V.S Siva Kumar (Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Devaswom) with wife Sindhu Salooja C. R

V. S. Sivakumar(Malayalam:വി.എസ് .ശിവകുമാര്‍) (born May 30, 1960 in Amaravila, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala) is an Indian politician and the present Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Devaswom, Government of Kerala. He is representing the Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala winning against V. Surendran Pillai of KC(T) party in 2011 State Election. Siva Kumar is being elected to the state assembly for the first time. He was a member of Parliament in the 13th Lok Sabha representing Thiruvananthapuram Parliamentary Constituency.
V.S Siva Kumar started his political career through theKerala Students Union (KSU) in 1978 and rose through the Youth Congress. He was elected the Chairman, Students' Union, V.T.M.N.S.S. College, Dhanuvachapuram, Trivandrum in 1979-80. He served as Indian National Congress DCC President, AICC Member, KPCC Member and general secretary. He was the elected Member of Parliament in the 13th Lok Sabha representing Thiruvananthapuram Parliamentary Constituency.
Positions held
1978-1979 University Union Councillor (Kerala University)
1980-1982 General Secretary, Block Congress Committee
1982-1987 President, Block Youth Congress, Parasala Block, DistrictTrivandrum
1987-1993 Vice-President, District Youth Congress Committee, Trivandrum
1993-2000 President, District Youth Congress, Trivandrum
1999-2004 Elected to 13th Lok Sabha
1999-2000 Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests
V S Siva Kumar was elected as the Member of Parliament to the 13th Lok Sabha for the first time in 1999 by defeating Shri. Kaniyapuram Ramachandran of CPI with a margin of 14,385 votes from Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency). He represented the constituency till 2004 in the Lok Sabha. But in the 14th Lok Sabha elections in 2004 and by-election in 2005, he tasted defeat against Shri. P.K Vasudevan and Shri Panniyan Ravindran of CPI, respectively, from the Thiruvananthapuram Constituency.
Siva Kumar was fielded in for the first time into State Assembly election(Election 2011) from Thiruvananthapuram constituency. He emerged victorious against the former Minister V. Surendran Pillai of KC(T) party by a margin of 5352 votes.