The Eleventh Kerala Legislative Assembly Council of Ministers in Oommen Chandy's first ministry, was a Kerala Council of Ministers (Kerala Cabinet), the executive wing of Kerala state government, led by Indian National Congress leader Oommen Chandy from 31 August 2004 to 12 May 2006.
This government came into office following the resignation of A.K. Antony from the Chief Minister's post ostensibly due to the debacle of the United Democratic Front in the 2004 Lok Sabha Elections.
This was the 19h Ministry in Kerala and it comprised 20 ministers. MinisterPartyMinistry/Portfolio1Oommen ChandyIndian National CongressChief Minister (Also in charge of Home Department)2Vakkom PurushothamanIndian National CongressMinister for Finance3K. M. ManiKerala CongressMinister for Revenue4M. K. MuneerIndian Union Muslim LeagueMinister for Public Works5P. K. KunhalikuttyIndian Union Muslim LeagueMinister for Industries6K. R. Gouri AmmaJanathipathiya Samrakshana SamithyMinister for Agriculture7M. V. RaghavanCommunist Marxist PartyMinister for Co-operation8Aryadan MuhammedIndian National CongressMinister for Electricity9Babu DivakaranRevolutionary Socialist Party (India)Minister for Labour and Minister for Employment10Thiruvanchoor RadhakrishnanIndian National CongressMinister for Water Resources11N. SakthanIndian National CongressMinister for Transport12C. F. ThomasKerala CongressMinister for Rural Development13K K Ramachandran MasterIndian National CongressMinister for Health14K. P. ViswanathanIndian National CongressMinister for Forests15E. T. Muhammed BasheerIndian Union Muslim LeagueMinister for Education16K. C. VenugopalIndian National CongressMinister for Tourism and Devaswom17Adoor PrakashIndian National CongressMinister for Food18Kutty Ahammed KuttyIndian Union Muslim LeagueMinister for Local Self Government19Dominic PresentationIndian National CongressMinister for Fisheries20A. P. Anil KumarIndian National CongressMinister for Cultural Affairs and Backward Caste Development Trivia Oommen Chandy was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Kerala on 31 August 2004 after the controversial resignation of A. K. Antony on 29 August. All ministers in the previous Antony government except K.M. Mani, P.K. Kunjalikkutty, K.R. Gowri Amma, M.V. Raghavan, Dr. M.K. Muneer, Babu Divakaran and C.F. Thomas were ousted. Kunjalikkutty resigned on 31 December 2004, after finding himself guilty in the notorious Ice Cream Parlour Scandal. He was succeeded by his colleague V.K. Ibrahim Kunju the next day (1 January 2005). K.P. Viswanathan, who handled the department of Forests, resigned on 9 February 2005 after a series of scandals, and A. Sujanapal succeeded him on 4 January 2006. In the interval, the CM himself handled the department of Forests.
See also Chief Minister of Kerala List of chief ministers of Kerala List of Kerala ministers
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