First Oommen Chandy 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.

First Oommen Chandy ministry
19th Cabinet of Kerala
2004-06
Date formed31 August 2004
Date dissolved12 May 2006
People and organisations
Head of governmentOommen Chandy
History
PredecessorThird Antony ministry
SuccessorAchuthanandan ministry

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
1Oommen ChandyChief Minister (Also in charge of Home affairs)
2V. K. EbrahimkunjuMinister for Industries
3K. M. ManiMinister for Revenue
4M. K. MuneerMinister for Public Works
5-Vakkom PurushothamanMinister for Finance
6K. R. Gouri AmmaMinister for Agriculture
7M. V. RaghavanMinister for Co-operation
8Aryadan MuhammedMinister for Electricity
9Babu DivakaranMinister for Labour and Employment
10Thiruvanchoor RadhakrishnanMinister for Water Resources
11N. SakthanMinister for Transport
12K. C. VenugopalMinister for Tourism and Devaswom
13C. F. ThomasMinister for Rural Development
14K. P. ViswanathanMinister for Forestry
15E. T. Muhammed BasheerMinister for Education
16K K Ramachandran MasterMinister for Health
17A. P. Anil KumarMinister for Cultural Affairs and Backward Caste Development
18Kutty Ahammed KuttyMinister for Local Self Government
19Adoor PrakashMinister for Food
20Dominic PresentationMinister for Fisheries
21A. SujanapalMinister 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.

See also

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


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