C. P. John

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C. P. John
Personal details
Born (1957-04-22) 22 April 1957 (age 67)
Kunnamkulam, Thrissur
NationalityIndian
Political partyCommunist Marxist Party
ParentC.I. Poulose & Rosa
OccupationPolitician & Social Worker

C. P. John (born 22 April 1957) is an Indian politician and the General Secretary of the Communist Marxist Party.[1][2][3][4][5] He is the National executive member of Hind Mazdoor Sabha.[6] He was the Vice President of Students' Federation of India (SFI) Central committee during 1978 and the youngest President of Kerala State committee of SFI.[citation needed] He served two terms as a member of Kerala State Planning Board.[7][8]

John is a prominent leader of the

M.V. Raghavan when the latter broke with CPI(M) in 1986 and founded the Communist Marxist Party.[11] When M.V. Raghavan died in 2014, the party had split and with the C.P. John-led faction staying with UDF.[12][13] In 2016 C.P. John was elected general secretary of the Confederation of Indian Communists and Democratic Socialists.[14]

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