# First Panneerselvam ministry

After the resignation of J. Jayalalithaa as Chief Minister, the Governor appointed O. Panneerselvam as Chief Minister and 23 more Ministers on 21 September 2001. He resigned as Jayalalithaa returned to power.

## Cabinet ministers

| S.no | Name | Designation | Portfolios | Party |
| Chief Minister ||||||
| 1. | O. Panneerselvam | Chief Minister | Public Indian Administrative Service Indian Police Service other All India Services General Administration District Revenue Officers Home Police Prohibition & Excise Molasses Prevention of Corruption and Prisons * Revenue District Revenue Establishment Deputy Collectors Registration, Stamp Act Stationery & Printing Government Press Bhoodhan & Gramdhan | AIADMK |
| Cabinet Ministers ||||||
| 2. | 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 |
| 3. | Dr. M. Thambi Durai | Minister for Education | Education Technical Education Science and Technology Archaeology Tamil Development and Tamil Culture Indians Overseas Refugees and Evacuees | AIADMK |
| 4. | D. Jayakumar | Minister for Law and 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. | S. Semmalai | Minister for Health | Health Medical Education Family Welfare | AIADMK |
| 7. | 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 |
| 8. | A. Anwer Rhazza | Minister for Labour | Labour Employment and Training Urban and Rural Employment Census Wakfs | AIADMK |
| 9. | K. Pandurangan | Minister for Industries | Industries Iron and Steel Control Mines and Minerals Electronics | AIADMK |
| 10. | P. Dhanabal | Minister for Food and Co-operation | Food Civil Supplies Consumer Protection Price Control Co-operation Statistics | AIADMK |
| 11. | N. Thalavaisundaram | Minister for Public Works | Public Works Highways Irrigation Including Minor Irrigation | AIADMK |
| 12. | S.S. Thirunavukkarasu | Minister for Information & Publicity and Forests and Environment | Information and Publicity Forests Environment Pollution Control | AIADMK |
| 13. | R. Jeevanantham | Minister for Agriculture | Agriculture Agricultural Engineering Agro Service Co-operatives Horticulture Sugarcane Cess and Sugarcane Development | AIADMK |
| 14. | R. Sarojaa | Minister for Tourism | Tourism Tourism Development Corporation | AIADMK |
| 15. | 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 |
| 16. | V. Subramanian | Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare | Adi Dravidar Welfare Hill Tribes Bonded Labour Welfare of Ex-Servicemen | AIADMK |
| 17. | S.P. Shanmuganathan | Minister for Handlooms and Textiles | Handlooms and Textiles | AIADMK |
| 18. | K.P. Raajendra Prasad | Minister for Fisheries | Fisheries Animal Husbandry | AIADMK |
| 19. | R. Vaithilingam | Minister for Rural Industries | Rural Industries including Cottage Industries Small Scale Industries Khadi & Village Industries Board | AIADMK |
| 20. | C. Shanmugavelu | Minister for Dairy Development | Milk and Dairy Development | AIADMK |
| 21. | C. V. Shanmugam | Minister for Commercial Taxes | Commercial Taxes | AIADMK |
| 22. | S.M. Velusamy | Minister for Housing and Urban Development | Housing Housing Development Town Planning Slum Clearance Accommodation Control Urban Development and CMDA | AIADMK |
| 11. | Nainar Nagenthran | Minister for Transport | Transport Nationalised Transport Motor Vehicles Act Ports | AIADMK |
| 24. | Valarmathi Jebaraj | Minister for Backward Classes | Backward Classes Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities | AIADMK |