Third Karunakaran ministry

The Seventh Kerala Legislative Assembly Council of Ministers in K. Karunakaran's third ministry, was a Kerala Council of Ministers (Kerala Cabinet), the executive wing of Kerala state government, led by Indian National Congress leader K. Karunakaran from 24 May 1982 to 25 March 1987. It comprised 18 ministers, all belonging to the United Democratic Front. The ministry was formed in the aftermath of the victory of the United Democratic Front in the 1982 assembly elections.

Third K. Karunakaran Ministry
13th Cabinet of Kerala
1982-1987
Third Karunakaran Ministry in 1983
Date formed	24 May 1982
Date dissolved	25 March 1987
People and organisations
Head of government	K. Karunakaran
Member parties	UDF
Status in legislature	Majority 77 / 140 (55%)
Opposition party	LDF
Opposition leader	E. K. Nayanar
History
Election	1982
Predecessor	Second Karunakaran ministry
Successor	Second Nayanar ministry

Indian Union Muslim League Leader C.H. Mohammed Koya was sworn as the Deputy Chief Minister of the state, a post he continued to hold until his untimely demise on 28 September 1983. Fellow party leader K. Avukaderkutty Naha was sworn in as the 3rd (and as of now the last) Deputy Chief Minister on 24 October 1983 and held the post until the dissolution of the ministry.

The Ministry underwent periodic reshuffling in 1983 and 1986.

Ministers

	Minister	Ministry	Notes
1	K. Karunakaran	Chief Minister
2a	C.H. Mohammed Koya	Deputy Chief Minister	Expired on 28 September 1983
2b	K. Avukaderkutty Naha	Deputy Chief Minister	Assumed office on 24 October 1983
3	K. K. Balakrishnan	Minister for Transport	Resigned w.e.f. 29 August 1983
3	N Sundaran Nadar	Minister for Transport	Assumed office on 1 September 1983
4	M. P. Gangadharan	Minister for Irrigation	Resigned w. e. f. 12 March 1986
5a	C.V. Padmarajan	Minister for Community Development	Resigned w. e. f. 29 August 1983
5b	P.K. Velayudhan	Minister for Community Development	Assumed office on 1 September 1983
6a	P. Cyriac John	Minister for Agriculture	Resigned w.e.f. 29 August 1983
6b	A.L. Jacob	Minister for Agriculture	Assumed office on 1 September 1983
7	K. P. Nooruddin	Minister for Forests
8	Vayalar Ravi	Minister for Home Affairs	Resigned w.e.f. 24 May 1986
9	E. Ahamed	Minister for Industries
10	U.A. Beeran	Minister for Food and Civil Supplies
10	T.M. Jacob	Minister for Education
11	P.J. Joseph	Minister for Revenue
11	R. Balakrishna Pillai	Minister for Electricity	Resigned w. e. f. 5 June 1985 and again assumed office on 25 May 1986
12a	K. M. Mani	Minister for Finance and Law
12b	Thachady Prabhakaran	Minister for Finance	Assumed office on 5 June 1986 and Resigned w.e.f. 5 March 1987
13	M. Kamalam	Minister for Co-operation
14a	K.G.R. Kartha	Minister for Health	Resigned w.e.f. 29 August 1983
14b	K.P. Ramachandran Nair	Minister for Health	Assumed office on 1 September 1983 and resigned w.e.f. 29 May 1985
15	N. Sreenivasan	Minister for Excise
16	K. Sivadasan	Minister for Labour
17	C.M. Sundaram	Minister for Local Administration and Revenue
18	Ramesh Chennithala	Minister for Rural Development	Assumed office on 5 June 1986

See also

• Chief Ministers of Kerala
• Kerala Ministers