Veena George

Veena George (born 3 August 1976) is the health minister of Kerala and an Indian politician of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), represents Aranmula constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. Prior to joining politics, she has worked with major Malayalam news channels for over 16 years. She is also the first female executive editor among Malayalam news channels.
Education.
Veena George has a Post Graduate degree in Physics from Kerala University.
Personal life.
Veena George's parents are P. E. Kuriakose and Rosamma Kuriakose. She was born at Thiruvananthapuram on 3 August 1976. She is married to George Joseph.
Career.
Television career.
Veena George began her career at Kairali TV as a journalist trainee. She left Kairali TV and joined Manorama News as a news anchor. At Manorama News she was also in charge of programmes named Pularvela and Ee lokham etc. Later she was associated with Malayalam news channels Indiavision , Reporter TV and TV New. At Indiavision she was the chief news editor. She joined TV New in February 2015 as the Executive Editor.
Politics.
Veena George was nominated as the candidate for Aranmula constituency by CPI(M) for 2016 Kerala Assembly Elections, and was elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly by defeating congress veteran K Sivadasan Nair of Indian National Congress by a margin of 7646 votes.
In 2019 Indian general election, she contested from Pathanamthitta (Lok Sabha constituency) as Left front candidate (LDF). However she lost the election by a margin of 44,243 votes to Anto Antony of Indian National Congress.In 2021 she was elected to Kerala legislative assembly again from Aranmula constituency by defeating Adv K Sivadasan Nair of Indian National Congress by a margin of 19003 votes and became the Minister of Health and Social welfare( Succeeding K.K Shailaja ) in Pinarayi Vijayan Cabinet 2021 .