V. S. Achuthanandan ministry

LDF government
V. S. Achuthanandan
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

MinisterMinistry
1V. S. AchuthanandanChief Minister
2Kodiyeri BalakrishnanMinister for Home Affairs and Minister for Tourism
3Thomas IsaacMinister for Finance
4Elamaram KareemMinister for Industries & Commerce
5K. P. RajendranMinister for Revenue
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
12C. DivakaranMinister for Food & Civil Supplies, Animal husbandry and Dairy development
13A. K. BalanMinister for Welfare of Backward & Scheduled Communities, Electricity
14Benoy 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 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

  1. "Council of Ministers - Kerala". Kerala Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 20 December 2009.

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