First Ramachandran ministry

After the sixth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, held in 1977, a new ministry with M. G. Ramachandran as chief minister was formed on 30 June 1977.[1]

First Ramachandran ministry

4th Ministry of Tamil Nadu
M.G.R.
Date formed30 June 1977
Date dissolved17 February 1980
People and organisations
Head of stateGovernor Prabhudas Patwari
Head of governmentM. G. Ramachandran
Member partiesAIADMK
Status in legislatureMajority
Opposition partyDMK
Opposition leaderM. Karunanidhi
History
Election(s)1977
Legislature term(s)5 years
PredecessorSecond Karunanidhi ministry
SuccessorSecond Ramachandran ministry

Cabinet ministers

Name Designation Party
Chief minister
M. G. Ramachandran Chief minister AIADMK
Cabinet ministers
K. Manoharan Minister for Finance AIADMK
Panruti S. Ramachandran Minister for electricity
K. A. Krishnaswamy Minister for co-operation
S. D. Somasundaram Minister for Revenue
G. R. Edmund Minister for food and co-operation
R. M. Veerappan Minister for information and Hindu religious endowments
K. Narayanaswamy Mudaliar Minister for law
C. Aranganayagam Minister for education
K. Kalimuthu Minister for local administration
S. Raghava Minister for labour
P. Soundarapandian Minister for Harijan welfare and industries
C. Ponnaiyan Minister for transport
P. Kolandaivelu Minister for agriculture and irrigation
K. Raja Mohammed Minister for rural industries
R. Soundararajan Minister for health
PT Saraswathy Minister for social welfare
Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan Minister for khadi

References

  1. TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUINQUENNIAL REVIEW 1977-80 (PDF), Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, 1980
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    - "SIXTH ASSEMBLY". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
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