# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kodiyeri-balakrishnan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:46:17.952Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kodiyeri-balakrishnan"
name: "Kodiyeri Balakrishnan"
slug: "kodiyeri-balakrishnan"
description: "Kodiyeri Balakrishnan was an Indian politician of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the secretary of the CPI(M) Kerala State Committee from 2015 to 2022. He stepped down from the position of state secretary due to his failing health. He was the chief editor of the Malayalam newspaper Deshabhimani, the organ of the Kerala State Committee of the CPI(M)."
tagline: "Indian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kodiyeri.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1953-11-16"
deathDate: "2022-10-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.616864
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodiyeri_Balakrishnan"
    title: "Kodiyeri Balakrishnan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "കോടിയേരി ബാലകൃഷ്ണൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kodiyeri Balakrishnan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "கோடியேரி பாலகிருஷ்ணன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%86.%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%83%E0%B0%B7%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A3%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "కె.బాలకృష్ణన్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6425361"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump