As O. Panneerselvam who was Chief Minister from 2 March 2002 resigned, Governor appointed J. Jayalalithaa as the Chief Minister to head the New Government and appointed 26 more ministers on the same day. It was her return to power as she had removed from the post earlier on 21 September 2001.
Cabinet ministers
S.noNameDesignationPortfoliosPartyChief Minister1.J. JayalalithaaChief Minister Public Home Police Indian Administrative Service Indian Police Service other All India Services General Administration District Revenue OfficersAIADMKCabinet Ministers2.O. PanneerselvamMinister for Public Works, Prohibition and Excise and Revenue Public Works Highways Irrigation including Minor Irrigation Prohibition & Excise Molasses Prevention of Corruption and Prisons *Revenue District Revenue Establishment Deputy Collectors Registration, Stamp Act Stationery & Printing Government Press Bhoodhan & Gramdhan PassportsAIADMK3.C. PonnaiyanMinister for Finance Finance Planning Legislative Assembly and Elections Legislation Weights and Measures Debt Relief including Legislation on *money lending Chits Registration of Companies4.D. JayakumarMinister for Law and Information Technology Law and Courts Information Technology5.Pollachi V. JayaramanMinister for Food and Co-operationFood Civil Supplies Consumer Protection Price Control Co-operation Statistics6.P.C. RamasamyMinister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments7.P. Vijayalakshmi PalanisamyMinister for Social Welfare Social Welfare including Women's and Children's Welfare Nutritious Noon Meal Welfare of the Disabled Beggar Homes Orphanages and Correctional Administration8.N. ThalavaisundaramMinister for Health Health Medical Education Family Welfare.9.B. ValarmathiMinister for Rural Industries Rural Industries including Cottage Industries Small Scale Industries Khadi & Village Industries Board10.C. KaruppasamyMinister for Adi Dravidar Welfare Adi Dravidar Welfare Hill Tribes Bonded Labour Welfare of Ex-Servicemen11.R. ViswanathanMinister for Transport and Electricity Transport Nationalised Transport Motor Vehicles Act Ports Electricity Non-Conventional Energy Development12.Nainar NagenthranMinister for Industries Industries Iron and Steel Control Mines and Minerals Electronics13.K. PanduranganMinister for Agriculture Agriculture Agricultural Engineering Agro Service Co-operatives Horticulture Sugarcane Cess and Sugarcane *Development14.S. M. VelusamyMinister for Backward Classes Backward Classes Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities15.P. V. DamodaranMinister for Animal Husbandry Animal Husbandry16.R. VaithilingamMinister for Forests and Environment Forests Environment Pollution Control17.Anitha R. RadhakrishnanMinister for Housing and Urban Development Housing Housing Development Town Planning Slum Clearance Accommodation Control Urban Development and CMDA18.C. V. ShanmugamMinister for Education, Commercial Taxes, Sports and Youth Welfare Education Technical Education Science and Technology Archaeology Tamil Development and Tamil Culture Indians Overseas Refugees and Evacuees Commercial Taxes Sports and Youth Welfare19.S. RamachandranMinister for Dairy Development Milk and Dairy Development20.V. SomasundaramMinister for Handlooms and Textiles Handlooms and Textiles 21.M. RadakrishnanMinister for Fisheries Fisheries22.A. MillerMinister for Tourism Tourism Tourism Development Corporation23.P. AnnaviMinister for Labour Labour Employment and Training Urban and Rural Employment Census Wakfs24.K. P. AnbalaganMinister for Information, Publicity and Local Administration Information and Publicity Film Technology and Cinematograph Act *Newsprint Control Municipal Administration Rural Development Panchayats and Panchayat Unions Poverty Alleviation Programmes Rural Indebtedness Urban and Rural Water Supply
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