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MK Stalin takes oath as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister for first time: Full list of ministers

May 7, 2021 2:53 AM

Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin, the DMK president, was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the first time. He led his party to a huge victory in the Assembly elections. Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to 68-year old Stalin in a simple ceremony at the Raj Bhavan in Chennai.

Along with him, 33 leaders also took oath as Cabinet Ministers, including two women.

The DMK alliance won 159 seats in the 234-member Assembly and the AIADMK had to settle at 75. Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam and TTV Dhinankaran's AMMK failed to register a win on any seat.

Chennai: DMK Chief MK Stalin takes oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.He is being administered the oath by Governor Banwarilal Purohit pic.twitter.com/e8IZT1aNFz

— ANI (@ANI) May 7, 2021

AIADMK top leader O Panneerselvam, leaders from alliance parties including Congress’s P Chidambaram, MDMK chief Vaiko and top state officials took part in the ceremony.

Here is the full list of ministers along with their portfolios:

S.No.	Name	Designation	Portfolios
1	Thiru M.K.Stalin	Chief Minister	Public, General Administration, Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Other All India Service, District Revenue Officers, Police, Home, Special Initiatives, Special Programme Implementation, Welfare of Differently abled persons.
2	Thiru Duraimurugan	Minister for Water Resources	Irrigation Projects including small Irrigation, Legislative Assembly, Governor and Ministry, Elections and Passports, Minerals and Mines.
3	Thiru K.N.Nehru	Minister for Municipal Administration	Municipal Administration, Urban and Water Supply.
4	Thiru I.Periyasamy	Minister for Co-operation	Co-operation, Statistics and Ex-Servicemen Welfare
5	Thiru K. Ponmudi	Minister for Higher Education	Higher Education including Technical Education, Electronics, Science and Technology
6	Thiru E.V.Velu	Minister for Public Works	Public Works (Buildings, Highways and Minor Ports)
7	Thiru M.R.K. Panneerselvam	Minister for Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare	Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Agro Service Co-operatives, Horticulture, Sugarcane Excise, Sugarcane Development and Waste Land Development
8	Thiru K.K.S.S.RRamachandran	Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management	Revenue, District Revenue Establishment, Deputy Collectors, Disaster Management
9	Thiru Thangam Thennarasu	Minister for Industries	Industries, Tamil Official Language and TamilCulture, Archeology.
10	Thiru S. Reghupathy	Minister for Law	Law, Courts, Prisons and Prevention of Corruption
11	Thiru S. Muthusamy	Minister for Housing and Urban Development	Housing, Rural Housing, Town Planning projects and Housing Development, Accommodation Control, Town Planning, Urban Development and Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority.
12	Thiru K.R. Periakaruppan	Minister for Rural Development	Rural Development, Panchayats and Panchayat Unions, Poverty Alleviation Programmes, Rural Indebtedness.
13	Thiru TM Anbarasan	Minister for Rural Industries	Rural industries cottage industries, small Industries, Slum Clearance Board.
14	Thiru M.P.Saminathan	Minister for Information & Publicity	Information & Publicity, Film Technology and Cinematograph Act, Newsprint Control, Stationery and Printing, Government Press.
15	Tmt. P. Geetha Jeevan	Minister for Social Welfare & Women Empowerment	Women and Children Welfare including Social Welfare, Orphanages and Correctional Administration, Integrated Child Development Scheme and Beggar Homes and Social Reforms & Nutritious Meal Programme
16	Thiru Anitha R. Radhakrishnan	Minister for Fisheries – Fishermen Welfare and Animal Husbandry	Fisheries and Fisheries Development Corporation and Animal Husbandry
17	Thiru S.R. Rajakannappan	Minister for Transport	Transport, Nationalised Transport and Motor Vehicles Act.
18	Thiru K. Ramachandran	Minister for Forests	Forests
19	Thiru R. Sakkarapani	Minister for Food and Civil Supplies	Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection and Price Control
20	Thiru V Senthilbalaji	Minister for Electricity, Prohibition & Excise	Electricity, Non Conventional Energy Development, Prohibition and Excise, Molasses
21	Thiru R. Gandhi	Minister for Handlooms and Textiles	Handlooms and Textiles, Khadi and Village Industries Board, Boodhan and Gramadhan.
22	Thiru Ma.Subramanian	Minister for Medical and Family Welfare	Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare
23	Thiru P. Moorthy	Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration	Commercial Taxes, Registration and Stamp Act, Weights and Measures, Debt Relief including legislation on Money lending, Chits and Registration of Companies
24	Thiru S.S.Sivasankar	Minister for Backward Classes Welfare	Backward Classes Welfare, Most Backward Classes Welfare and Denofied Communities Welfare
25	Thiru P.K. Sekarbabu	Minister for Hindu Religious and CharitableEndowments	Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
26	Thiru Palanivel Thiagarajan	Minister for Finance and Human Resources Management	Finance, Planning, Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Pensions and Pension allowances.
27	Thiru S.M. Nasar	Minister for Milk & DairyDevelopment	Milk and Diary Development
28	Thiru Gingee K.S.Masthan	Minister for Minorities Welfare and Non ResidentTamils Welfare	Minorities Welfare, Non Resident Tamils Welfare, Refugees & Evacuees and Wakf Board
29	Thiru Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi	Minister for School Education	School Education
30	Thiru Siva. V. Meyyanathan	Minister for Environment - Climate Change and Youth Welfare and SportsDevelopment	Environment and Pollution Control, Youth Welfare and Sports Development
31	Thiru C.V. Ganesan	Minister for Labour Welfare and Skill Development	Labour Welfare, Population, Employment and Training, Census, Urban and Rural Employment
32	Thiru T. Mano Thangaraj	Minister for Information Technology	Information Technology
33	Thiru M. Mathiventhan	Minister for Tourism	Tourism and Tourism Development Corporation
34	Tmt. N. Kayalvizhi Selvaraj	Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare	Adi Dravidar Welfare, Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour Welfare.

First Published:May 7, 2021 11:53 AM IST

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