M. Karunanidhi was sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on for fifth time after DMK and allies' victory in the 2006 state assembly election, forming the first minority government in the state since the 1952 election. M. Karunanidhi became the 14th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu due to the election.
Cabinet ministers
S.noNameDesignationPortfoliosPartyChief Minister1.M. KarunanidhiChief Minister Public Home Police Indian Administrative Service Indian Police Service Indian Forest Service Prevention of Corruption Prohibition and Excise Molasses Tamil Official Language and Tamil CultureDMKDeputy Chief Minister (Since 2009)3.M. K. StalinDeputy Chief Minister General Administration District Revenue Officers Industries Minorities Welfare Passports Special Initiatives Social Reforms Municipal Administration Rural Development Panchayats and Panchayat Union Poverty Alleviation Programmes Rural Indebtedness Urban and Rural Water SupplyDMKCabinet Ministers2.Prof. K. AnbazhaganMinister for Finance Finance Planning Legislative Assembly and ElectionsDMK4.Arcot N. VeeraswamiMinister for Electricity Electricity Non-Conventional Energy Development *Personnel and Administrative Reforms5.Ko.Si. ManiMinister for Co-operation Co-operation Statistics Welfare of Ex-Servicemen6.Veerapandi S. ArumugamMinister for Agriculture Agriculture *Agricultural Engineering Agro Service Co-operatives *Horticulture Sugarcane Cess Sugarcane Development Wasteland Development7.DuraimuruganMinister for Public Works and Law Public Works Irrigation including Minor Irrigation *Programme Works Law and Courts8.Dr. K. PonmudyMinister for Higher Education Higher Education including Technical *Education Electronics Science and Technology Mines and Minerals9.K. N. NehruMinister for Transport Transport Nationalized Transport Motor Vehicles Act.10.M. R. K. PanneerselvamMinister for Health Health Medical Education Family Welfare11.Pongalur N. PalanisamyMinister for Rural Industries and Animal Husbandry Rural Industries including Cottage Industries and Small Industries Animal Husbandry12.I. PeriyasamyMinister for Revenue and Housing Revenue District Revenue Establishment Deputy Collectors Prisons Weights and Measures Debt Relief including Legislation on *Money Lending Chits Registration of Companies Housing Rural Housing and Housing Development13.N. Suresh RajanMinister for Tourism and Regeneration Tourism and Tourism Development Corporation Registration and Stamp Act.14.E. V. VeluMinister for Food Food Civil Supplies Consumer Protection and Price Control.15.Suba. ThangavelanMinister for Slum Clearance and Accommodation Control Slum Clearance Board Accommodation Control16.Parithi EllamvazhuthiMinister for Information Information and Publicity Film Technology and Cinematograph Act *Stationery and Printing and Government *Press Town Planning Urban Development and Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority17.K. K. S. S. R. RamachandranMinister for Backward Classes Backward Classes Most Backward Classes and De-notified Communities Overseas Indians Refugees and Evacuees Handlooms and Textiles.18.T. M. AnbarasanMinister for Labour Labour Population Employment and Training Steel Control Newsprint Control Census Urban and Rural Employment.19.K. R. PeriakaruppanMinister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments20.Thangam ThenarasuMinister for School Education School Educationand Archaeology21.S. N. M. UbayadullahMinister for Commercial Taxes Commercial Taxes22.T. P. M. Mohideen KhanMinister for Environment Sports and Youth Welfare Environment Pollution Control Wakfs23.Vellakoil SaminathanMinister for Highways and Minor Ports Highways Minor Ports24.N. SelvarajMinister for Forests Forests and Cinchona25.Dr. Poongothai Aladi ArunaMinister for Information Technology Information Technology26.P. Geetha JeevanMinister for Social Welfare Social Welfare including Women's and Children Welfare Nutritious Noon Meal Welfare of the Disabled Orphanages and Correctional Administration Integrated Child Development Beggar Homes27.A. TamilarasiMinister for Adi Dravidar Welfare Adi Dravidar Welfare Hill Tribes Bonded Labour28.U. MathivananMinister for Animal Husbandry Animal Husbandry29.K. P. P. SamyMinister for Fisheries Fisheries and Fisheries Development Corporation30.K. RamachandhiranMinister for Khadi Khadi and Village Industries Bhoodhan and Gramadhan.
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