Kerala Legislative Assembly

Erambala Krishnan Nayanar (9 December 1919 – 19 May 2004) was an Indian writer, independence activist, communist politician and statesman who served as the 9th chief minister of Kerala from 1980 to 1981, 1987 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 2001. He served in that position for a total of 10 years, 11 months and 22 days, thus making him the longest-served Chief Minister of Kerala. He was a senior leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).