After the General Elections held on 10 May 2001 the Governor appointed J. Jayalalithaa as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. The Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister appointed five more Members C. Ponnaiyan, Dr. M. Thambi Durai, D. Jayakumar, Ayyaru Vandayar and R. Sarojaa as ministers in the Council of Ministers on the same day. On 19 May 2001 the Governor appointed nineteen more members in the council. However, Jayalalithaa couldn't last long in office and to pave way for First Panneerselvam ministry.
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 Officers Prevention of Corruption Minorities Welfare Information TechnologyAIADMKCabinet Ministers2.C. PonnaiyanMinister for Finance and Law Finance Planning Legislative Assembly and Elections Legislation Law Courts Prisons Weights and Measures Debt Relief including Legislation on *money lending Chits Registration of CompaniesAIADMK3.Dr. M. Thambi DuraiMinister for Education Education Technical Education Science and Technology Sports and Youth Welfare Archaeology Tamil Development and Tamil Culture Indians Overseas Refugees and Evacuees4.D. JayakumarMinister for Electricity Electricity Non-Conventional Energy Development5.P.C. RamasamyMinister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments6.R. VaithilingamMinister for Industries Industries Iron and Steel Control Mines and Minerals7.S. SemmalaiMinister for Health Health Medical Education Family Welfare8.C. DurairajMinister for Local Administration Municipal Administration Rural Development Panchayats and Panchayat Unions Poverty Alleviation Programmes Rural Indebtedness Urban and Rural Water Supply9.R. JeevananthamMinister for Agriculture Agriculture Agricultural Engineering Agro Service Co-operatives Horticulture Sugarcane Cess and Sugarcane Development10.O. PanneerselvamMinister for Revenue Prohibition & Excise Molasses Revenue District Revenue Establishment Deputy Collectors Registration, Stamp Act Stationery & Printing Government Press Bhoodhan & Gramdhan Passports11.N. ThalavaisundaramMinister for Public Works Public Works Highways Irrigation Including Minor Irrigation12.A. Anwer RhazzaMinister for Labour Labour Employment and Training Urban and Rural Employment Census Wakfs13.K. PanduranganMinister for Rural Industries Rural Industries including Cottage Industries Small Scale Industries Khadi & Village Industries Board14.S.S. ThirunavukkarasuMinister for Information & Publicity and Forests Information and Publicity Film Technology Cinematograph act Newsprint Control Forests Environment Pollution Control15.P. DhanabalMinister for Food and Co-operation Food Civil Supplies Consumer Protection Price Control Statistics16.Valarmathi JebarajMinister for Backward Classes Backward Classes Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities17.B. ValarmathiMinister for Social Welfare Social Welfare including Women’s and Children’s Welfare Nutritious Noon Meal Welfare of the Disabled Beggar Homes Orphanages and Correctional Administration18.V. SubramanianMinister for Adi Dravidar Welfare Adi Dravidar Welfare Hill Tribes Bonded Labour Welfare of Ex-Servicemen19.Nainar NagenthranMinister for Transport Transport Nationalised Transport Motor Vehicles Act Ports20.K.P. Raajendra PrasadMinister for Fisheries and Animal Husbandry Fisheries Animal Husbandry21.C. V. ShanmugamMinister for Commercial Taxes Commercial Taxes22.S.P. ShanmuganathanMinister for Handlooms and Textiles Handlooms and Textiles23.A. K. SelvarajMinister for Housing and Urban Development Housing Housing Development Town Planning Slum Clearance Accommodation Control Urban Development and CMDA24.R. SarojaaMinister for Tourism Tourism Tourism Development Corporation25.C. ShanmugaveluMinister for Milk and Dairy Development Milk and Dairy Development Reshuffles
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