CM Jayalalitha Cabinet Minister Name and department List – May 23th 2016
AIADMK general secretary and Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and her 28 Cabinet colleagues will be sworn in by Governor K. Rosaiah on Monday at the Madras University’s Centenary Hall.
The list of Ministers presented to Mr. Rosaiah by Ms. Jayalalithaa, which was released on Saturday evening, has 13 new faces and four women including Ms. Jayalalithaa, who will hold the portfolios of Public, Police, General Administration and Home.
While O. Panneerselvam will be the Finance Minister, Edappadi K. Palanisamy will handle PWD.
Experienced hands
Sellur K. Raju, who will continue to hold Cooperation, will also get Labour. The other members who were also part of the previous Cabinet are: R. Kamaraj (Food); C. Vijaya Baskar (Health); R.B. Udhaya Kumar (Revenue); P. Thangamani (Electricity and Prohibition); S.P. Velumani ( Municipal Administration and Rural Development); D. Jayakumar (Fisheries); S.P. Shanmuganathan (Milk and Dairy Development); M.C. Sampath (Industries); C.Ve. Shanmugam ( Law, Courts and Prisons); and K.P. Anbazhagan (Higher Education).
The new faces are V. Saroja (Social Welfare); Udumalai Radhakrishnan (Housing and Urban Development); R. Duraikannu (Agriculture and Animal Husbandry); P. Benjamin (School Education); ‘Vellamandi’ Natarajan (Tourism); V.M. Rajalakshmi (Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare); S. Valarmathi (Backward Classes and Minority Welfare); Dr. Manikandan (IT); M.R. Vijayabhaskar (Transport); K.C. Karupannan (Environment); O.S. Manian (Handlooms and Textiles); Kadambur Raju (Information and Publicity); and Dindigul C. Srinivasan (Forest). S. Semmalai has been named pro-tem Speaker.
Team Jayalalithaa
Jayalalithaa – Chief Minister; Minister in charge for Public, IAS, IPS, IFS, General Administration, District Revenue Officers, Police and Home
O. Panneerselvam – Finance, Personnel and Administrative Reforms
Dindigul Srinivasan – Forest
Edappadi K. Palaniswami – Highways, Public works, and minor ports
Sellur K. Raju – Cooperation and labour
Thangamani – Electricity, prohibition and excise
V.P. Velumani – Municipal Administration, Rural Development and Implementation of Special Programme
D. Jayakumar – Fisheries
C.Ve. Shanmugam – Law, Courts and Prisons
K.P. Anbazhagan – Higher Education
Dr. V. Saroja – Social Welfare, Nutritious Noon Meal Programme
K.C. Karuppannan – Environment
M.C. Sampath – Industries
R. Kamaraj – Food, Civil Supplies and HR&CE
O.S. Manian – Handlooms and Textiles
Udumalai Radhakrishnan – Housing and Urban Development
C. Vijayabhaskar – Health and Family Welfare
S.P. Shanmuganathan – Milk and Dairy Development
R. Duraikannu – Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Kadambur Raju – Information and Publicity
R.B. Udayakumar – Revenue
K.T. Rajenthra Bhalaji – Rural Industries
K.C. Veeramani – Commercial Taxes
P. Benjamin – School Education, Sports and Youth Welfare
Vellamandi N. Natarajan – Tourism
S. Valarmathi – Backward classes and minority welfare
V.M. Rajalakshmi – Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare
Dr. M. Manikandan – Information and Technology
M.R. Vijayabhaskar – Transport