| M. N. Govindan Nair | |
| Birth Date: | 1910 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Pandalam, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India |
| Office: | Member of parliament for Thiruvananthapuram |
| Term Start: | 1977 |
| Term End: | 1979 |
| Predecessor: | V. K. Krishna Menon |
| Successor: | Neelalohithadasan Nadar |
| Office1: | Minister for Transport & Electricity |
| Term Start1: | 25 September 1971 |
| Term End1: | 25 March 1977 |
| Predecessor1: | K. M. George |
| Successor1: | P. K. Vasudevan Nair |
| Office2: | Minister for Agriculture & Electricity |
| Term Start2: | 6 March 1967 |
| Term End2: | 21 October 1969 |
| Predecessor2: | E. P. Poulose |
| Successor2: | O. Koran |
| Office3: | Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start3: | 1970 |
| Term End3: | 1977 |
| Predecessor3: | D. D. Potti |
| Successor3: | E. Chandrasekharan Nair |
| Constituency3: | Chadayamangalam |
| Term Start4: | 1967 |
| Term End4: | 1970 |
| Constituency4: | Punalur |
| Predecessor4: | K. Krishna Pillai |
| Successor4: | K. Krishna Pillai |
| Office5: | Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha |
| Term Start5: | 1962 |
| Term End5: | 1967 |
| Constituency5: | Kerala |
| Office6: | Secretary of the Communist Party of India, Kerala State Council |
| Term Start6: | 1970 |
| Term End6: | 1971 |
| Predecessor6: | S. Kumaran |
| Successor6: | N. E. Balaram |
| Term Start7: | 1956 |
| Term End7: | 1959 |
| Predecessor7: | C. Achutha Menon |
| Successor7: | E. M. S. Namboodiripad |
| Office8: | Member of Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start8: | 1952 |
| Term End8: | 1954 |
| Party: | Communist Party of India |
| Spouse: | Devaki |
| Children: | 1 Son, 1 Daughter |
| Source: | http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m206.htm |
M. N. Govindan Nair (10 December 1910 – 27 November 1984), popularly known as MN, was an Indian communist politician born in Pandalam, in Pathanamthitta district, India. He is known as "Kerala Khrushchev".
M.N. began his public life by involving himself in anti-caste struggles taking place in the locality. He was also associated with Nair Service Society in his early days.
M.N's political life got a fillip when he visited Wardha, and met with many national leaders including Jawaharlal Nehru. Later he joined the communist movement in Kerala. He was one of the foremost leaders of the Communist Party of India (CPI).
He was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI), and it was under his secretaryship that CPI came to power in the 1957 General Elections in Kerala which made the path for the E.M.S. Namboothiripad Ministry of 1957–1959. In 1964 when Communist Party split he remained in the CPI. He was Member of Parliament, and served as the Minister of Kerala. He was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in the General Elections of 1967 from Punalur Constituency and re-elected to the Assembly from Chadayamangalam Constituency in 1971 General Election. He undertook portfolios like Minister for Agriculture, Transport, Electricity and Housing in the Fourth Kerala Legislative Assembly in the C. Achutha Menon Government from 4 October 1970 to 25 March 1977.
He was instrumental in pushing lot of radical and progressive policies and legislations in Kerala.
M.N. was responsible for launching the '
While being part of United Front (1970–1979, Kerala) he pushed legislations like Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971 which nationalised private forest in Malabar region, Kerala Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1969 etc.[3]