Achuthanandan Ministry
20th Cabinet of Kerala
2006-2011
K. M. Beenamol hands over the Queen’s Baton to V. S. Achuthanandan with presence of other ministers in 2010.
Date formed18 May 2006
Date dissolved14 May 2011
People and organisations
Head of governmentV. S. Achuthanandan
History
Election(s)2006 election
PredecessorFirst Chandy ministry
SuccessorSecond Chandy ministry

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 2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election. It was dissolved on 16 May 2011, after the chief minister resigned on 14 May 2011, following the LDF's defeat in the 2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election. The V.S. government had twenty ministers.[1]

Ministers

MinisterMinistry
1V. S. AchuthanandanChief Minister
2K. P. RajendranMinister for Revenue
3Kodiyeri BalakrishnanMinister for Home Affairs and Minister for Tourism
4Thomas IsaacMinister for Finance
5Elamaram KareemMinister for Industries & Commerce
6Mullakkara RatnakaranMinister for Agriculture
7G. SudhakaranMinister for Co-operation & Coir
8Kadannapalli RamachandranMinister for Devaswom
9P. K. GurudasanMinister for Labour and Employment, Excise
10N. K. PremachandranMinister for Water Resources
11Jose ThettayilMinister for Transport[2]
12C. DivakaranMinister for Food & Civil Supplies, Animal husbandry and Dairy development
13A. K. BalanMinister for Welfare of Backward & Scheduled Communities, Electricity
14Binoy ViswamMinister for Forests and Housing
15M. A. BabyMinister for Education and Culture
16Paloli Mohammed KuttyMinister for Local Self Government
17M. VijayakumarMinister for Law, Sports, Public works and Parliamentary affairs
18S. SarmaMinister for Fisheries
19P. K. SreemathyMinister for Health and Family Welfare
20V.Surendran PillaiMinister 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 acquittal, 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, as a part of internal arrangements of their party to pave way for Jose Thettayil)

See also

References

  1. "Council of Ministers - Kerala". Kerala Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  2. "Three New Ministers Sworn in Kerala". Outlook India. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
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