A member of the politburo of the Communist Party of India(Marxist), he is the 12th chief minister of Kerala. Hailing from a poor toddy tapper's family, Vijayan, a first time chief minister, took the oath in Malayalam. Thiruvananthapuram, May 25 (PTI): CPI(M) strongman Pinarayi Vijayan was on Wednesday sworn in as chief minister of Kerala, heading a 19-member ministry of the Left Democratic Front(LDF), which has 13 new faces including two women. In 2006, the swearing in of then Chief Minister V.S. Vijayan, 72, who pipped his bitter party rival V.S.

Source: The Telegraph May 25, 2016 07:12 UTC