Second Nedunchezhiyan ministry

Second Nedunchezhiyan Ministry
Interim Ministry of Tamil Nadu
Head of the government
Date formed	24 December 1987
Date dissolved	7 January 1988
People and organisations
Governor	S. L. Khurana
Chief Minister	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan
Chief Minister's history	Indian politician
Total no. of members	13
Member party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	Indian National Congress
Opposition leader	O. Subramanian
History
Election	1984
Outgoing election	1980
Legislature term	14 days
Predecessor	Third Ramachandran ministry
Successor	Janaki Ramachandran ministry

The sudden demise of M.G. Ramachandran 24 December 1987, the Council of Ministers headed by him was dissolved. The Governor appointed V.R. Nedunchezhiyan Senior Most Member of the outgoing Council to act as Chief Minister till the election of new Leader and on his advice appointed Council of Ministers. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Cabinet ministers

S.no	Name	Designation	Party
Chief Minister
1.	V.R. Nedunchezhiyan	Chief Minister	AIADMK
Cabinet Ministers
2.	Panruti S. Ramachandran	Minister for Food	AIADMK
3.	R.M. VEERAPPAN	Minister for Local Administration
4.	K. RAJARAM	Minister for Industries and Agriculture
5.	P.U SHANMUGAM	Minister for Health
6.	C. PONNAIYAN	Minister for Education and Law
7.	S. MUTHUSAMY	Minister for Transport
8.	S. THIRUNAVUKKAARASU	Minister for Housing and Handlooms
9.	V.V. SWAMINATHAN	Minister for Tourism, Prohibition and Electricity
10.	R.SOUNDARARAJAN	Minister for Noon Meal and Social Welfare
11.	T. RAMASAMY	Minister for Commercial Taxes
12.	A.ARUNACHALAM	Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare
13.	K.K.S.S.R. RAMACHANDRAN	Minister for Public Works

References

1. TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (EIGHTH ASSEMBLY) REVIEW 1985-88 (PDF), Chennai: Secratriat of Legislative Assembly Secretariat, 1988
2. OVERVIEW, EIGHTH ASSEMBLY. "EIGHTH ASSEMBLY OVERVIEW". assembly.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
3. V.R. Nedunchezhiyan, Honour for ‘Navalar’ (10 July 2020). "Honour for 'Navalar' V.R. Nedunchezhiyan". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
4. VR Nedunchezhiyan to be honoured, Dravidian leader (11 July 2020). "Dravidian leader VR Nedunchezhiyan to be honoured". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 25 May 2021.