Achuthanandan ministry
LDF government
V. S. Achuthanandan
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 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 2006. It was dissolved on 16 May 2011, after the chief minister resigned on 14 May 2011, following the LDF's defeat in the Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 2011. The V.S. government had twenty ministers.[1]
Ministers
| Minister | Ministry | |
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| 1 | V. S. Achuthanandan | Chief Minister |
| 2 | Kodiyeri Balakrishnan | Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Tourism |
| 3 | Thomas Isaac | Minister for Finance |
| 4 | Elamaram Kareem | Minister for Industries & Commerce |
| 5 | K. P. Rajendran | Minister for Revenue |
| 6 | Mullakkara Ratnakaran | Minister for Agriculture |
| 7 | G. Sudhakaran | Minister for Co-operation & Coir |
| 8 | Kadannapalli Ramachandran | Minister for Devaswom |
| 9 | P. K. Gurudasan | Minister for Labour and Employment, Excise |
| 10 | N. K. Premachandran | Minister for Water Resources |
| 11 | Jose Thettayil | Minister for Transport |
| 12 | C. Divakaran | Minister for Food & Civil Supplies, Animal husbandry and Dairy development |
| 13 | A. K. Balan | Minister for Welfare of Backward & Scheduled Communities, Electricity |
| 14 | Benoy Viswam | Minister for Forests and Housing |
| 15 | M. A. Baby | Minister for Education and Culture |
| 16 | Paloli Mohammed Kutty | Minister for Local Self Government |
| 17 | M. Vijayakumar | Minister for Law, Sports, Public works and Parliamentary affairs |
| 18 | S. Sarma | Minister for Fisheries |
| 19 | P. K. Sreemathy | Minister for Health and Family Welfare |
| 20 | V.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 acquital, 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, due to unknown reasons)
See also
References
- ^ "Council of Ministers - Kerala". Kerala Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
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