# Fifth Karunanidhi 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 in the state since the 1952 election. M. Karunanidhi became the 14th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu due to the election.

## 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 | DMK |
| 5. | Ko.Si. Mani | Minister for Co-operation | Co-operation Statistics Welfare of Ex-Servicemen | DMK |
| 6. | Veerapandi S. Arumugam | Minister for Agriculture | Agriculture *Agricultural Engineering Agro Service Co-operatives *Horticulture Sugarcane Cess Sugarcane Development Wasteland Development | DMK |
| 7. | Duraimurugan | Minister for Public Works and Law | Public Works Irrigation including Minor Irrigation *Programme Works Law and Courts | DMK |
| 8. | Dr. K. Ponmudy | Minister for Higher Education | Higher Education including Technical *Education Electronics Science and Technology Mines and Minerals | DMK |
| 9. | K. N. Nehru | Minister for Transport | Transport Nationalized Transport Motor Vehicles Act. | DMK |
| 10. | M. R. K. Panneerselvam | Minister for Health | Health Medical Education Family Welfare | DMK |
| 11. | Pongalur N. Palanisamy | Minister for Rural Industries and Animal Husbandry | Rural Industries including Cottage Industries and Small Industries Animal Husbandry | DMK |
| 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 | DMK |
| 13. | N. Suresh Rajan | Minister for Tourism and Regeneration | Tourism and Tourism Development Corporation Registration and Stamp Act. | DMK |
| 14. | E. V. Velu | Minister for Food | Food Civil Supplies Consumer Protection and Price Control. | DMK |
| 15. | Suba. Thangavelan | Minister for Slum Clearance and Accommodation Control | Slum Clearance Board Accommodation Control | DMK |
| 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 | DMK |
| 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. | DMK |
| 18. | T. M. Anbarasan | Minister for Labour | Labour ,Population Employment and Training Steel Control Newsprint Control Census Urban and Rural Employment. | DMK |
| 19. | K. R. Periakaruppan | Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments | Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments | DMK |
| 20. | Thangam Thenarasu | Minister for School Education | School Educationand Archaeology | DMK |
| 21. | S. N. M. Ubayadullah | Minister for Commercial Taxes | Commercial Taxes | DMK |
| 22. | T. P. M. Mohideen Khan | Minister for Environment | Sports and Youth Welfare Environment Pollution Control Wakfs | DMK |
| 23. | Vellakoil Saminathan | Minister for Highways and Minor Ports | Highways Minor Ports | DMK |
| 24. | N. Selvaraj | Minister for Forests | Forests and Cinchona | DMK |
| 25. | Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna | Minister for Information Technology | Information Technology | DMK |
| 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 | DMK |
| 27. | A. Tamilarasi | Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare | Adi Dravidar Welfare Hill Tribes Bonded Labour | DMK |
| 28. | T.K.M. Chinnayya | Minister for Animal Husbandry | Animal Husbandry | DMK |
| 29. | K. P. P. Samy | Minister for Fisheries | Fisheries and Fisheries Development Corporation | DMK |
| 30. | K. Ramachandhiran | Minister for Khadi | Khadi and Village Industries Bhoodhan and Gramadhan. | DMK |