A.P. Anil Kumar (born 15 March 1965), is the Minister for Tourism and Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes in the Indian state of Kerala. He represents Vandoor constituency in the Legislative assembly of Kerala winning by a margin of 28919 votes during 2011 assembly election.
He was born at Malappuram on 15th March, 1965 as the son of Shri. A.P. Balan and Smt. K.L. Devaki.He started his political career through the Kerala Students Union and was the State Secretary of the Indian Youth Congress. In 2001, he was elected from the Vandoor Constituency to the Kerala Legislative Assembly and later became Minister with portfolios of social, cultural and youth affairs in the Oommen Chandy Ministry in 2004. He was re-elected to the Legislative Assembly in 2005 and 2011. He was the member of Executive committee o f Kerala Agricultural University during the period of 2002-04 and also the Students welfare committee chairman. Smt. P. Praseeja is his wife and they have two sons.