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Fifth Karunanidhi ministry
Fifth Karunanidhi ministry
; 14th Ministry of Tamil Nadu
	M. Karunanidhi
Date formed	13 May 2006
Date dissolved	15 May 2011
People and organisations
Head of state	Governor Surjit Singh Barnala
Head of government	M. Karunanidhi
Member parties	DMK
Status in legislature	Minority
Opposition party	AIADMK
Opposition leader	J. Jayalalithaa;
History
Election	2006
Legislature term	5 Years
Incoming formation	13th Tamil Nadu Assembly
Outgoing formation	12th Tamil Nadu Assembly
Predecessor	Third Jayalalithaa ministry
Successor	Fourth Jayalalithaa ministry

M. Karunanidhi was sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on for fifth time after DMK and allies' victory in the 2006 state assembly election, forming the first minority government^[1] in the state since the 1952 election.^[2]^[3]^[4] M. Karunanidhi became the 14th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu due to the election.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Cabinet ministers

S.no	Name	Designation	Portfolios	Party
Chief Minister
1.	M. Karunanidhi	Chief Minister	Public Home Police Indian Administrative Service Indian Police Service Indian Forest Service Prevention of Corruption Prohibition and Excise Molasses Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture	DMK
Deputy Chief Minister (Since 2009)
2.	M. K. Stalin	Deputy Chief Minister	General Administration District Revenue Officers Industries Minorities Welfare Passports Special Initiatives Social Reforms Municipal Administration Rural Development Panchayats and Panchayat Union Poverty Alleviation Programmes Rural Indebtedness Urban and Rural Water Supply	DMK
Cabinet Ministers
3.	Prof. K. Anbazhagan	Minister for Finance	Finance Planning Legislative Assembly and Elections	DMK
4.	Arcot N. Veeraswami	Minister for Electricity	Electricity Non-Conventional Energy Development *Personnel and Administrative Reforms
5.	Ko.Si. Mani	Minister for Co-operation	Co-operation Statistics Welfare of Ex-Servicemen
6.	Veerapandi S. Arumugam	Minister for Agriculture	Agriculture Agricultural Engineering Agro Service Co-operatives Horticulture Sugarcane Cess Sugarcane Development Wasteland Development
7.	Duraimurugan	Minister for Public Works and Law	Public Works Irrigation including Minor Irrigation *Programme Works Law and Courts
8.	Dr. K. Ponmudy	Minister for Higher Education	Higher Education including Technical *Education Electronics Science and Technology Mines and Minerals
9.	K. N. Nehru	Minister for Transport	Transport Nationalized Transport Motor Vehicles Act.
10.	M. R. K. Panneerselvam	Minister for Health	Health Medical Education Family Welfare
11.	Pongalur N. Palanisamy	Minister for Rural Industries and Animal Husbandry	Rural Industries including Cottage Industries and Small Industries Animal Husbandry
12.	I. Periyasamy	Minister for Revenue and Housing	Revenue District Revenue Establishment Deputy Collectors Prisons Weights and Measures Debt Relief including Legislation on *Money Lending Chits Registration of Companies Housing Rural Housing and Housing Development
13.	N. Suresh Rajan	Minister for Tourism and Regeneration	Tourism and Tourism Development Corporation Registration and Stamp Act.
14.	E. V. Velu	Minister for Food	Food Civil Supplies Consumer Protection and Price Control.
15.	Suba. Thangavelan	Minister for Slum Clearance and Accommodation Control	Slum Clearance Board Accommodation Control
16.	Parithi Ellamvazhuthi	Minister for Information	Information and Publicity Film Technology and Cinematograph Act Stationery and Printing and Government Press Town Planning Urban Development and Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
17.	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	Minister for Backward Classes	Backward Classes Most Backward Classes and De-notified Communities Overseas Indians Refugees and Evacuees Handlooms and Textiles.
18.	T. M. Anbarasan	Minister for Labour	Labour ,Population Employment and Training Steel Control Newsprint Control Census Urban and Rural Employment.
19.	K. R. Periakaruppan	Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments	Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
20.	Thangam Thenarasu	Minister for School Education	School Educationand Archaeology
21.	S. N. M. Ubayadullah	Minister for Commercial Taxes	Commercial Taxes
22.	T. P. M. Mohideen Khan	Minister for Environment	Sports and Youth Welfare Environment Pollution Control Wakfs
23.	Vellakoil Saminathan	Minister for Highways and Minor Ports	Highways Minor Ports
24.	N. Selvaraj	Minister for Forests	Forests and Cinchona
25.	Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna	Minister for Information Technology	Information Technology
26.	P. Geetha Jeevan	Minister for Social Welfare	Social Welfare including Women's and Children Welfare Nutritious Noon Meal Welfare of the Disabled Orphanages and Correctional Administration Integrated Child Development Beggar Homes
27.	A. Tamilarasi	Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare	Adi Dravidar Welfare Hill Tribes Bonded Labour
28.	T.K.M. Chinnayya	Minister for Animal Husbandry	Animal Husbandry
29.	K. P. P. Samy	Minister for Fisheries	Fisheries and Fisheries Development Corporation
30.	K. Ramachandhiran	Minister for Khadi	Khadi and Village Industries Bhoodhan and Gramadhan.

References

^ ^a ^b "Minority govt in TN for first time". oneindia. 13 May 2006.
^ "2006: An eventful year for Tamil Nadu". rediff.com. 18 December 2006.
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