur. The couple's other children are Latha Balasai, K Ajayan and K Biju IAS, who is the director of the department of Industries and Commerce.