Susheela Gopalan
Area of Expertise: Politics
Bio: Susheela Gopalan was an Indian Communist leader and one of the founding members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). She was elected Member of Parliament twice, from Alappuzha (1980) and Chirayinkil (1991), and was a Minister in the Government of Kerala for a number of years. She was one of the few women who held major responsibilities in the CPI (M) structure. She was a Minister in a number of LDF cabinets in Kerala. During her last term she was the Minister for Industries and Social Welfare. She married A. K. Gopalan in 1952, one of the veterans of the party, who she had met during his years in hiding. She was dies on 19 December 2001 (aged 71) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
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