Tamil Nadu Chief Minister-designate Edappadi K. Palaniswami announced his 31 member Cabinet. Except for O. Panneerselvam, the current caretaker CM and Ma Foi K. Pandiarajan, the School Education Minister, all other members have been retained with their portfolios intact.
Mr. Palaniswami has retained the Home, Finance and Public Works portfolios for himself, and Mr. Pandiarajan's portfolio has now been handed over to K.A. Sengottaiyan.
Dindigul Srinivasan will be number two in seniority in the new Cabinet. Mr. Sengottaiyan is ranked third.
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Here is the full list of Ministers and the portfolios assigned to them:
Edappadi Palaniswami - Home, Finance, PWD, Irrigation, Highways, Public, Elections, Personnel
Dindigul Srinivasan - Forest
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Sengottaiyan - School Education - He is the new minister. He is replacing MaFoi K. Pandiarajan.
O.S. Manian - Handlooms
Sellur Raju - Cooperation
C Vijaya Baskar - Health
D Jayakumar - Fisheries
M C Sampath - Industries
Karupannan - Environment
Thangamani - Electricity
Velumani - Municipal Administration
C.Ve Shanmugham - Law
K.P. Anbazhagan - Higher Education
Kamaraj - Food and Civil Supplies
V. Saroja - Social Welfare
K. Radhakrishnan - Housing and Urban Development
Duraikannu- Agriculture
Kadambur Raju - Information and Publicity
R.B. Udhayakumar - Revenue
Natarajan - Tourism
K.C. Veeramani - Commercial Taxes
K.T. Rajendra Balaji - Milk and Dairy Development
P.Benjamin -Minister for Rural Industries
Dr Nilofer Kafeel - Minister for Labour
M.R.Vijayabhaskar -Minister for Transport
Dr. M. Manikandan - Minister for Information Technology
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
S.Valarmathi - Minister for Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare
P. Balakrishna Reddy - Minister for Animal Husbandry