Pinarayi Vijayan (born 24 May 1945) is an Indian politician who was Chief Minister of Kerala from 25 May 2016 to 18 May 2026. The Left Democratic Front lost the 2026 assembly election and V. D. Satheesan of the Indian National Congress succeeded him as Chief Minister.

A member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), he was the longest serving secretary of the Kerala State Committee of the CPI(M) from 1998 to 2015. He also served in the government of Kerala as Minister of Electric Power and Co-operatives from 1996 to 1998. Vijayan won a seat in the May 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election as the CPI(M) candidate for Dharmadom constituency and was selected as the leader of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and became the 12th Chief Minister of Kerala.

Offices and terms on this page were last verified in September 2026 against publicly available records. Earlier versions described ministerial posts that have since ended.