Veena George (born 3 August 1976) is an Indian politician and former journalist who currently serves as the Minister for Health and Woman and Child Development in the Government of Kerala.
A member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Veena worked with major Malayalam news channels for over 16 years prior to joining politics.
Veena taught Physics as a lecturer at Catholicate College Pathanamthitta for one year before taking up journalism as her career choice.
She joined Kairali TV as a journalist trainee and had a 16-year-long successful career with prominent Malayalam news channels.
She contested elections for the first time when the CPI (M) fielded her from an INC held Aranmula seat in 2016 assembly polls.