Twelfth Assembly of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

 was instituted after the victory of AIADMK and allies

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a state political party in the states of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, India. The party was founded by M. G. Ramachandran and is now headed by J. Jayalalithaa. The party headquarters is in Royapettah, Chennai, and was gifted to the party in 1986 by its...

, in the 2001 state assembly election

Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 2001

The twelfth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on May 10, 2001. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam -led front won the elections and its leader, J. Jayalalithaa was sworn in as Chief Minister, even though she could not legally run as MLA in this election. She was unanimously...

. O. Panneerselvam

O. Panneerselvam

O. Paneerselvam is the current Finance Minister and a former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Prior to his entry into politics, he owned agricultural lands and a tea shop which he still owns. He was the chairman of Periakulam municipality in 1996. Then he contested the 2001 MLA election from...

 officially became the 13th and J. Jayalalithaa

J. Jayalalithaa

Jayalalithaa Jayaram ; born 24 February 1948) commonly referred to as J. Jayalalitha, is the Chief Minister of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. She is the incumbent general secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam , a Dravidian party. She is called Amma and Puratchi Thalaivi by her...

 became the 14th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu due to the election. Even though Jayalalithaa was the Chief Minister between May 14 and September 21 of 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 K. Kalimuthu K. Kalimuthu was an Indian politician of the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He served as the Speaker of the Madras Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2006.- Notes :...
Deputy Speaker	A. Arunachalam A. Arunachalam A. Arunachalam is an Indian politician of the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He served as the Deputy Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2006....
Leader of the House	C. Ponnaiyan C. Ponnaiyan C. Ponnaiyan is an Indian politician. He is a member of Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party. He is the former member of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from Tiruchengode constituency in 1977, 1980, 1984 and 2001. He is also former Finance Minister in Tamil Nadu.- References :...
Leader of Opposition	K. Anbazhagan K. Anbazhagan Kalyanasundaram Anbazhagan is the former finance minister of Tamil Nadu. He was re-elected as the General Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam eighth time in a row. He has been elected to be a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative assembly nine times...

Council of Ministers

Department	Minister
Chief Minister	O. Panneerselvam O. Panneerselvam O. Paneerselvam is the current Finance Minister and a former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Prior to his entry into politics, he owned agricultural lands and a tea shop which he still owns. He was the chairman of Periakulam municipality in 1996. Then he contested the 2001 MLA election from... J. Jayalalithaa J. Jayalalithaa Jayalalithaa Jayaram ; born 24 February 1948) commonly referred to as J. Jayalalitha, is the Chief Minister of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. She is the incumbent general secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam , a Dravidian party. She is called Amma and Puratchi Thalaivi by her...
Deputy Chief Minister	None
Finance and Law	C. Ponnaiyan C. Ponnaiyan C. Ponnaiyan is an Indian politician. He is a member of Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party. He is the former member of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from Tiruchengode constituency in 1977, 1980, 1984 and 2001. He is also former Finance Minister in Tamil Nadu.- References :...
Public Accounts	S.R. Balasubramoniyan
Public Undertakings	R. Jeevanantham M.C. Sampath