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Updated on 07th August, 2023 , 6 min read

Council of Kerala Ministers: List of Ministers, Chief Ministers and Cabinet Ministers.

Kerala Ministers Overview

The Governor of Kerala State appoints Kerala Ministers, who are members of the state's elected legislature, to serve as members of the government's executive branch. They each have a different portfolio, as decided by Kerala's Chief Minister. The Chief Minister of Kerala is in charge of the Kerala Council of Ministers, which coordinates the efforts of all ministers. The Indian Constitution of 1950 governs the structure of the Kerala State Government.

The Kerala Council of Ministers and the other elected legislative members gather at the Kerala Legislative Assembly to introduce new drafts of law (otherwise known as bills), discuss them with other elected members of the assembly, and revise the drafts for edits if necessary. When a bill is finished, it is submitted for a vote on the house floor of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. If it receives a majority vote, it becomes a binding law; if not, it is rejected, and the previous law remains in effect. The Council of Ministers and the Chief Minister are jointly held accountable by the members of the Legislative Assembly for any abuse of the executive authority granted to them on behalf of the people.

Kerala Ministers Highlights

Following are a few details about the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the Kerala government that you should know about:

Legislative branch

Assembly

Kerala Legislative Assembly

Speaker

A. N. Shamseer

Members in Assembly

140

Council

Kerala Legislative Assembly

Executive branch

Governor

Arif Mohammad Khan

Chief Minister

Pinarayi Vijayan

Chief Secretary

Dr. V.P. Joy

Judiciary

High Court

Kerala High Court

Chief Justice

S. Manikumar

District Courts

14

History of Kerala Ministers

The monarchs of the states of Travancore and Cochin established a form of representative government in 1947, led by a prime minister and his council of ministers, after India gained independence from the British Raj. Travancore and Cochin were combined to form Travancore-Cochin state on July 1, 1949. In the Madras Legislative Assembly, there were representatives for the South Canara regions of Kasaragod and the Malabar District, which together make up more than half of the current state of Kerala.

The current state of Kerala was created on 1 November 1956 as a result of redrawing India's map along linguistic lines. It was created by merging the Cochin, Malabar, and Travancore regions, as well as the Kasaragod region of South Canara, and only contains Malayalam-speaking regions. In February–March 1957, Kerala State held its first-ever assembly election. On 5 April 1957, Kerala's first legislative assembly was established. The Assembly was composed of 127 people, including one nominee. Since that time, 12 people have held the position of Kerala's chief minister. The first was E. M. S. Namboodiripad of the Communist Party of India, whose term was short-lived due to the imposition of President's rule. Kerala was governed by the president for four years over the course of seven terms, the most recent of which was in 1982. Leaders of the Indian National Congress and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) have held the position in turn ever since. E. K. Nayanar held the position for the longest, holding it for a total of 10 years, 353 days. As of May 25, 2016, Pinarayi Vijayan has been serving as chief minister under the leadership of the Left Democratic Front.

List of Kerala Ministers in 2023

The table below shows the list of Kerala ministers in 2023 along with consistency and portfolio:

MINISTER

KERALA MINISTERS PORTFOLIO

PARTY

CONSTITUENCY

Pinarayi Vijayan

Chief Minister

  • Home
  • Vigilance
  • Public Administration
  • Welfare of Minorities
  • And all other unallocated departments
  • Check the next table to know more
CPMDharmadom
P Rajeeve
  • Law
  • Industries (Including Industrial co-operatives)
  • Commerce
  • Mining and Geology
  • Handlooms and Textiles
  • Khadi and Village Industries
  • Coir
  • Cashew Industry
  • Plantation Directorate
CPMKalamassery
M B Rajesh
  • Local Self Governments –
  • Panchayats, Municipalities and Corporations
  • Excise
  • Rural Development
  • Town Planning
  • Regional Development Authorities
  • Kerala Institute of Local Administration.
CPMThrithala
Veena George
  • Health
  • Family Welfare
  • Medical Education
  • Medical University
  • Indigenous Medicine
  • AYUSH
  • Drugs Control
  • Woman & Child Welfare
CPMAranmula
R Bindu
  • Collegiate Education
  • Technical Education
  • Universities (Except Agriculture, Veterinary, Fisheries, Medical and Digital Universities)
  • Entrance Examinations
  • National Cadet Corps
  • Additional Skill Acquisition Program (ASAP)
  • Social Justice 
CPMIrinjalakuda
K Radhakrishnan
  • Welfare of Scheduled Castes,
  • Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes
  • Devaswoms
  • Parliamentary Affairs
CPMChelakkara
K N Balagopal
  • Finance
  • National Savings
  • Stores Purchase
  • Commercial Taxes, Agricultural Income Tax.
  • Treasuries
  • Lotteries
  • State Audit
  • Kerala Financial Enterprises
  • State Insurance
  • Kerala Financial corporation
  • Stamps And Stamp Duties
CPMKottarakkara
V Sivankutty
  • General Education
  • Literacy Movement
  • Labour
  • Employment and Training
  • Skills, Rehabilitation
  • Factories and Boilers
  • Insurance Medical Service
  • Industrial Tribunals
  • Labour Courts
CPMNemom
V N Vasavan
  • Co-operation
  • Registration
  • Culture
  • Kerala State Film Development Corporation
  • Kerala State Chalachitra Academy
  • Kerala State Cultural Activists Welfare Fund Board
CPMEttumanoor
P. A. Mohammed Riyas
  • Tourism
  • PWD 
  • Youth Affairs
CPMBeypore
V Abdurahiman
  • Sports
  • Wakf and Haj Pilgrimage
  • Post and Telegraphs
  • Railways
  • Fisheries
  • Harbour Engineering
  • Fisheries University
IndependentTanur
J Chinchu Rani
  • Animal Husbandry
  • Dairy Development,
  • Milk Co-operatives
  • Zoos
  • Kerala Veterinary & Animal Sciences University
CPIChadayamangalam
K Rajan
  • Land Revenue 
  • Survey and Land Records
  • Housing
  • Land Reforms
CPIOllur
P Prasad
  • Agriculture
  • Soil Survey & Soil Conservation
  • Kerala Agriculture University
  • Warehousing Corporation
CPICherthala
G R Anil
  • Food and Civil Supplies
  • Consumer Affairs
  • Legal Metrology
CPINedumangad
Roshy Augustine
  • Irrigation
  • Command Area Development Authority
  • Ground Water Department
  • Water Supply and Sanitation 
KCMIdukki
Antony Raju
  • Road Transport
  • Motor Vehicles
  • Water Transport
JKCThiruvananthapuram
Ahamed Devarkovil
  • Ports
  • Museums
  • Archaeology
  • Archives
INLKozhikode South
K Krishnankutty
  • Electricity
  • ANERT
JDSChittur
A K Saseendran
  • Forests
  • Wildlife Protection
NCPElathur
Saji Cherian
  • Expected to get:
  • Kerala State Film Development Corporation
  • Kerala State Chalachitra Academy
  • Kerala State Cultural Activists Welfare Fund Board
  • Youth Affairs
CPMChengannur

List of Kerala Ministers 2023

In the new Left Democratic Front cabinet, the CPI(M) has 12 seats, the CPI has 4, and the Kerala Congress (M), Janata Dal (S), and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) each have one nominee. The remaining ministers' portfolios have been made available to the public. The following is a list of every minister who took the oath of office with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan:

Name

Designation

Party

Shri. Pinarayi Vijayan

Chief Minister

CPI(M)

Cabinet Members

Shri. K. Rajan

Minister for Revenue and Housing

CPI

Shri. Roshy Augustine

Minister for Water Resources

KCM

Shri. K. Krishnankutty

Minister for Electricity

JDS

Shri. A. K. Saseendran

Minister for Forest and Wildlife

NCP

Shri. Ahamed Devarkovil

Minister for Ports, Museums and Archaeology

INL

Adv. Antony Raju

Minister for Transport

JKC

Shri. V. Abdurahiman

Minister for Sports, Wakf and Haj Pilgrimage

Independent

Adv. G. R. Anil

Minister for Food and Civil Supplies

CPI

Shri. K. N. Balagopal

Minister for Finance

CPI(M)

Dr. R. Bindu

Minister for Higher Education and Social Justice 

CPI(M)

Smt. J. Chinchurani

Minister for Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development

CPI

Shri. M. B. Rajesh

Minister for Local Self Governments, Rural Development and Excise

CPI(M)

Adv. P. A. Mohamed Riyas

Minister for Public Works and Tourism

CPI(M)

Shri. P. Prasad

Minister for Agriculture

CPI

Shri. K. Radhakrishnan

Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes and Devaswoms

CPI(M)

Shri. P. Rajeeve

Minister for Law, Industries and Coir

CPI(M)

Shri. V. Sivankutty

Minister for General Education and Labour

CPI(M)

Shri. V. N. Vasavan

Minister for Co-operation  and Registration

CPI(M)

Smt. Veena George

Minister for Health and Woman and Child Development

CPI(M)

Cabinet of Kerala Ministers

On May 20, a small group of people gathered at the Central Stadium to witness the swearing-in of the Pinarayi Vijayan-led cabinet. Despite being sworn in as chief minister for a second time, Vijayan has added 20 new members to his cabinet. While his son-in-law P. A. Mohammed Riyas will be in charge of the PWD ministry, Vijayan has kept key portfolios like Home. In place of KK Shailaja, Veena George has been given the Health Ministry. Riyas and Veena are both inexperienced ministers. K N Balagopal, a close confidant and aide to Vijayan and a first-term MLA, will lead the Finance Department in place of the well-known T M Thomas Isaac. Except for Vijayan, each of the 11 CPI(M) ministers is a newcomer. Pinarayi Vijayan was appointed as the parliamentary party leader by the CPI(M) state committee earlier on May 18, paving the way for him to be elected chief minister for a second time in a row. Vijayan has made the unprecedented decision to fire all of the current ministers, including the health minister KK Shailaja. The Kerala Assembly Speaker will be MB Rajesh, and the Party Whip will be KK Shailaja, according to the CPI(M). The Parliamentary Party Secretary has been named as a senior leader, TP Ramakrishnan.

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List of Kerala Chief Ministers by length of term

Malabar District, Travancore-Cochin (with the exception of four southern taluks and Sengottai Taluk, which were merged with Tamil Nadu), and the Kasaragod taluk of South Kanara district were all included in the new Kerala state, which was established by the Government of India's States Reorganisation Act on 1 November 1956. Additionally, a new Legislative Assembly was established, and elections for it were held in 1957.

 

Name 

 

Party

Length of Term

Longest Continuous Term

Total Years of Premiership 

R. Sankar

INC

1 year 350 days

1 year 350 days

Pattom A. Thanu Pillai

PSP

2 years 216 days

2 years 216 days

E. M. S. Namboodiripad

CPI(M)/CPI

2 years 240 days

4 years 357 days

A. K. Antony

INC

3 years, 105 days

5 years, 347 days

K. Karunakaran

INC

4 years, 305 days

8 years, 315 days

E. K. Nayanar

CPI(M)

4 years, 361 days

10 years, 353 days

V. S. Achuthanandan

CPI(M)

4 years, 364 days

4 years, 364 days

Oommen Chandy

INC

5 years, 6 days

6 years, 256 days

C. Achutha Menon

CPI

6 years, 172 days

7 years, 80 days

Pinarayi Vijayan

(Current CM)

CPI(M)

6 years, 176 days

6 years, 176 days

C. H. Mohammed Koya

IUML

53 days

53 days

P. K. Vasudevan Nair

CPI

347 days

347 days

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