Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami greeting O Panneerselvam after he was sworn-in as Deputy Chief Minister in the presence of Governor CH Vidyasagar Rao at Raj Bhavan in Chennai on Monday. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam factions led by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy and former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam formally merged on Monday afternoon. PTI Photo by R Senthil Kumar (PTI8_21_2017_000090B)
Former Tamil Nadu chief minister O Panneerslevam was on Monday sworn-in as deputy to current incumbent K Palaniswami, hours after the merger of the two AIADMK factions. At a simple ceremony at the Raj Bhavan, Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao administered the oath of office and secrecy to Panneerselvam. The former chief minister is back in his home turf finance, a portfolio he had held since 2011 when the J Jayalalithaa government was sworn-in.
Ministers: Portfolios
K Palaniswami: Chief Minister
O Panneerslevam: Deputy Chief Minister, Finance, Housing, Rural Housing and Housing development, Slum Clearance Board and Accommodation Control, Town Planning, Urban Development and Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
K Pandiarajan: Tamil official language and Tamil culture, Archaeology
D Jayakumar: Fisheries
Udumalai K Radhakrishnan: Animal husbandry
P Balakrishna Reddy: Youth Welfare and Sports Development
C Ve Shanmugam: Mines and Minerals, Law
Dindigul C. Sreenivasan: Minister for Forests
Sellur K. Raju: Minister for Co-operation Co-operation, Statistics and Ex-Servicemen Welfare
P. Thangamani: Minister for Electricity,Prohibition and Excise Electricity, Non-Conventional Energy Development, Prohibition and Excise, Molasses and Prevention of Corruption Act
Thiru K.P. Anbalagan: Minister for Higher Education
Dr. V. Saroja: Minister for Social Welfare and Nutritious Noon Meal Programme
Thiru S.P. Velumani: Minister for Municipal Administration, Rural Development and Implementation of Special Programme
K.C.Karuppannan: Minister for Environment
R.Kamaraj: Minister for Food and Civil Supplies
O.S.Manian: Minister for Handlooms and Textiles
Dr.C.Vijaya Baskar: Minister for Health and Family Welfare
R. Doraikkannu: Minister for Agriculture
Kadambur Raju: Minister for Information and Publicity
R.B. Udhayakumar: Minister for Revenue
Vellamandi N.Natarajan: Minister for Tourism
K.C. Veeramani: Minister for Commercial Taxes
K.T.Rajenthra Bhalaji: Minister for Milk and Dairy Development
P.Benjamin: Minister for Rural Industries
M.R.Vijayabhaskar: Minister for Transport
Nilofer kafeel: Minister for Labour
M.Manikandan: Minister for Information Technology
Tmt.V.M.Rajalakshmi: Minister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare
G. Baskaran: Minister for Khadi and Village Industries Board
Sevvoor S.Ramachandran: Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
Tmt S.Valarmathi: Minister for Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare
Panneerselvam was first made the finance minister by Jayalalithaa when the AIADMK came to power in 2011 though he has held other portfolios earlier. He was interim chief minister twice when Jayalalithaa stepped down due to cases against her, and then chief minister following her death on December 5, 2016.
