12th Tamil Nadu Assembly

Twelfth Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu
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Overview
Legislative bodyTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Meeting placeFort St. George, Chennai
Term14 May 2001 (2001-05-14) – 12 May 2006 (2006-05-12)
Election2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
GovernmentGovernment of Tamil Nadu
OppositionDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
WebsiteOfficial website
Members235
SpeakerK. Kalimuthu
Deputy SpeakerA. Arunachalam
Chief MinisterJ. Jayalalithaa
Leader of the OppositionK. Anbazhagan
Party controlAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Twelfth Assembly of Tamil Nadu was instituted after the victory of AIADMK and allies, in the 2001 state assembly election. O. Panneerselvam officially became the 13th and J. Jayalalithaa became the 14th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu due to the election. Even though Jayalalithaa was the Chief Minister between 14 May and 21 September 2001, the Supreme Court of India, declared that she did not legally hold the post, due to corruption charges from her previous Chief ministership.

Overview

Department Minister
Speaker K. Kalimuthu
Deputy Speaker A. Arunachalam
Leader of the House C. Ponnaiyan
Leader of Opposition K. Anbazhagan

Chief Ministers

Chief Minister Took office Left office Term
J. Jayalalithaa 14 May 2001 21 September 2001 130 days
O. Panneerselvam 21 September 2001 2 March 2002 162 days
J. Jayalalithaa 2 March 2002 12 May 2006 1,532 days

Council of Ministers

Department Minister
Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam (21 September 2001 – 2 March 2002)
J. Jayalalithaa (14 May 2001 – 21 September 2001)
(2 March 2002 – 12 May 2006)
Deputy Chief Minister None
Finance and Law C. Ponnaiyan
Public Accounts S. R. Balasubramoniyan
Public Undertakings R. Jeevanantham
M. C. Sampath

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