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Profile

Vadasseri Damodara Menon Satheesan (born 31 May 1964) is an Indian politician and lawyer who is currently serving as the 13th Chief Minister of Kerala since May 2026. He has represented the Paravur Assembly constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly since 2001.

He was born on 31 May 1964 in Nettoor, Kochi, Kerala, to Vadasseri Vilasini Amma and K. Damodara Menon. He studied at Panangad High School in Panangad. He completed his Pre-degree and B.A. in Sociology from Sacred Heart College, Thevara. He then did his LL.B. from the Kerala Law Academy Law College and LL.M. from Government Law College in Thiruvananthapuram. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in social work from Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kalamassery. He practiced Law in the Kerala High Court for around 10 years in the 1990s.

Satheesan started his political journey as a student activist, joining Kerala Students Union (KSU). His first foray into legislative politics was in 1996, when he was still practising as a lawyer. He contested as a candidate for the Kerala Legislative Assembly from Paravur, and held the seat since, winning consecutive elections in 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021, and 2026