Sitaram Yechury Biography – Brief About His Political Career

Sitaram Yechury Died At 72 Due To Pneumonia

Sitaram Yechury is an Indian Marxist politician who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He has been a member of the CPI(M) Politburo since 1992. Yechury was also a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, representing West Bengal, from 2005 to 2017.

Sitaram Yechury Died At 72 Due To Pneumonia (Chest Infection)

Yechury was admitted to the emergency department at AIIMS Delhi on August 19, 2024, and put on respiratory support after his condition worsened in September. He showed signs of a chest infection similar to pneumonia and passed away on September 12, at the age of 72, due to an acute respiratory infection. His family donated his body to AIIMS for teaching and research purposes.

About Sitaram Yechury’s Early Life 

Yechury was born on August 12, 1952, into a Telugu family in Madras (now Chennai). His parents, Sarveswara Somayajula Yechury and Kalpakam Yechury, were originally from Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. His father worked as an engineer for the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, and his mother was a government officer.

He attended All Saints High School. The 1969 Telangana agitation brought him to Delhi, where he completed his schooling at Presidents Estate School, ranking first in India in the CBSE exams.

He then studied Economics at St. Stephen’s College for his B.A. (Hons.) and earned his M.A. in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), achieving top marks in both.

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Family Background

Yechury was married to Seema Chisti, a journalist who is the editor of The Wire and was previously the Delhi editor for BBC Hindi Service. Before this, he was married to Indrani Mazumdar, the daughter of Vina Mazumdar. From his first marriage, he had a daughter and a son.

His daughter, Akhila Yechury, is a history major who teaches at the University of Edinburgh and the University of St. Andrews. His son, Ashish Yechury, passed away from COVID-19 on April 22, 2021, at the age of 34.

Brief About Yechury’s Political Career

Sitaram joined the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) in 1974 and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) a year later. By 1978, he was elected as the All-India Joint Secretary of SFI and later became its All-India President, making him the first president from outside Kerala or Bengal. In 1984, he was elected to the Central Committee of the CPI(M).

He left the SFI in 1986. He was elected to the Politburo in 1992 at the party’s Fourteenth Congress and became the General Secretary of the CPI(M) on April 19, 2015, during the party’s 21st Congress in Visakhapatnam.

Yechury was re-elected for a third term as General Secretary of the CPI(M) at the 23rd Party Congress in Kannur, Kerala, in April 2022. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal in July 2005.

On March 3, 2015, during a parliamentary session, Yechury proposed an amendment to President Pranab Mukherjee’s address on the first day of Parliament’s budget session.

According to his election affidavit, Sitaram Yechury had a total net worth of ₹82,71,066. He reported having ₹44,000 in his Andhra Bank account and ₹55,000 in his SBI account at the time. His wife, Seema Chisti, had over ₹23 lakh in fixed deposits and mutual funds, and her account held more than ₹3 lakh.

Attribute Details
Real Name Sitaram Yechury
Nickname Sitaram
Profession Politician & Former Member of Rajya Sabha
Date of Birth 12 August 1952
Age (as of 2024) 72 Years Old
Family Father: Sarveswara Somayajula Yechury
Mother: Kalpakam Yechury
Siblings: Updated Soon
Marital Status Married
Wife Name Seema Chisti Yechury
Children Ashish Yechury, Akhila Yechury
Religion Hindu
Educational Qualification Graduate
School  All Saints High School, Hyderabad & Presidents Estate School
College  St. Stephen’s College, Delhi & Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
Hobbies Politics
Birth Place Madras, Madras State, India
Hometown Hyderabad, India
Current City Hyderabad, India
Nationality Indian
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