The V. S. Achuthanandan ministry was a Kerala government ministry formed on 18 May 2006 by V. S. Achuthanandan, after the victory of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) coalition in the 2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election. It was dissolved on 16 May 2011, after the chief minister resigned on 14 May 2011, following the LDF's defeat in the 2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election. The V.S. government had twenty ministers.
Ministers MinisterMinistry1V. S. Achuthanandan Chief Minister2K. P. Rajendran Minister for Revenue3Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Tourism4Thomas Isaac Minister for Finance5Elamaram Kareem Minister for Industries & Commerce6Mullakkara Ratnakaran Minister for Agriculture7G. Sudhakaran Minister for Co-operation & Coir8Kadannapalli Ramachandran Minister for Devaswom9P. K. Gurudasan Minister for Labour and Employment, Excise10N. K. Premachandran Minister for Water Resources11Jose Thettayil Minister for Transport12C. Divakaran Minister for Food & Civil Supplies, Animal husbandry and Dairy development13A. K. Balan Minister for Welfare of Backward & Scheduled Communities, Electricity14Binoy Viswam Minister for Forests and Housing15M. A. Baby Minister for Education and Culture16Paloli Mohammed Kutty Minister for Local Self Government17M. Vijayakumar Minister for Law, Sports, Public works and Parliamentary affairs18S. Sarma Minister for Fisheries19P. K. Sreemathy Minister for Health and Family Welfare20V.Surendran Pillai Minister for Port & Youth welfare
Ex-ministers Four ministers relinquished office during the tenure of the government: P. J. Joseph, Minister for Public Works (Resigned on 04-09-2006 after Airline Travel scam, returned on 17-08-2009 after acquittal, and again resigned on 30-04-2010, after his controversial merger of Kerala Congress (J), his party, with Kerala Congress (M), led by K. M. Mani) Mons Joseph, Minister for Public Works (Took office on 18-10-2007, after the resignation of T. U. Kuruvila, and resigned on 16-08-2009 for welcoming P. J. Joseph) T. U. Kuruvilla, Minister for Public Works (Took office on 15-09-2006, after the resignation of P. J. Joseph, and resigned on 04-09-2007 after Rajakumari land scam) Mathew T. Thomas, Minister for Transport (Resigned on 16-03-2009, as a part of internal arrangements of their party to pave way for Jose Thettayil)
See also Chief Minister of Kerala List of chief ministers of Kerala List of Kerala ministers
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