Third Panneerselvam ministry

O. Panneerselvam was sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on 6 December 2016. O. Panneerselvam was elected as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu following the death of incumbent Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.

Third Panneerselvam ministry
19th Ministry of Tamil Nadu
Date formed	5 December 2016
Date dissolved	15 February 2017
People and organisations
Head of state	Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao
Head of government	O. Panneerselvam
No. of ministers	32
Member parties	AIADMK
Status in legislature	Majority 136 / 234 (58%)
Opposition party	DMK
Opposition leader	M. K. Stalin
History
Election	2016
Legislature term	5 Years
Predecessor	Sixth Jayalalithaa ministry
Successor	Palaniswami ministry

Cabinet ministers

Ministers sworn on 6 December 2016:

S.no	Name	Constituency	Designation	Portfolios	Party
Chief Minister
1.	O. Panneerselvam	Bodinayakkanur	Chief Minister	Public Police Home Indian Administrative Service Indian Police Service Indian Forest Service District Revenue Officers General Administration Legislative Assembly Elections and Passports Finance Planning Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Training	AIADMK
Cabinet Ministers
2.	Dindigul C. Sreenivasan	Dindigul	Minister for Forests	Forests	AIADMK
3.	Edappadi Palaniswami	Edappadi	Minister for Public Works, Highways and Minor Ports	Public Works Irrigation including Minor Irrigation *Programme Works Highways Minor Ports
4.	Sellur K. Raju	Madurai West	Minister for Co-operation	Co-operation Statistics Ex-Servicemen Welfare
5.	P. Thangamani	Kumarapalayam	Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise	Electricity Non-Conventional Energy Development Prohibition and Excise Molasses and Prevention of Corruption Act
6.	S. P. Velumani	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
7.	D. Jayakumar	Royapuram	Minister for Fisheries	Fisheries and Fisheries Development Corporation
8.	C. Shanmugam	Villupuram	Minister for Law, Courts and Prisons	Law Courts Prisons
9.	K. P. Anbalagan	Palacode	Minister for Higher Education	Higher Education including Technical *Education Electronics Science and Technology
10.	Dr. V. Saroja	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
11.	M. C. Sampath	Cuddalore	Minister for Industries	Industries Steel Control Mines and Minerals Special Initiatives
12.	K. C. Karuppannan	Bhavani	Minister for Environment	Environment Pollution Control
13.	R. Kamaraj	Nannilam	Minister for Food and Civil Supplies	Food Civil Supplies Consumer Protection and Price Control
14.	O. S. Manian	Vedaranyam	Minister for Handlooms and Textiles	Handlooms and Textiles
15.	Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan	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
16.	C. Vijayabaskar	Karur	Minister for Health and Family Welfare	Health Medical Education Family Welfare
17.	R. Doraikkannu	Papanasam	Minister for Agriculture	Agriculture Agricultural Engineering Agro Service Cooperatives, *Horticulture Sugarcane Cess Sugarcane Development Waste Land Development
18.	Kadambur Raju	Kovilpatti	Minister for Information and Publicity	Information and Publicity Film Technology and Cinematograph Act Stationery Printing and Government Press
19.	R. B. Udhayakumar	Tirumangalam	Minister for Revenue	Revenue District Revenue Establishment Deputy Collectors Weights and Measures Debt Relief including Legislation on *Money lending Chits Registration of Companies
20.	Vellamandi N. Natarajan	Tiruchirappalli (East)	Minister for Tourism	Tourism Tourism Development Corporation
21.	K. C. Veeramani	Jolarpet	Minister for Commercial Taxes	Commercial Taxes Registration and Stamp Act
22.	K. Pandiarajan	Avadi	Minister for School Education and Sports and Youth Welfare	School Education Archaeology Youth Welfare Sports Development Department
23.	K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji	Sivakasi	Minister for Milk and Dairy Development	Milk and Dairy Development
24.	P. Benjamin	Maduravoyal	Minister for Rural Industries	Rural Industries including Cottage Industries Small Industries
25.	Dr. Nilofer Kafeel	Vaniyambadi	Minister for Labour	Labour Population Employment and Training Newsprint Control Census Urban and Rural Employment Wakf Board
26.	M.R.Vijayabhaskar	Karur	Minister for Transport	Transport Nationalised Transport and Motor Vehicles Act
27.	Dr. M. Manikandan	Ramanathapuram	Minister for Information Technology	Information Technology
28.	V. M. Rajalakshmi	Sankarankoil	Minister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare	Adi Dravidar Welfare Hill Tribes Bonded Labour
29.	G. Baskaran	Sivaganga	Minister for Khadi and Village Industries Board	Khadi and Village Industries Board, *Bhoodhan and Gramadhan
30.	Sevvoor S. Ramachandran	Arani	Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments	Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture
31.	S. Valarmathi	Srirangam	Minister for Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare	Backward Classes and Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities Overseas Indians Refugees and Evacuees Minorities Welfare
32.	P. Balakrishna Reddy	Hosur	Minister for Animal Husbandry	Animal Husbandry