Second Nayanar ministry explained

Cabinet Name:Second E. K. Nayanar Ministry
Cabinet Number:14th
Jurisdiction:Kerala
Incumbent:1987-1991
Date Formed:26 March 1987
Date Dissolved:17 June 1991
Government Head:E. K. Nayanar
Opposition Leader:K. Karunakaran
Previous:Third Karunakaran ministry
Successor:Fourth Karunakaran ministry
Election:1987

The Eighth Kerala Legislative Assembly Council of Ministers, second E. K. Nayanar ministry, was a Kerala Council of Ministers (Kerala Cabinet), the executive wing of Kerala state government, led by Communist Party leader E. K. Nayanar from 26 March 1987 to 17 June 1991. It consisted of nineteen ministries, and overall twenty ministers.

The Kerala Council of Ministers, during Nayanar's second term as Chief Minister of Kerala, consisted of:[1]

Ministers

MinisterMinistryNotes
1E. K. NayanarChief Minister (Also had the charge of Home Department)
2Baby JohnMinister for Irrigation
3K. ChandrasekharanMinister for Education and Law
4E. Chandrasekharan NairMinister for Food and Civil SuppliesAssumed office on 2 April 1987
5K.R. Gowri AmmaMinister for Industries and Social WelfareAssumed office on 2 April 1987
6T.K. HamzaMinister for Public WorksAssumed office on 2 April 1987
7Lonappan NambadanMinister for HousingAssumed office on 2 April 1987
8Neelalohithadasan NadarMinister for Sports and Youth AffairsAssumed office on 2 April 1987
9K. PankajakshanMinister for LabourAssumed office on 2 April 1987
10P. K. RaghavanMinister for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes DevelopmentAssumed office on 2 April 1987
11V. V. RaghavanMinister for AgricultureAssumed office on 2 April 1987
12T.K. RamakrishnanMinister for Co-operation, Culture and FisheriesAssumed office on 2 April 1987
13K. Sankaranarayana PillaiMinister for TransportAssumed office on 2 April 1987
14A. C. ShanmughadasMinister for Health
15T. Sivadasa MenonMinister for Electricity and Rural DevelopmentAssumed office on 2 April 1987
16P.S. SreenivasanMinister for Revenue and Tourism
17V. J. ThankappanMinister for Local AdministrationAssumed office on 2 April 1987
18V. Viswanatha MenonMinister for FinanceAssumed office on 2 April 1987
19M.P. Veerendra KumarMinister for ForestsAssumed office on 2 April 1987 and resigned on 7 April 1987
19aN.M. JosephMinister for ForestsAssumed office on 14 April 1987

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Council of Ministers since 1957 – Eighth Kerala Legislative Assembly. Government of Kerala. https://web.archive.org/web/20130403150439/http://www.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4218&Itemid=3218. 3 April 2013. live.