# Third Jayalalithaa ministry

As O. Panneerselvam who was Chief Minister from 2 March 2002 resigned, Governor appointed J. Jayalalithaa as the Chief Minister to head the New Government and appointed 26 more ministers on the same day. It was her return to power as she had removed from the post earlier on 21 September 2001.

## 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 | AIADMK |
| Cabinet Ministers ||||||
| 2. | O. Panneerselvam | Minister for Public Works, Prohibition and Excise and Revenue | Public Works Highways Irrigation including Minor Irrigation Prohibition & Excise Molasses Prevention of Corruption and Prisons *Revenue District Revenue Establishment Deputy Collectors Registration, Stamp Act Stationery & Printing Government Press Bhoodhan & Gramdhan Passports | AIADMK |
| 3. | C. Ponnaiyan | Minister for Finance | Finance Planning Legislative Assembly and Elections Legislation Weights and Measures Debt Relief including Legislation on *money lending Chits Registration of Companies | AIADMK |
| 4. | D. Jayakumar | Minister for Law and Information Technology | Law and Courts Information Technology | AIADMK |
| 5. | Pollachi V. Jayaraman | Minister for Food and Co-operation | Food Civil Supplies Consumer Protection Price Control Co-operation Statistics | AIADMK |
| 6. | P.C. Ramasamy | Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments | Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments | AIADMK |
| 7. | P. Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy | 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 |
| 8. | N. Thalavaisundaram | Minister for Health | Health Medical Education Family Welfare. | AIADMK |
| 9. | B. Valarmathi | Minister for Rural Industries | Rural Industries including Cottage Industries Small Scale Industries Khadi & Village Industries Board | AIADMK |
| 10. | C. Karuppasamy | Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare | Adi Dravidar Welfare Hill Tribes Bonded Labour Welfare of Ex-Servicemen | AIADMK |
| 11. | R. Viswanathan | Minister for Transport and Electricity | Transport Nationalised Transport Motor Vehicles Act Ports Electricity Non-Conventional Energy Development | AIADMK |
| 12. | Nainar Nagenthran | Minister for Industries | Industries Iron and Steel Control Mines and Minerals Electronics | AIADMK |
| 13. | K. Pandurangan | Minister for Agriculture | Agriculture Agricultural Engineering Agro Service Co-operatives Horticulture Sugarcane Cess and Sugarcane *Development | AIADMK |
| 14. | S. M. Velusamy | Minister for Backward Classes | Backward Classes Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities | AIADMK |
| 15. | P. V. Damodaran | Minister for Animal Husbandry | Animal Husbandry | AIADMK |
| 16. | R. Vaithilingam | Minister for Forests and Environment | Forests Environment Pollution Control | AIADMK |
| 17. | Anitha R. Radhakrishnan | Minister for Housing and Urban Development | Housing Housing Development Town Planning Slum Clearance Accommodation Control Urban Development and CMDA | AIADMK |
| 18. | C. V. Shanmugam | Minister for Education, Commercial Taxes, Sports and Youth Welfare | Education Technical Education Science and Technology Archaeology Tamil Development and Tamil Culture Indians Overseas Refugees and Evacuees Commercial Taxes Sports and Youth Welfare | AIADMK |
| 19. | S. Ramachandran | Minister for Dairy Development | Milk and Dairy Development | AIADMK |
| 20. | V. Somasundaram | Minister for Handlooms and Textiles | Handlooms and Textiles | AIADMK |
| 21. | M. Radakrishnan | Minister for Fisheries | Fisheries | AIADMK |
| 22. | A. Miller | Minister for Tourism | Tourism Tourism Development Corporation | AIADMK |
| 23. | P. Annavi | Minister for Labour | Labour Employment and Training Urban and Rural Employment Census Wakfs | AIADMK |
| 24. | K. P. Anbalagan | Minister for Information, Publicity and Local Administration | Information and Publicity Film Technology and Cinematograph Act *Newsprint Control Municipal Administration Rural Development Panchayats and Panchayat Unions Poverty Alleviation Programmes Rural Indebtedness Urban and Rural Water Supply | AIADMK |