First Chandy ministry

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First Oommen Chandy ministry
19th Cabinet of Kerala
2004-06
Date formed31 August 2004
Date dissolved12 May 2006
People and organisations
Head of government Oommen Chandy
History
Predecessor Third Antony ministry
Successor Achuthanandan ministry

The Eleventh Kerala Legislative Assembly Council of Ministers in Oommen Chandy's first ministry, was a Kerala Council of Ministers (Kerala Cabinet), the executive wing of Kerala state government, led by Indian National Congress leader Oommen Chandy from 31 August 2004 to 12 May 2006.

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This government came into office following the resignation of A.K. Antony from the Chief Minister's post ostensibly due to the debacle of the United Democratic Front in the 2004 Lok Sabha Elections.

This was the 19h Ministry in Kerala and it comprised 20 ministers. [1]

MinisterMinistry
1 Oommen Chandy Chief Minister (Also in charge of Home affairs)
2 V. K. Ebrahimkunju Minister for Industries
3 K. M. Mani Minister for Revenue
4 M. K. Muneer Minister for Public Works
5- Vakkom Purushothaman Minister for Finance
6 K. R. Gouri Amma Minister for Agriculture
7 M. V. Raghavan Minister for Co-operation
8 Aryadan Muhammed Minister for Electricity
9 Babu Divakaran Minister for Labour and Employment
10 Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan Minister for Water Resources
11 N. Sakthan Minister for Transport
12 K. C. Venugopal Minister for Tourism and Devaswom
13 C. F. Thomas Minister for Rural Development
14 K. P. Viswanathan Minister for Forestry
15 E. T. Muhammed Basheer Minister for Education
16 K K Ramachandran Master Minister for Health
17 A. P. Anil Kumar Minister for Cultural Affairs and Backward Caste Development
18 Kutty Ahammed Kutty Minister for Local Self Government
19 Adoor Prakash Minister for Food
20 Dominic Presentation Minister for Fisheries
21 A. Sujanapal Minister for Forestry

Trivia

Oommen Chandy was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Kerala on 31 August 2004 after the controversial resignation of A. K. Antony on 29 August. All ministers in the previous Antony government except K.M. Mani, P.K. Kunjalikkutty, K.R. Gowri Amma, M.V. Raghavan, Dr. M.K. Muneer, Babu Divakaran and C.F. Thomas were ousted. Kunjalikkutty resigned on 31 December 2004, after finding himself guilty in the notorious Ice Cream Parlour Scandal. He was succeeded by his colleague V.K. Ibrahim Kunju the next day (1 January 2005). K.P. Viswanathan, who handled the department of Forests, resigned on 9 February 2005 after a series of scandals, and A. Sujanapal succeeded him on 4 January 2006. In the interval, the CM himself handled the department of Forests.

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References

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