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{{Infobox government cabinet
|cabinet_type=Ministry
|cabinet_number=18th
|jurisdiction=[[Tamil Nadu]]
|flag=File:Flag of India.svg
|flagsize=110px
|flag_border=true
|incumbent =
|image=
|image_size=
|caption=[[J. Jayalalithaa]]
|date_formed=23 May 2016
|date_dissolved=5 December 2016
|government_head=[[J. Jayalalithaa]]
|government_head_history=
|state_head=Governor [[Konijeti Rosaiah]]
[[C. Vidyasagar Rao]] (Additional Charge)
|members_number=28
|former_members_number=
|total_number=
|political_parties='''[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]'''
|legislature_status=[[Majority government|Majority]]
|opposition_cabinet=
|opposition_party='''[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]'''
|opposition_leader=[[M. K. Stalin]]
|election=[[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2016]]|last_election=
|legislature_term=5 Years
|budget=
|advice_and_consent1=
|advice_and_consent2=
|incoming_formation=
|outgoing_formation=
|previous=[[Fifth Jayalalithaa ministry]]
|successor=[[Third Panneerselvam ministry]]
}}

'''[[J. Jayalalithaa]]''' was sworn in as [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]] on 23 May 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|last=to be sworn in on May 23|first=Jayalalithaa and her 28-member Cabinet|date=12 September 2016|title=Jayalalithaa and her 28-member Cabinet to be sworn in on May 23|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/list-of-ministers-in-jayalalithaa-cabinet/article8630370.ece|access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref> Two major political parties [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) and [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) faced the assembly election held on 16 May 2016 for the 232 seats (except Thanjavur and Aravakurichi for which held on 26 October 2016) of the Legislative Assembly in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]] in [[India]]. AIADMK under J. Jayalalithaa won the elections and became the first ruling party to be re-elected in the state since 1984, but with a reduced number of seats.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Assembly Election Results 2016|first=Tamil Nadu, Puducherry|date=19 May 2016|title=Tamil Nadu, Puducherry Assembly Election Results 2016|work=NDTV|url=https://www.ndtv.com/south/tamil-nadu-puducherry-assembly-election-results-2016-live-updates-1407732|access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref> On 22 September 2016, Jayalalithaa was hospitalised as her health condition worsened. Her official duties were handed over to her aide [[O. Panneerselvam]] on 12 October 2016, though she continued to remain as the chief minister of the state.<ref>{{Cite news|last=to hold Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa's portfolios|first=O Panneerselvam|date=12 October 2016|title=O Panneerselvam to hold Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa's portfolios|work=https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/o-panneerselvam-to-hold-tamil-nadu-cm-jayalalithaas-portfolios/articleshow/54799672.cms|url=The Economic Times|access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref> On 5 December 2016, the hospital announced her death and O. Panneerselvam sworn in as her successor.<ref>{{Cite news|last=sworn in as new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, retains Jaya Cabinet|first=O Panneerselvam|date=6 December 2016|title=O Panneerselvam sworn in as new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, retains Jaya Cabinet|work=The New Indian Express|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2016/dec/06/o-panneerselvam-sworn-in-as-new-chief-minister-of-tamil-nadu-retains-jaya-cabinet-1546049.html|access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref>

== Cabinet ministers ==

{| class="wikitable"
!S.no
!Name
!Constituency
!Designation
!Portfolios
! colspan="2" scope="col" |Party
|-
| colspan="10" style="text-align: center;" |'''[[List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister]]'''
|-
|1.
|[[J. Jayalalithaa]]
|[[Radhakrishnan Nagar]]
|[[Chief Minister]]
|
* Public
* Home
* Police
* Indian Administrative Service
* Indian Police Service
* Indian Forest Service
* District Revenue Officers
* General Administration
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
| width="1px" style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
|-
| colspan="10" style="text-align: center;" |'''Cabinet Ministers'''
|-
|2.
|[[O. Panneerselvam]]
|[[Bodinayakkanur (state assembly constituency)|Bodinayakkanur]]
|Minister for Finance
|
* Finance
* Personnel and Administrative Reforms
| rowspan="32" |[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
| rowspan="32" width="1px" style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
|-
|3.
|[[C. Sreenivaasan|Dindigul C. Sreenivasan]]
|[[Dindigul (state assembly constituency)|Dindigul]]
|Minister for Forests
|
* Forests
|-
|4.
|[[K. Palanisamy|Edappadi Palaniswami]]
|[[Edappadi (state assembly constituency)|Edappadi]]
|Minister for Public Works, Highways and Minor Ports
|
* Public Works
* Irrigation including Minor Irrigation *Programme Works
* Highways
* Minor Ports
|-
|5.
|[[Sellur K. Raju]]
|[[Madurai West (state assembly constituency)|Madurai West]]
|Minister for Co-operation and Labour
|
* Labour
* Co-operation
* Statistics
* Ex-Servicemen Welfare
|-
|6.
|[[P. Thangamani]]
|[[Kumarapalayam (state assembly constituency)|Kumarapalayam]]
|Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise
|
* Electricity
* Non-Conventional Energy Development
* Prohibition and Excise
* Molasses and Prevention of Corruption Act
|-
|7.
|[[S. P. Velumani]]
|[[Thondamuthur (state assembly constituency)|Thondamuthur]]
|Minister for Municipal Administration, Rural Development and Implementation of Special Programme
|
* Municipal Administration
* Rural Development
* Panchayats and Panchayat Unions
* Poverty Alleviation Programmes
* Rural Indebtedness
* Urban and Rural Water Supply
* Implementation of Special Programme
|-
|8.
|[[D. Jayakumar]]
|[[Royapuram (state assembly constituency)|Royapuram]]
|Minister for Fisheries
|
* Fisheries and Fisheries Development Corporation
|-
|9.
|[[C. Shanmugam]]
|[[Villupuram (state assembly constituency)|Villupuram]]
|Minister for Law, Courts and Prisons
|
* Law
* Courts
* Prisons
|-
|10.
|[[K. P. Anbalagan]]
|[[Palacode (state assembly constituency)|Palacode]]
|Minister for Higher Education
|
* Higher Education including Technical *Education
* Electronics
* Science and Technology
|-
|11.
|[[V. Saroja|Dr. V. Saroja]]
|[[Rasipuram (state assembly constituency)|Rasipuram]]
|Minister for Social Welfare and Nutritious Noon Meal Programme
|
* Social Welfare including Women's and Children's Welfare
* Orphanages and Correctional Administration
* Integrated Child Development and Beggar Homes
* Welfare of the Differently Abled and Social Reforms
* Nutritious Noon Meal Programme
|-
|12.
|[[M. C. Sampath]]
|[[Cuddalore (state assembly constituency)|Cuddalore]]
|Minister for Industries
|
* Industries
* Steel Control
* Mines and Minerals
* Special Initiatives
|-
|13.
|[[K. C. Karuppannan]]
|[[Bhavani (state assembly constituency)|Bhavani]]
|Minister for Environment
|
* Environment
* Pollution Control
|-
|14.
|[[R. Kamaraj]]
|[[Nannilam (state assembly constituency)|Nannilam]]
|Minister for Food and Civil Supplies
|
* Food
* Civil Supplies
* Consumer Protection and Price Control
|-
|15.
|[[O. S. Manian]]
|[[Vedaranyam (state assembly constituency)|Vedaranyam]]
|Minister for Handlooms and Textiles
|
* Handlooms and Textiles
|-
|16.
|[[Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan]]
|[[Udumalaipettai (state assembly constituency)|Udumalaipettai]]
|Minister for Housing and Urban Development
|
* Housing
* Rural Housing and Housing Development
* Slum Clearance Board and Accommodation Control
* Town Planning
* Urban Development
* Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
|-
|17.
|[[C. Vijayabaskar|Dr. C. Vijayabaskar]]
|[[Karur (state assembly constituency)|Karur]]
|Minister for Health
|
* Health
* Medical Education
* Family Welfare
|-
|18.
|[[R. Doraikkannu]]
|[[Papanasam (state assembly constituency)|Papanasam]]
|Minister for Agriculture
|
* Agriculture
* Agricultural Engineering
* Agro Service Cooperatives
* Animal Husbandry
* Horticulture
* Sugarcane Cess
* Sugarcane Development
* Waste Land Development
|-
|19.
|[[Kadambur Raju]]
|[[Kovilpatti (state assembly constituency)|Kovilpatti]]
|Minister for Information and Publicity
|
* Information and Publicity
* Film Technology and Cinematograph Act
* Stationery
* Printing and Government Press
|-
|20.
|[[R. B. Udhaya Kumar|R. B. Udhayakumar]]
|[[Tirumangalam (state assembly constituency)|Tirumangalam]]
|Minister for Revenue
|
* Revenue
* District Revenue Establishment
* Deputy Collectors
* Weights and Measures
* Debt Relief including Legislation on *Money lending
* Chits
* Registration of Companies
|-
|21.
|[[S. P. Shunmuganathan]]
|[[Srivaikuntam (state assembly constituency)|Srivaikuntam]]
|Minister for Milk and Dairy Development
|
* Milk and Dairy Development
|-
|22.
|[[Vellamandi N. Natarajan]]
|[[Tiruchirappalli East (state assembly constituency)|Tiruchirappalli (East)]]
|Minister for Tourism
|
* Tourism
* Tourism Development Corporation
|-
|23.
|[[K. C. Veeramani]]
|[[Jolarpet (state assembly constituency)|Jolarpet]]
|Minister for Commercial Taxes
|
* Commercial Taxes
* Registration and Stamp Act
|-
|24.
|[[K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji]]
|[[Sivakasi (state assembly constituency)|Sivakasi]]
|Minister for Rural Industries
|
* Rural Industries
|-
|25.
|[[P. Benjamin]]
|[[Maduravoyal (state assembly constituency)|Maduravoyal]]
|Minister for School Education, Sports and Youth Welfare
|
* School Education
* Sports
* Youth Welfare
|-
|26.
|[[M. R. Vijayabhaskar|M.R.Vijayabhaskar]]
|[[Karur (state assembly constituency)|Karur]]
|Minister for Transport
|
* Transport
* Nationalised Transport and Motor Vehicles Act
|-
|27.
|[[M. Manikandan (politician)|Dr. M. Manikandan]]
|[[Ramanathapuram (state assembly constituency)|Ramanathapuram]]
|Minister for Information Technology
|
* Information Technology
|-
|28.
|[[V. M. Rajalakshmi]]
|[[Sankarankoil (state assembly constituency)|Sankarankoil]]
|Minister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare
|
* Adi Dravidar Welfare
* Hill Tribes
* Bonded Labour
|-
|29.
|[[S. Valarmathi]]
|[[Srirangam (state assembly constituency)|Srirangam]]
|Minister for Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare
|
* Backward Classes and Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities
* Overseas Indians
* Refugees and Evacuees
* Minorities Welfare
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
[[Category:Tamil Nadu ministries|J]]
[[Category:2010s in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:2016 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Cabinets established in 2016]]
[[Category:2016 in Indian politics]]

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