<P> Later he was elected as the president of the Kerala state co-operative bank . During the emergency, he was arrested and tortured by police . He became the Kannur district secretary of the CPI (M) when M.V. Raghavan left the party over the' alternative document' row . Within three years, he became a member of the State Secretariat . He was elected to the Assembly in 1970, 1977 and 1991 from Koothuparamba, in 1996 from Payyannur and in 2016 from Dharmadom . He was the Minister for Electric power and Co-operatives in the E.K. Nayanar ministry from 1996 to 1998 . In 1998, he became the state secretary of the CPI (M), following the death of the incumbent Chadayan Govindan . He was elected to the Politburo of the CPI (M) in 2002 . </P> <P> On 26 May 2007 the CPI (M) suspended Pinarayi Vijayan and V.S. Achuthanandan from the Politburo for their public remarks on each other . Pinarayi was reinstated into the Politburo later . </P> <P> Pinarayi Vijayan was selected by the CPI (M) as Chief Minister of Kerala in May 2016, following the 2016 Legislative Assembly election . Vijayan was selected as the leader of Left Democratic Front government . He was sworn in on 25 May 2016 in front of a large number of party workers, along with his 19 - member cabinet . Vijayan also holds the charge of Home Affairs & Vigilance Departments along with the other portfolios normally held by the Chief Ministers, and not mentioned elsewhere . He is elected from Dharmadom constituency . During his reign he introduced various schemes like Haritha Keralam Mission, Project LIFE, Ardram Mission and Comprehensive Education Reforms . For the first time in India, an all - woman police squad called Pink Patrol was introduced in Kerala to ascertain the security of women and children in public places . </P> <Ul> <Li> State president and secretary of Kerala Student's Federation and president of Kerala State Youth Federation . </Li> <Li> President of Kerala State Co-operative Bank </Li> <Li> Elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1970, 1977, 1991, 1996 and 2016 . </Li> <Li> Minister in Kerala government between 1996 and 1998 . </Li> <Li> Secretary of the Kerala state committee of the CPI (M) between 1998 and 2015 . </Li> <Li> Member of the CPI (M) politburo from 2002 . </Li> <Li> Chief Minister of Kerala from 25 May 2016 </Li> </Ul>

Chief minister has also worked as a handloom weaver