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{{infobox government
| government_name = [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
| image = [[File:TamilNadu Logo.svg|200px]]
| division_type = [[Seat of government|Seat of Government]]
| division = [[Fort St. George]], [[Chennai]]
| leader_type = [[Governor (India)|Governor]]
| leader_title = [[R.N.Ravi]]
| leader_type2 = [[Chief minister (India)|Chief Minister]]
| leader_title2 = [[M. K. Stalin]]
| legislature_label = [[State legislative assemblies of India|Assembly]]
| legislature = {{ubl|[[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]|}}
| speaker_label = [[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen|Speaker]]
| speaker = [[M. Appavu]]
| deputy_speaker_label = [[Speaker (politics)|Deputy Speaker]]
| deputy_speaker = [[K. Pichandi]]
| members_in_assembly_label = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Members in Assembly]]
| members_in_assembly = 234
| branch4 = [[Judiciary of India|Judiciary]]
| court_name = [[High courts of India|High Court]]
| court = [[Madras High Court]]
| chief_justice_label = [[List of current Indian chief justices|Chief Justice]]
| chief_justice = [[Sanjib Banerjee]]
}}

The '''Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers''' is the executive wing of [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] and headed by State Chief Minister [[M. K. Stalin]] who is the head of government and leader of the state cabinet. The current state council of ministers to be sworn in on 7 May 2021, after [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]. The term of every executive wing is for 5 years. The council of ministers are assisted by department secretaries attached to each ministry who are from [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS Tamil Nadu cadre]].{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} The chief executive officer responsible for issuing orders on behalf of Government is [[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] to the State Government. <br />The current Chief Secretary is V. Irai Anbu IAS

== Constitutional requirement ==

=== For the Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor ===
According to <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.constitution.org/cons/india/p06163.html Article 163]</span> of the [[Indian Constitution]],
{{cquote|
# There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his function, except in so far as he is by or under this Constitution required to exercise his functions or any of them in his discretion.
# If any question arises whether any matter is or is not a matter as respects which the Governor is by or under this Constitution required to act in his discretion, the decision of the Governor in his discretion shall be final, and the validity of anything done by the Governor shall not be called in question on the ground that he ought or ought not to have acted in his discretion.
# The question whether any, and if so what, advice was tendered by Ministers to the Governor shall not be inquired into in any court.
}}

This means that the Ministers serve under the pleasure of the Governor and he/she may remove them, on the advice of the Chief Minister, whenever they want.

The Chief Minister shall be appointed by the Governor and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister, and the Minister shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor:<br />Provided that in the States of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, there shall be a Minister in charge of tribal welfare who may in addition be in charge of the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and backward classes or any other work.
{{cquote|
# The Council of Minister shall be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the State.
# Before a Minister enters upon his office, the Governor shall administer to him the oaths of office and of secrecy according to the forms set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule.
# A Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the Legislature of the State shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a Minister.
# The salaries and allowances of Ministers shall be such as the Legislature of the State may from time to time by law determine and, until the Legislature of the State so determines, shall be a specified in the Second Schedule.
}}

== Chief Minister ==
{{Main|Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu}}

Like any Indian state, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is the real head of the government and responsible for state administration. He is the leader of the parliamentary party in the legislature and heads the state cabinet.

== Deputy Chief Minister ==
{{Main|Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu}}

Like any state, Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is the deputy head of the government and senior minister of cabinet after the Chief Minister and mostly the position was vacant.

== State Cabinet ==

As per Indian Constitution, all portfolios of state government is vested in Chief Minister, who distribute various portfolio to individual ministers whom he nominates to the State Governor. The state governor appoints individual ministers for various portfolios and departments as per advice of Chief Minister and together form the State Cabinet. As the original portfolios are vested with CM, who delegates to others upon his/her wish, actions of individual ministers are part of collective responsibility of the state cabinet and Chief Minister is responsible for actions of each minister. The state cabinet along with Chief Minister, prepares General policy and individual department policy, which will be guiding policy for day-to-day administration of each minister.
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:left;"
|-
! S.No
! Name
! Constituency
! Designation
! Department
! Party
!
|-
|1.
|'''[[M. K. Stalin]]'''
|[[Kolathur (state assembly constituency)|Kolathur]]
|[[Chief Minister]]
|
*Public
*Home
*Police
*General Administration
*Indian Administrative Service
*Indian Police Service
*All India Service
*District Revenue Officers
*Special Initiatives
*Special Programme Implementation
*Welfare of Differently abled persons.
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}"|
|-
| style="text-align: center;" colspan=9|'''Cabinet Ministers'''
|-
|2.
|'''[[Durai Murugan]]'''
|[[Katpadi]]
|Minister for Water Resources
|
*Irrigation Projects including small Irrigation
*Legislative Assembly
*Governor and Ministry
*Elections and Passports
*Minerals and Mines.
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}"|
|-
|3.
|'''[[K. N. Nehru]]'''
|[[Tiruchirappalli West (state assembly constituency)|Tiruchirappalli West]]
|Minister for Municipal
Administration
|
*Municipal Administration
*Urban
*Water Supply.
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|4.
|'''[[I. Periyasamy]]'''
|[[Athoor]]
|Minister for Co-operation
|
*Co-operation
*Statistics
*Ex-Servicemen Welfare
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|5.
|'''[[K. Ponmudy]]'''
|[[Tirukkoyilur]]
|Minister for Higher Education
|
*Higher Education
*Technical Education
*Electronics
*Science and Technology
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|6.
|'''[[E. V. Velu]]'''
|[[Tiruvannamalai]]
|Minister for Public Works
|
*Public Works
*Buildings
*Highways
*Minor Ports
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|7.
|'''[[M. R. K. Panneerselvam]]'''
|[[Kurinjipadi]]
|Minister for Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare
|
*Agriculture
*Agricultural Engineering
*Agro Service Co-operatives
*Horticulture
*Sugarcane Excise
*Sugarcane Development and Waste Land Development
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|8.
|'''[[K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran]]'''
|[[Aruppukkottai]]
|Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management
|
*Revenue
*District Revenue Establishment
*Deputy Collectors
*Disaster Management
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|9.
|'''[[Thangam Thennarasu]]'''
|[[Tiruchuli]]
|Minister for Industries
|
*Industries
*Tamil Official Language
*Tamil Culture
*Archeology.
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|10.
|'''[[S. Regupathy]]'''
|[[Thirumayam]]
|Minister for Law
|
*Law
*Courts
*Prisons
*Prevention of Corruption
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|11.
|'''[[S. Muthusamy]]'''
|[[Erode West]]
|Minister for Housing and Urban Development
|
*Housing
*Rural Housing
*Town Planning projects
*Housing Development
*Accommodation Control
*Town Planning
*Urban Development
*Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority.
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|12.
|'''[[K. R. Periyakaruppan]]'''
|[[Tiruppattur (state assembly constituency, Sivaganga)|Tiruppattur (Sivaganga)]]
|Minister for Rural Development
|
*Rural Development
*Panchayats
*Panchayat Unions
*Poverty Alleviation Programmes
*Rural Indebtedness
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|13.
|'''[[T. M. Anbarasan]]'''
|[[Alandur]]
|Minister for Rural Industries
|
*Rural Industries
*including cottage industries
*Small Industries
*Slum Clearance Board.
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|14.
|'''[[M. P. Saminathan]]'''
|[[Kangayam]]
|Minister for Information & Publicity
|
*Information & Publicity
*Film Technology and Cinematograph Act
*Newsprint Control Stationery
*Printing Government Press.
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|15.
|'''[[P. Geetha Jeevan]]'''
|[[Thoothukkudi (state assembly constituency)|Thoothukkudi]]
|Minister for Social Welfare & Women Empowerment
|
*Women and Children Welfare including Social Welfare
*Orphanages and Correctional Administration
*Integrated Child Development Scheme
*Beggar Homes and Social Reforms & Nutritious Meal Programme
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|16.
|'''[[Anitha R. Radhakrishnan]]'''
|[[Tiruchendur (state assembly constituency)|Tiruchendur]]
|Minister for Fisheries – Fishermen Welfare and Animal Husbandry
|
*Fisheries
*Fisheries Development Corporation
*Animal Husbandry
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|17.
|'''[[R. S. Raja Kannappan]]'''
|[[Mudukulathur]]
|Minister for Transport
|
*Transport
*Nationalised Transport
*Motor Vehicles Act
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|18.
|'''[[K. Ramachandran]]'''
|[[Coonoor]]
|[[Environment and Forests Department (Tamil Nadu)|Minister of Environment and Forests Department]]
|
*Forests
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|19.
|'''[[R. Sakkarapani]]'''
|[[Oddanchatram]]
|Minister for Food and Civil Supplies
|
*Food and Civil Supplies
*Consumer Protection
*Price Control
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|20.
|'''[[V. Senthil Balaji]]'''
|[[Karur]]
|Minister for Electricity, Prohibition & Excise
|
*Electricity
*Non Conventional Energy Development
*Prohibition and Excise
*Molasses
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|21.
|'''[[R. Gandhi]]'''
|[[Ranipet]]
|Minister for Handlooms and Textiles
|
*Handlooms and Textiles
*Khadi
*Village Industries Board
*Boodhan and Gramadhan.
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|22.
|'''[[M. Subramaniam]]'''
|[[Saidapet]]
|Minister for Medical and Family Welfare
|
*Health
*Medical Education
*Family Welfare
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|23.
|'''[[P. Moorthy]]'''
|[[Madurai East (state assembly constituency)|Madurai East]]
|Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration
|
*Commercial Taxes
*Registration and Stamp Act
*Weights and Measures
*Debt Relief including legislation on Money lending
*Chits and Registration of Companies
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|24.
|'''[[S. S. Sivasankar]]'''
|[[Kunnam]]
|Minister for Backward Classes Welfare
|
*Backward Classes Welfare
*Most Backward Classes Welfare
*Denofied Communities Welfare
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|25.
|'''[[P. K. Sekar Babu]]'''
|[[Harbour (state assembly constituency)|Harbour]]
|Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
|
*Hindu Religious
*Charitable Endowments
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|26.
|'''[[Palanivel Thiagarajan]]'''
|[[Madurai Central]]
|Minister for Finance and Human Resources Management
|
*Finance
*Planning
*Personnel and Administrative Reforms
*Pensions and Pension allowances.
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|27.
|'''S.M. Nasar'''
|[[Avadi]]
|Minister for Milk & Dairy
|
*Development Milk and Diary Development
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|28.
|'''[[K. S. Masthan]]'''
|[[Gingee]]
|Minister for Minorities Welfare and Non Resident Tamils Welfare
|
*Minorities Welfare Non Resident Tamils Welfare
*Refugees & Evacuees
*Wakf Board
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|29.
|'''[[Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi]]'''
|[[Thiruverumbur]]
|Minister for School Education
|
*School Education
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|30.
|'''Siva. V. Meyyanathan'''
|[[Alangudi (state assembly constituency)|Alangudi]]
|Minister for Environment - Climate Change and Youth Welfare and Sports Development
|
*Environment and Pollution Control
*Youth Welfare
*Sports Development
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|31.
|'''C.V. Ganesan'''
|[[Tittakudi]]
|Minister for Labour Welfare and Skill Development
|
*Labour Welfare
*Population
*Employment and Training
*Census
*Urban and Rural Employment
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|32.
|'''[[Mano Thangaraj]]'''
|[[Padmanabhapuram]]
|Minister for Information Technology
|
*Information Technology
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|33.
|'''M. Mathiventhan'''
|[[Rasipuram]]
|Minister for Tourism
|
*Tourism
*Tourism Development Corporation
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|-
|34.
|'''[[N. Kayalvizhi|N. Kayalvizhi Selvaraj]]'''
|[[Dharapuram (state assembly constituency)|Dharapuram]]
|Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare
|
*Adi Dravidar Welfare
*Hill Tribes
*Bonded Labour Welfare.
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|}

==Past Ministries of Tamil Nadu Government==

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:left;"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Sl. no
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Chief Minister
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Ministry
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2"|Party
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Election
|-
|20.
|[[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]]
|[[Palaniswami ministry]]
|rowspan=6|[[AIADMK]]
|rowspan=6 width="4px" style="background-color: {{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}"|
|rowspan=3|[[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]
|-
|19.
|[[O. Panneerselvam]]
|[[Third Panneerselvam ministry]]
|-
|18.
|rowspan=2|[[J. Jayalalithaa]]
|[[Sixth Jayalalithaa ministry]]
|-
|17.
|[[Fifth Jayalalithaa ministry]]
|rowspan=3|[[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]
|-
|16.
|[[O. Panneerselvam]]
|[[Second Panneerselvam ministry]]
|-
|15.
|[[J. Jayalalithaa]]
|[[Fourth Jayalalithaa ministry]]
|-
|14.
|[[M. Karunanidhi]]
|[[Fifth Karunanidhi ministry]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}"|
|[[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]
|-
|13.
|[[J. Jayalalithaa]]
|[[Third Jayalalithaa ministry]]
|rowspan=3|[[AIADMK]]
|rowspan=3 width="4px" style="background-color: {{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}"|
|rowspan=3|[[2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]
|-
|12.
|[[O. Panneerselvam]]
|[[First Panneerselvam ministry]]
|-
|11.
|[[J. Jayalalithaa]]
|[[Second Jayalalithaa ministry]]
|-
|10.
|[[M. Karunanidhi]]
|[[Fourth Karunanidhi ministry]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}"|
|[[1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]
|-
|9.
|[[J. Jayalalithaa]]
|[[First Jayalalithaa ministry]]
|[[AIADMK]]
|width="4px" style="background-color: {{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}"|
|[[1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]
|-
|8.
|[[M. Karunanidhi]]
|[[Third Karunanidhi ministry]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}"|
|[[1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]
|-
|7.
|[[V. N. Janaki]]
|[[Janaki Ramachandran ministry]]
|rowspan=5|[[AIADMK]]
|rowspan=5 width="4px" style="background-color: {{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}"|
|rowspan=3|[[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]
|-
|''Interim''
|[[V. R. Nedunchezhiyan]]
|[[Second Nedunchezhiyan ministry]]
|-
|6.
|rowspan=3|[[M. G. Ramachandran]]
|[[Third Ramachandran ministry]]
|-
|5.
|[[Second Ramachandran ministry]]
|[[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]
|-
|4.
|[[First Ramachandran ministry]]
|[[1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]
|-
|3.
|[[M. Karunanidhi]]
|[[Second Karunanidhi ministry]]
|rowspan=4|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|rowspan=4 width="4px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}"|
|[[1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]
|-
|2.
|[[M. Karunanidhi]]
|[[First Karunanidhi ministry]]
|rowspan=3|[[1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1967 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]
|-
|''Interim''
|[[V. R. Nedunchezhiyan]]
|[[First Nedunchezhiyan ministry]]
|-
|1.
|[[C. N. Annadurai]]
|[[Annadurai ministry]]
|}

== See also ==
* [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
* [[Legislature of Tamil Nadu]]
* [[Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu]]
* [[List of Tamil Nadu governmental organisations]]
* [[Tamil Nadu Government's Departments]]
* [[Government of India]]
* [[Cabinet of India]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
* http://www.tn.gov.in/ministerslist
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/edappadi-palaniswami-ministry-takes-oath-in-tamil-nadu/articleshow/57187126.cms Tamil Nadu ministers list 2017]
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{{Councils of ministers of India}}
{{Current Indian ministries}}
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