<page_title> List of Chief Ministers of Kerala </page_title> <section_title> Chief Ministers of Kerala </section_title> <table> <cell> E. M. S. Namboodiripad MLA for Nileshwaram 1st EMS ministry <col_header> Name Constituency Ministry </col_header> </cell> <cell> 5 April 1957 – 31 July 1959 (2 years, 117 days) <col_header> Term (tenure length) </col_header> </cell> <cell> Communist Party of India <col_header> Party (alliance) </col_header> </cell> <cell> E. M. S. Namboodiripad MLA for Pattambi Second E. M. S. Namboodiripad ministry <col_header> Name Constituency Ministry </col_header> </cell> <cell> 6 March 1967 – 1 November 1969 (2 years, 240 days; total 4 years, 357 days) <col_header> Term (tenure length) </col_header> </cell> <cell> Communist Party of India (Marxist) (Saptakakshi Munnani) <col_header> Party (alliance) </col_header> </cell> </table>
E. M. S. Namboodiripad was an Indian communist politician, who served as the first Chief Minister of Kerala state in 1957–59 and then again in 1967–69.