# Second Jayalalithaa ministry

After the General Elections held on 10 May 2001 the Governor appointed J. Jayalalithaa as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. The Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister appointed five more Members C. Ponnaiyan, Dr. M. Thambi Durai, D. Jayakumar, Ayyaru Vandayar and R. Sarojaa as ministers in the Council of Ministers on the same day. On 19 May 2001 the Governor appointed nineteen more members in the council. However, Jayalalithaa couldn't last long in office and to pave way for First Panneerselvam ministry.

## Cabinet ministers

| S.no | Name | Designation | Portfolios | Party |
| Chief Minister ||||||
| 1. | J. Jayalalithaa | Chief Minister | Public Home Police Indian Administrative Service Indian Police Service other All India Services General Administration District Revenue Officers Prevention of Corruption Minorities Welfare Information Technology | AIADMK |
| Cabinet Ministers ||||||
| 2. | C. Ponnaiyan | Minister for Finance and Law | Finance Planning Legislative Assembly and Elections Legislation Law Courts Prisons Weights and Measures Debt Relief including Legislation on *money lending Chits Registration of Companies | AIADMK |
| 3. | Dr. M. Thambi Durai | Minister for Education | Education Technical Education Science and Technology Sports and Youth Welfare Archaeology Tamil Development and Tamil Culture Indians Overseas Refugees and Evacuees | AIADMK |
| 4. | D. Jayakumar | Minister for Electricity | Electricity Non-Conventional Energy Development | AIADMK |
| 5. | P.C. Ramasamy | Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments | Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments | AIADMK |
| 6. | R. Vaithilingam | Minister for Industries | Industries Iron and Steel Control Mines and Minerals | AIADMK |
| 7. | S. Semmalai | Minister for Health | Health Medical Education Family Welfare | AIADMK |
| 8. | C. Durairaj | Minister for Local Administration | Municipal Administration Rural Development Panchayats and Panchayat Unions Poverty Alleviation Programmes Rural Indebtedness Urban and Rural Water Supply | AIADMK |
| 9. | R. Jeevanantham | Minister for Agriculture | Agriculture Agricultural Engineering Agro Service Co-operatives Horticulture Sugarcane Cess and Sugarcane Development | AIADMK |
| 10. | O. Panneerselvam | Minister for Revenue | Prohibition & Excise Molasses Revenue District Revenue Establishment Deputy Collectors Registration, Stamp Act Stationery & Printing Government Press Bhoodhan & Gramdhan Passports | AIADMK |
| 11. | N. Thalavaisundaram | Minister for Public Works | Public Works Highways Irrigation Including Minor Irrigation | AIADMK |
| 12. | A. Anwer Rhazza | Minister for Labour | Labour Employment and Training Urban and Rural Employment Census Wakfs | AIADMK |
| 13. | K. Pandurangan | Minister for Rural Industries | Rural Industries including Cottage Industries Small Scale Industries Khadi & Village Industries Board | AIADMK |
| 14. | S.S. Thirunavukkarasu | Minister for Information & Publicity and Forests | Information and Publicity Film Technology Cinematograph act Newsprint Control Forests Environment Pollution Control | AIADMK |
| 15. | P. Dhanabal | Minister for Food and Co-operation | Food Civil Supplies Consumer Protection Price Control Statistics | AIADMK |
| 16. | Valarmathi Jebaraj | Minister for Backward Classes | Backward Classes Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities | AIADMK |
| 17. | B. Valarmathi | Minister for Social Welfare | Social Welfare including Women’s and Children’s Welfare Nutritious Noon Meal Welfare of the Disabled Beggar Homes Orphanages and Correctional Administration | AIADMK |
| 18. | V. Subramanian | Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare | Adi Dravidar Welfare Hill Tribes Bonded Labour Welfare of Ex-Servicemen | AIADMK |
| 19. | Nainar Nagenthran | Minister for Transport | Transport Nationalised Transport Motor Vehicles Act Ports | AIADMK |
| 20. | K.P. Raajendra Prasad | Minister for Fisheries and Animal Husbandry | Fisheries Animal Husbandry | AIADMK |
| 21. | C. V. Shanmugam | Minister for Commercial Taxes | Commercial Taxes | AIADMK |
| 22. | S.P. Shanmuganathan | Minister for Handlooms and Textiles | Handlooms and Textiles | AIADMK |
| 23. | A. K. Selvaraj | Minister for Housing and Urban Development | Housing Housing Development Town Planning Slum Clearance Accommodation Control Urban Development and CMDA | AIADMK |
| 24. | R. Sarojaa | Minister for Tourism | Tourism Tourism Development Corporation | AIADMK |
| 25. | C. Shanmugavelu | Minister for Milk and Dairy Development | Milk and Dairy Development | AIADMK |