Satheeshan Pacheni

{{Short description|Indian politician (1968–2022)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1968|1|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Pacheni, Kerala, India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|10|27|1968|1|5|df=y}}

| death_place = Kannur, Kerala, India

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| nationality = Indian

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| known_for = Politician

| party = Indian National Congress

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Satheeshan Pacheni (5 January 1968 – 27 October 2022) was an Indian politician from Kerala, and a leader of Indian National Congress.{{Cite news |last=Poikayil |first=George |date=27 October 2022 |title=Pacheni, the Congress leader who sold his house to help build party office |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/10/27/congress-leader-satheesan-pacheni-tribute.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=OnManorama}} He started his political career with KSU and went on to become its general secretary and State president. He contested Kerala assembly elections in 1996 from Taliparamba, 2001 and 2006 from Malampuzha against V.S. Achuthanandan and in 2016 and 2021 from Kannur, but lost in all of them.{{Cite news |date=27 October 2022|title=Satheeshan Pacheni passed away|url=https://www.madhyamam.com/satheeshan-pacheni-passed-away |access-date=27 October 2022 |newspaper=Madhyamam |language=ml}} He has also contested the Lok Sabha elections in 2009 from Palakkad constituency but lost by a small margin. He has also been the general secretary of KPCC. He suffered cerebral hemorrhage on 19 October and died at a private hospital in Kannur on 27 October 2022, at the age of 54.{{Cite news|date=27 October 2022 |title=Congress leader Satheesan Pacheni passes away |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/10/27/congress-leader-satheesan-pacheni-passes-away.html |access-date=27 October 2022 |work=OnManorama}}