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List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu

The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is the chief executive of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[2]

Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Tamiḻnāṭu Mutalamaiccar
Incumbent
M. K. Stalin
since 7 May 2021
Chief Minister's Office
Style
TypeHead of government
StatusLeader of the Executive
AbbreviationCMOTN
Member of
Reports to
Residence25/9, Chittaranjan Salai, Cenotaph 2nd Lane, Alwarpettai, Chennai – 600018, Tamil Nadu, India.
SeatOffice of Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Fort St. George, Chennai – 600009, Tamil Nadu, India.
AppointerGovernor of Tamil Nadu
Formation10 April 1952; 71 years ago (1952-04-10)
First holder
DeputyDeputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
WebsiteOfficial website

Since 1952, Tamil Nadu has had 12 chief ministers, 13 including V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, who twice acted in the role. The longest-serving chief minister, M. Karunanidhi from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the office for over eighteen years in multiple tenures, while he was the one who had the largest gap between two terms (nearly thirteen years). The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's former general secretary J. Jayalalithaa has the second-longest tenure, and its founder M. G. Ramachandran, the first actor to become the chief minister in India has the third-longest tenure, while his wife V. N. Janaki Ramachandran has the shortest tenure (only 23 days). K. Kamaraj resigned his post of his own free will and devoted all of his energy to the revitalization of the Indian National Congress party; he was responsible for the elevation of Lal Bahadur Shastri to the position of Prime Minister of the Republic of India following the death of Jawaharlal Nehru and of Indira Gandhi following the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri. C. Rajagopalachari served as the last Governor-General of the Union of India before becoming chief minister of undivided Madras State. There have been four instances of president's rule in Tamil Nadu, most recently in 1991.[3][4]

The current incumbent is M. K. Stalin of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam since 7 May 2021.

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The Madras Presidency, headquartered in Fort St. George, India, was a presidency of India that comprised present day Tamil Nadu, the Malabar region of North Kerala, the coastal and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh, and the Bellary, Dakshina Kannada, and Udupi districts of Karnataka. It was established in 1653 to be the headquarters of the English settlements on the Coromandel Coast.

The territory under the presidency comprised only Madrasapattinam and its surrounding regions. But, after the Anglo-French wars and the consequent alliance between the English East India Company and the Nawab of Arcot, it was expanded to comprise the region from the Northern Circars to Cape Comorin. The governance structure also evolved from a modest secretariat with a single secretary for the Public Department in 1670 to six departments overseen by a chief secretary by 1920.

The Indian Councils Act 1861 set up the Madras Legislative Council as an advisory body, without powers, through which the colonial administration obtained advice and assistance from able and willing Indian business leaders. But membership was selected (not elected) and was not representative of the masses.

With the enactment of the Government of India Act 1919, the first legislature was formed in 1920 after general elections.[5] The term of the legislative council was three years. It had 132 members, of whom 34 were nominated by the governor and the rest were elected. Under the Government of India Act 1935, a bicameral legislature was set up with a legislative assembly consisting of 215 members and a legislative council having 56 members. The first legislative assembly under this act was constituted in July 1937. The legislative council was a permanent body, with a third of its members retiring every 3 years and having the power to decide on bills passed by the assembly.[6]

In 1939, the Governor-General of India declared India's entry into World War II without consulting the Imperial Legislative Council. The Indian National Congress protested by asking all its elected representatives to resign from governments.[7] Then it came back to power in 1946 after new provincial elections.[8]

 
The state of Tamil Nadu in India has an electorate of more than 70 million people (7 crore).[9]
 
Madras Presidency in 1909, showing in the southern portion of India.
 
Since 1920, Fort St. George has been the Chief Secretariat of Tamil Nadu.
Chief Ministers of the Madras Presidency
No. Portrait Name

(Birth–Death)

Elected constituency Term of office[10] Council
(Election)
Ministry Appointed by Political party[a]
Assumed office Left office Time in office
1   A. Subbarayalu Reddiar
(1855–1921)
Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 17 December 1920 11 July 1921[RES] 206 days 1st
(1920)
Reddiar Frederic Thesiger South Indian Liberal Federation
2   Panaganti Ramarayaningar
(1866–1928)
Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 11 July 1921 11 September 1923 5 years, 145 days Ramarayaningar I Rufus Isaacs
12 September 1923 3 December 1926 2nd
(1923)
Ramarayaningar II
3   P. Subbarayan
(1889–1962)
Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 4 December 1926 27 October 1930 3 years, 327 days 3rd
(1926)
Subbarayan Edward Wood Independent
4   B. Munuswamy Naidu
(1885–1935)
Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 27 October 1930 4 November 1932[RES] 2 years, 8 days 4th
(1930)
Naidu South Indian Liberal Federation
5   Ramakrishna Ranga Rao
(1901–1978)
Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 5 November 1932 5 November 1934 3 years, 151 days Rao I Freeman Freeman-Thomas
5 November 1934 4 April 1936[RES] 5th
(1934)
Rao II
6   P. T. Rajan
(1892–1974)
Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 4 April 1936 24 August 1936[RES] 142 days Rajan
(5)   Ramakrishna Ranga Rao
(1901–1978)
Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 24 August 1936[§] 1 April 1937 220 days Rao III Victor Hope
7   Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu
(1875–1942)
Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 1 April 1937 14 July 1937[RES] 104 days 1st
(1937)
Naidu Independent
8   C. Rajagopalachari
(1878–1972)
Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 14 July 1937 29 October 1939[RES] 2 years, 107 days Rajagopalachari I Indian National Congress
  Vacant
(Governor-General's rule)
N/A 29 October 1939 29 April 1946 6 years, 182 days Dissolved N/A N/A
9   T. Prakasam
(1872–1957)
Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 30 April 1946 23 March 1947[RES] 327 days 2nd
(1946)
Prakasam Archibald Wavell Indian National Congress
10   Omanthur P. Ramaswamy Reddiar
(1895–1970)
Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 23 March 1947 6 April 1949[RES] 2 years, 14 days Reddiar Archibald Nye
11   P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja
(1898–1957)
Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 6 April 1949 25 January 1950 294 days Raja Krishna Kumarsinhji Bhavsinhji
Timeline
P. S. Kumaraswamy RajaO. P. Ramaswamy ReddiyarT. PrakasamVacantC. RajagopalachariKurma Venkata Reddy NaiduP. T. RajanRamakrishna Ranga RaoB. Munuswamy NaiduP. SubbarayanPanaganti RamarayaningarA. Subbarayalu Reddiar
Development after independence

Madras State, the precursor to the present-day state of Tamil Nadu, was created after India became a republic on 26 January 1950.[11] It comprised present-day Tamil Nadu and parts of present-day Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Kerala. The first legislature of the Madras State to be elected on the basis of universal suffrage was constituted on 1 March 1952, after the general elections held in January 1952.[12]

The state was split up along linguistic lines in 1953, carving out Andhra State. Under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the states of Kerala, and Mysore State were carved out of Madras State. Under the Andhra Pradesh and Madras Alteration of Boundaries Act, 1959, with effect from 1 April 1960, Tiruttani taluk and Pallipattu sub-taluk of Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh were transferred to Madras in exchange for territories from the Chingelput and Salem districts.[5][13]

Chief Ministers of Madras State
No. Portrait Name

(Birth–Death)

Elected constituency Term of office[10] Assembly
(Election)
Ministry Appointed by Political party[a]
Assumed office Left office Time in office
1   P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja
(1898–1957)
Leader of the State Legislative Council 26 January 1950 9 April 1952 2 years, 74 days 2nd
(1946)
Raja Krishna Kumarsinhji Bhavsinhji Indian National Congress
2   C. Rajagopalachari
(1878–1972)
Leader of the State Legislative Council 10 April 1952 13 April 1954[RES] 2 years, 3 days 1st
(1952)
Rajagopalachari II Sri Prakasa
3   K. Kamaraj
(1903–1975)
Gudiyatham 13 April 1954 12 April 1957 9 years, 172 days Kamaraj I
Sattur 13 April 1957 14 March 1962 2nd
(1957)
Kamaraj II A. J. John
15 March 1962 2 October 1963[RES] 3rd
(1962)
Kamaraj III Bishnu Ram Medhi
4   M. Bhakthavatsalam
(1897–1987)
Sriperumbudur 2 October 1963 5 March 1967 3 years, 154 days Bhakthavatsalam
5   C. N. Annadurai
(1909–1969)
Leader of the State Legislative Council 6 March 1967 13 January 1969 1 year, 313 days 4th
(1967)
Annadurai Ujjal Singh Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Change in nomenclature

During the term of the fourth assembly on 18 July 1967, the house unanimously adopted and recommended that steps be taken by the state government to secure the necessary amendment to the Constitution of India to change the name of Madras State to Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, the Madras State (Alteration of Name) Act, 1968 (Central Act 53 of 1968) was passed by the Parliament of India and came into force on 14 January 1969.[14] Consequently, the nomenclature "Madras Legislative Assembly" was changed to "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly". From 1967 onward, the strength of the assembly continued to remain at 234 plus a nominated member.

From 1952 to 1986, the state had a parliamentary system of government with two democratically elected houses, the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council. On 14 May 1986, the state government passed a resolution to abolish the legislative council in the state, which was then moved and adopted by the house. On 1 November 1986, Tamil Nadu became a state with a unicameral legislature, and since then, several times, the state government has taken steps to reconstitute the legislative council, but they have failed for so long. The Tamil Nadu Legislative Council has not been constituted in the state till date.

Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu
No. Portrait Name

(Birth–Death)

Elected constituency Term of office[10] Assembly
(Election)
Ministry Appointed by Political party[a]
Assumed office Left office Time in office
1   C. N. Annadurai
(1909–1969)
Leader of the State Legislative Council 14 January 1969 3 February 1969[†] 20 days 4th
(1967)
Annadurai Ujjal Singh Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Acting   V. R. Nedunchezhiyan
(1920–2000)
Triplicane 3 February 1969 10 February 1969[RES] 7 days Nedunchezhiyan I
2   M. Karunanidhi
(1924–2018)
Saidapet 10 February 1969 14 March 1971 6 years, 355 days Karunanidhi I
15 March 1971 31 January 1976 5th
(1971)
Karunanidhi II
  Vacant
(President's rule)
N/A 31 January 1976 29 June 1977 1 year, 149 days Dissolved N/A N/A
3   M. G. Ramachandran
(1917–1987)
Aruppukottai 30 June 1977 17 February 1980 2 years, 232 days 6th
(1977)
Ramachandran I Prabhudas B. Patwari All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  Vacant
(President's rule)
N/A 17 February 1980 8 June 1980 112 days Dissolved N/A N/A
(3)   M. G. Ramachandran
(1917–1987)
Madurai West 9 June 1980[§] 9 February 1985 7 years, 198 days 7th
(1980)
Ramachandran II Prabhudas B. Patwari All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Andipatti 10 February 1985 24 December 1987[†] 8th
(1984)
Ramachandran III S. L. Khurana
Acting   V. R. Nedunchezhiyan
(1920–2000)
Athoor 24 December 1987 7 January 1988[RES] 14 days Nedunchezhiyan II
4   V. N. Janaki Ramachandran
(1923–1996)
did not contest 7 January 1988 30 January 1988 23 days Janaki
  Vacant
(President's rule)
N/A 30 January 1988 26 January 1989 362 days Dissolved N/A N/A
(2)   M. Karunanidhi
(1924–2018)
Harbour 27 January 1989[§] 30 January 1991 2 years, 3 days 9th
(1989)
Karunanidhi III P. C. Alexander Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  Vacant
(President's rule)
N/A 30 January 1991 23 June 1991 144 days Dissolved N/A N/A
5   J. Jayalalithaa
(1948–2016)
Bargur 24 June 1991 12 May 1996 4 years, 323 days 10th
(1991)
Jayalalithaa I Bhishma Narain Singh All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
(2)   M. Karunanidhi
(1924–2018)
Chepauk 13 May 1996[§] 13 May 2001 5 years 11th
(1996)
Karunanidhi IV Marri Chenna Reddy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
(5)   J. Jayalalithaa
(1948–2016)
did not contest 14 May 2001[§] 21 September 2001[RES] 130 days 12th
(2001)
Jayalalithaa II Fathima Beevi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
6   O. Panneerselvam
(1951–)
Periyakulam 21 September 2001 2 March 2002[RES] 162 days Panneerselvam I C. Rangarajan
(5)   J. Jayalalithaa
(1948–2016)
Andipatti 2 March 2002[§] 12 May 2006 4 years, 71 days Jayalalithaa III P. S. Ramamohan Rao
(2)   M. Karunanidhi
(1924–2018)
Chepauk 13 May 2006[§] 15 May 2011 5 years, 2 days 13th
(2006)
Karunanidhi V Surjit Singh Barnala Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
(5)   J. Jayalalithaa
(1948–2016)
Srirangam 16 May 2011[§] 27 September 2014 3 years, 134 days 14th
(2011)
Jayalalithaa IV All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
(6)   O. Panneerselvam
(1951–)
Bodinayakanur 28 September 2014[§] 23 May 2015[RES] 237 days Panneerselvam II Konijeti Rosaiah
(5)   J. Jayalalithaa
(1948–2016)
Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar 23 May 2015[§] 22 May 2016 1 year, 196 days Jayalalithaa V
23 May 2016 5 December 2016[†] 15th
(2016)
Jayalalithaa VI
(6)   O. Panneerselvam
(1951–)
Bodinayakanur 6 December 2016[§] 15 February 2017[RES] 72 days Panneerselvam III C. Vidyasagar Rao
7   Edappadi K. Palaniswami
(1954–)
Edappadi 16 February 2017 6 May 2021 4 years, 79 days Palaniswami
8   M. K. Stalin
(1953–)
Kolathur 7 May 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 222 days 16th
(2021)
Stalin Banwarilal Purohit Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Timeline
M. K. StalinEdappadi K. PalaniswamiO. PanneerselvamJ. JayalalithaaV. N. Janaki RamachandranM. G. RamachandranVacantM. KarunanidhiV. R. NedunchezhiyanC. N. AnnaduraiM. BhakthavatsalamK. KamarajC. RajagopalachariP. S. Kumaraswamy Raja

Statistics edit

List of chief ministers by length of term
No. Name Party Length of term
Longest continuous term Total years of chief ministership
1 M. Karunanidhi DMK 6 years, 355 days 18 years, 360 days
2 J. Jayalalithaa AIADMK 4 years, 323 days 14 years, 124 days
3 M. G. Ramachandran AIADMK 7 years, 198 days 10 years, 65 days
4 K. Kamaraj INC 9 years, 172 days 9 years, 172 days
5 Edappadi K. Palaniswami AIADMK 4 years, 79 days 4 years, 79 days
6 M. Bhakthavatsalam INC 3 years, 154 days 3 years, 154 days
7 M. K. Stalin DMK 2 years, 222 days 2 years, 222 days
8 P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja INC 2 years, 74 days 2 years, 74 days
9 C. Rajagopalachari INC 2 years, 3 days 2 years, 3 days
10 C. N. Annadurai DMK 1 year, 334 days 1 year, 334 days
11 O. Panneerselvam AIADMK 237 days 1 year, 106 days
12 V. N. Janaki Ramachandran AIADMK 23 days 23 days
Acting V. R. Nedunchezhiyan AIADMK/DMK 14 days 21 days
List by party
Political parties by total time-span of their member holding CMO (15 December 2023)
No. Political party Number of chief ministers Total days of holding CMO
1 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5 (+1 acting) 11004 days
2 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3 (+1 acting) 8592 days
3 Indian National Congress 4 6247 days
Parties by total duration (in days) of holding Chief Minister's Office
2,500
5,000
7,500
10,000
12,500
15,000
AIADMK
DMK
INC
M. K. StalinEdappadi K. PalaniswamiO. PanneerselvamJ. JayalalithaaV. N. Janaki RamachandranM. G. RamachandranM. KarunanidhiV. R. NedunchezhiyanC. N. AnnaduraiM. BhakthavatsalamK. KamarajC. RajagopalachariP. S. Kumaraswamy Raja

In popular culture edit

Depictions in films edit

Chief Minister Film Year Actor Note
P. Subbarayan Samvidhaan (TV series) 2014 Ivan Rodrigues
C. Rajagopalachari Kamaraj 2004
Periyar 2007
Samvidhaan (TV series) 2014 Amit Behl
Omanthur P. Ramaswamy Periyar 2007 Cameo appearance; pre-Chief Ministership
K. Kamaraj Kamaraj 2004 Richard Mathuram
Periyar 2007 Cameo
Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan 2008 Himself Real footage in the song sequence "Nee kondru kuvithatu"
C. N. Annadurai Thangarathinam 1960 Himself Real footage - cameo ; pre-Chief Ministership
Iru Kodugal 1969 Imitated voice by Sivagangai Sethurajan[15]
Rudra Thandavam 1978 Himself Real footage of funeral in the song sequence "Nee mannavana chinnavana"
Kamaraj 2004 Imitated voiceover is also used
Periyar 2007 S. S. Stanley Real photograph is also used
Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan 2008 Himself Real footage in the song sequence "Nee kondru kuvithatu"
Thalaivii 2021 Bharathi Kannan
V. R. Nedunchezhiyan Thangarathinam 1960 Himself Real footage - cameo ; pre-Chief Ministership
Periyar 2007 Cameo appearance; pre-Chief Ministership
M. Karunanidhi Thangarathinam 1960 Himself Real footage - cameo ; pre-Chief Ministership
Poompuhar 1964 Himself Delivers a prologue to the film ; pre-Chief Ministership
Iruvar 1997 Himself in different name
Kamaraj 2004 Cameo appearance (pre-Chief Ministership) ;

Real footage during Chief Ministership is also used

Kuttrapathirikai 2007 Imitated voiceover
Periyar 2007 Real footage during Chief Ministership is also used
Dasavathaaram 2008 Graphical Cameo
Dharmaprabhu 2019 Graphical Cameo as a soul in heaven
Thalaivii 2021 Nassar Credited as M. Karuna
M. G. Ramachandran Thangarathinam 1960 Himself Real footage - cameo ; pre-Chief Ministership
Periyar 2007
Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan 2008 Himself Real footage in the song sequence "Nee kondru kuvithatu"
NTR: Mahanayakudu 2019 Sikindar
Queen (web series) 2019 Indrajith Sukumaran Credited as G. M. Ravichandran (GMR)
Thalaivii 2021 Arvind Swamy Credited as M. J. Ramachandran (MJR)
Methagu 2 2022 Cameo
V. N. Janaki Ramachandran Queen (web series) 2019- Vanitha Krishnachandran Credited as Janani Devi
Thalaivii 2021 Madhoo
J. Jayalalithaa Kuttrapathirikai 2007
Attahasa 2013 Jayachitra
Queen (web series) 2019 Ramya Krishnan Credited as Shakthi Seshadri
Dharmaprabhu 2019 Graphical Cameo as a soul in Heaven
Thalaivii 2021 Kangana Ranaut Credited as Jaya

Fictional Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu in films edit

Year Title Character Actor
1983 Oru Indhiya Kanavu N/A
1994 Jaihind N/A Kalyan Kumar
1995 Makkal Aatchi Sethupathi Mammootty
Ragasiya Police N/A Radhika Sarathkumar
1996 Tamizh Selvan Dhakshinamoorthy Malaysia Vasudevan
1997 Iruvar Tamizhselvan Prakash Raj
Anandan Mohanlal
Arasiyal N/A John Amirtharaj
1998 Desiya Geetham "Chinna Mariyappan" Nassar
1999 Mudhalvan Aranganathar Raghuvaran
Pugazhenthi Arjun
2000 Puratchikkaaran Kalaivanar Manivannan
2001 Kottai Mariamman N/A Uncredited

(left hand only)

2002 Azhagi N/A Uncredited

(close-up headshot only)

Baba Purushottaman Bharat Dabholkar
Kanthan
Ramanaa N/A Ravichandran
2003 Thennavan Ilanthiraiyan Nassar
Pushpalatha Urvashi
2009 Kudiyarasu N/A John Amirtharaj
2010 Thamizh Padam N/A Uncredited

(close-up headshot only)

Irandu Mugam N/A
2011 Minsaram Thamizharasan Thol. Thirumavalavan
Ko Yogeswaran ("Yogi") Prakash Raj
Vasanthan Perumal Ajmal Ameer
Velayudham Rathnavelu Manivannan
2012 Saguni Satyamoorthy Chandra Mohan
R. K. Boopathi Prakash Raj
Kamalakannan (aka Kamal / Kannan) Karthi
2013 Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA Nagaraja Chozhan aka Amavasai Sathyaraj
Gangaikondaan (acting) Raghuvannan
Singam II Kumaravel K. Vishwanath
2015 Thani Oruvan Thamizhvanan Nassar
2016 Ko 2 Yogeswaran Prakash Raj
Kodi N/A Vijayakumar
2018 Tamizh Padam 2 P (Pandiya) Sathish
NOTA Vinodhan Subramaniam Nassar
Varun Subramaniam Vijay Deverakonda
Sarkar M. Masilamani Pala. Karuppiah
Action N/A
Saravanan Ramki
2019 LKG Avudaiyappan Ananth Vaidyanathan
Bojappan Ramkumar Ganesan
Lalgudi Karupaiah Gandhi (LKG) RJ Balaji
NGK Killivazhavan Devaraj
Nandha Gopalan Kumaran (NGK) Suriya
Gurkha N/A Livingston
2021 Tughlaq Durbar Nagaraja Chozhan (cameo) Sathyaraj
Maanaadu Arivazhagan S. A. Chandrasekhar
Anti Indian Senguttuvan Radha Ravi
2022 Buffoon N/A V. I. S. Jayapalan
DSP N/A Aadukalam Naren
Sembi Athiyaman Pala. Karuppiah
2023 Pathu Thala Arunmozhi Santhosh Prathap
Vaazhai Karunakaran Obeli N. Krishna
Pichaikkaran 2 N/A Radha Ravi
Maamannan Ka. Sindhanai Rajan Lal
Jigarthanda DoubleX N/A Kapila Venu

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.

References edit

  1. ^ "Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu since 1920". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  2. ^ Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Tamil Nadu as well.
  3. ^
  4. ^ Government of Tamil Nadu — Assemblies — An Overview 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ a b "Government of Tamil Nadu — Tamil Nadu Secretariat — Brief History".
  6. ^ . Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2006.
  7. ^ "The Telegraph - Own Goal - Partition became inevitable once the Congress resigned in 1939".
  8. ^ "Pakistan - Toward Partition". www.country-data.com.
  9. ^ Mariappan, Julie (31 May 2013). "Tamil Nadu population rises to 7.2 crore in a decade". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  10. ^ a b c The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period
  11. ^ . Ministry of Law and Justice of India. 29 July 2008. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2008.
  12. ^ Government of Tamil Nadu — The State Legislature — Origin and Evolution 13 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ Historical Importance of Kanchipuram 18 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ Sundari, Dr. S. (2007). Migrant women and urban labour market: concepts and case studies. p. 105. ISBN 9788176299664.
  15. ^ "இரு கோடுகள்: புன்னகை மன்னன் பூவிழிக் கண்ணன் ருக்மணிக்காக..." Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 2 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

External links edit

  • Official Website of the Office of the Chief Minister

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A request that this article title be changed to Chief minister of Tamil Nadu is under discussion Please do not move this article until the discussion is closed The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is the chief executive of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu In accordance with the Constitution of India the governor is a state s de jure head but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister Following elections to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly the state s governor usually invites the party or coalition with a majority of seats to form the government The governor appoints the chief minister whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly Given that he has the confidence of the assembly the chief minister s term is for five years and is subject to no term limits 2 Chief Minister of Tamil NaduTamiḻnaṭu MutalamaiccarEmblem of Tamil NaduIncumbentM K Stalinsince 7 May 2021Chief Minister s OfficeStyleThe Honourable formal Mr Mrs Ms Chief Minister informal TypeHead of governmentStatusLeader of the ExecutiveAbbreviationCMOTNMember ofTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Tamil Nadu Council of MinistersReports toGovernor of Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Legislative AssemblyResidence25 9 Chittaranjan Salai Cenotaph 2nd Lane Alwarpettai Chennai 600018 Tamil Nadu India SeatOffice of Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Fort St George Chennai 600009 Tamil Nadu India AppointerGovernor of Tamil NaduFormation10 April 1952 71 years ago 1952 04 10 First holderA Subbarayalu Reddiar as Chief Minister of the Madras Presidency 1 P S Kumaraswamy Raja as Chief Minister of Madras State C N Annadurai as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu DeputyDeputy Chief Minister of Tamil NaduWebsiteOfficial websiteSince 1952 Tamil Nadu has had 12 chief ministers 13 including V R Nedunchezhiyan who twice acted in the role The longest serving chief minister M Karunanidhi from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the office for over eighteen years in multiple tenures while he was the one who had the largest gap between two terms nearly thirteen years The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam s former general secretary J Jayalalithaa has the second longest tenure and its founder M G Ramachandran the first actor to become the chief minister in India has the third longest tenure while his wife V N Janaki Ramachandran has the shortest tenure only 23 days K Kamaraj resigned his post of his own free will and devoted all of his energy to the revitalization of the Indian National Congress party he was responsible for the elevation of Lal Bahadur Shastri to the position of Prime Minister of the Republic of India following the death of Jawaharlal Nehru and of Indira Gandhi following the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri C Rajagopalachari served as the last Governor General of the Union of India before becoming chief minister of undivided Madras State There have been four instances of president s rule in Tamil Nadu most recently in 1991 3 4 The current incumbent is M K Stalin of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam since 7 May 2021 Contents 1 List of chief ministers 2 Statistics 3 In popular culture 3 1 Depictions in films 3 2 Fictional Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu in films 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksList of chief ministers editThe Madras Presidency headquartered in Fort St George India was a presidency of India that comprised present day Tamil Nadu the Malabar region of North Kerala the coastal and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh and the Bellary Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts of Karnataka It was established in 1653 to be the headquarters of the English settlements on the Coromandel Coast The territory under the presidency comprised only Madrasapattinam and its surrounding regions But after the Anglo French wars and the consequent alliance between the English East India Company and the Nawab of Arcot it was expanded to comprise the region from the Northern Circars to Cape Comorin The governance structure also evolved from a modest secretariat with a single secretary for the Public Department in 1670 to six departments overseen by a chief secretary by 1920 The Indian Councils Act 1861 set up the Madras Legislative Council as an advisory body without powers through which the colonial administration obtained advice and assistance from able and willing Indian business leaders But membership was selected not elected and was not representative of the masses With the enactment of the Government of India Act 1919 the first legislature was formed in 1920 after general elections 5 The term of the legislative council was three years It had 132 members of whom 34 were nominated by the governor and the rest were elected Under the Government of India Act 1935 a bicameral legislature was set up with a legislative assembly consisting of 215 members and a legislative council having 56 members The first legislative assembly under this act was constituted in July 1937 The legislative council was a permanent body with a third of its members retiring every 3 years and having the power to decide on bills passed by the assembly 6 In 1939 the Governor General of India declared India s entry into World War II without consulting the Imperial Legislative Council The Indian National Congress protested by asking all its elected representatives to resign from governments 7 Then it came back to power in 1946 after new provincial elections 8 nbsp The state of Tamil Nadu in India has an electorate of more than 70 million people 7 crore 9 nbsp Madras Presidency in 1909 showing in the southern portion of India nbsp Since 1920 Fort St George has been the Chief Secretariat of Tamil Nadu Color key for political parties Independent Indian National Congress South Indian Liberal Federation KeyRES Resigned Died in office Returned to office after a previous non consecutive term Chief Ministers of the Madras PresidencyNo Portrait Name Birth Death Elected constituency Term of office 10 Council Election Ministry Appointed by Political party a Assumed office Left office Time in office1 nbsp A Subbarayalu Reddiar 1855 1921 Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 17 December 1920 11 July 1921 RES 206 days 1st 1920 Reddiar Frederic Thesiger South Indian Liberal Federation2 nbsp Panaganti Ramarayaningar 1866 1928 Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 11 July 1921 11 September 1923 5 years 145 days Ramarayaningar I Rufus Isaacs12 September 1923 3 December 1926 2nd 1923 Ramarayaningar II3 nbsp P Subbarayan 1889 1962 Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 4 December 1926 27 October 1930 3 years 327 days 3rd 1926 Subbarayan Edward Wood Independent4 nbsp B Munuswamy Naidu 1885 1935 Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 27 October 1930 4 November 1932 RES 2 years 8 days 4th 1930 Naidu South Indian Liberal Federation5 nbsp Ramakrishna Ranga Rao 1901 1978 Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 5 November 1932 5 November 1934 3 years 151 days Rao I Freeman Freeman Thomas5 November 1934 4 April 1936 RES 5th 1934 Rao II6 nbsp P T Rajan 1892 1974 Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 4 April 1936 24 August 1936 RES 142 days Rajan 5 nbsp Ramakrishna Ranga Rao 1901 1978 Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 24 August 1936 1 April 1937 220 days Rao III Victor Hope7 nbsp Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu 1875 1942 Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 1 April 1937 14 July 1937 RES 104 days 1st 1937 Naidu Independent8 nbsp C Rajagopalachari 1878 1972 Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 14 July 1937 29 October 1939 RES 2 years 107 days Rajagopalachari I Indian National Congress nbsp Vacant Governor General s rule N A 29 October 1939 29 April 1946 6 years 182 days Dissolved N A N A9 nbsp T Prakasam 1872 1957 Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 30 April 1946 23 March 1947 RES 327 days 2nd 1946 Prakasam Archibald Wavell Indian National Congress10 nbsp Omanthur P Ramaswamy Reddiar 1895 1970 Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 23 March 1947 6 April 1949 RES 2 years 14 days Reddiar Archibald Nye11 nbsp P S Kumaraswamy Raja 1898 1957 Leader of the Presidency Legislative Council 6 April 1949 25 January 1950 294 days Raja Krishna Kumarsinhji BhavsinhjiTimeline Development after independenceMadras State the precursor to the present day state of Tamil Nadu was created after India became a republic on 26 January 1950 11 It comprised present day Tamil Nadu and parts of present day Andhra Pradesh Karnataka and Kerala The first legislature of the Madras State to be elected on the basis of universal suffrage was constituted on 1 March 1952 after the general elections held in January 1952 12 The state was split up along linguistic lines in 1953 carving out Andhra State Under the States Reorganisation Act 1956 the states of Kerala and Mysore State were carved out of Madras State Under the Andhra Pradesh and Madras Alteration of Boundaries Act 1959 with effect from 1 April 1960 Tiruttani taluk and Pallipattu sub taluk of Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh were transferred to Madras in exchange for territories from the Chingelput and Salem districts 5 13 Color key for political parties Indian National Congress Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam KeyRES Resigned Died in office Chief Ministers of Madras StateNo Portrait Name Birth Death Elected constituency Term of office 10 Assembly Election Ministry Appointed by Political party a Assumed office Left office Time in office1 nbsp P S Kumaraswamy Raja 1898 1957 Leader of the State Legislative Council 26 January 1950 9 April 1952 2 years 74 days 2nd 1946 Raja Krishna Kumarsinhji Bhavsinhji Indian National Congress2 nbsp C Rajagopalachari 1878 1972 Leader of the State Legislative Council 10 April 1952 13 April 1954 RES 2 years 3 days 1st 1952 Rajagopalachari II Sri Prakasa3 nbsp K Kamaraj 1903 1975 Gudiyatham 13 April 1954 12 April 1957 9 years 172 days Kamaraj ISattur 13 April 1957 14 March 1962 2nd 1957 Kamaraj II A J John15 March 1962 2 October 1963 RES 3rd 1962 Kamaraj III Bishnu Ram Medhi4 nbsp M Bhakthavatsalam 1897 1987 Sriperumbudur 2 October 1963 5 March 1967 3 years 154 days Bhakthavatsalam5 nbsp C N Annadurai 1909 1969 Leader of the State Legislative Council 6 March 1967 13 January 1969 1 year 313 days 4th 1967 Annadurai Ujjal Singh Dravida Munnetra KazhagamChange in nomenclatureDuring the term of the fourth assembly on 18 July 1967 the house unanimously adopted and recommended that steps be taken by the state government to secure the necessary amendment to the Constitution of India to change the name of Madras State to Tamil Nadu Accordingly the Madras State Alteration of Name Act 1968 Central Act 53 of 1968 was passed by the Parliament of India and came into force on 14 January 1969 14 Consequently the nomenclature Madras Legislative Assembly was changed to Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly From 1967 onward the strength of the assembly continued to remain at 234 plus a nominated member From 1952 to 1986 the state had a parliamentary system of government with two democratically elected houses the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council On 14 May 1986 the state government passed a resolution to abolish the legislative council in the state which was then moved and adopted by the house On 1 November 1986 Tamil Nadu became a state with a unicameral legislature and since then several times the state government has taken steps to reconstitute the legislative council but they have failed for so long The Tamil Nadu Legislative Council has not been constituted in the state till date Legend Acting chief ministerColor key for political parties Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam KeyRES Resigned Died in office Returned to office after a previous non consecutive term Chief Ministers of Tamil NaduNo Portrait Name Birth Death Elected constituency Term of office 10 Assembly Election Ministry Appointed by Political party a Assumed office Left office Time in office1 nbsp C N Annadurai 1909 1969 Leader of the State Legislative Council 14 January 1969 3 February 1969 20 days 4th 1967 Annadurai Ujjal Singh Dravida Munnetra KazhagamActing nbsp V R Nedunchezhiyan 1920 2000 Triplicane 3 February 1969 10 February 1969 RES 7 days Nedunchezhiyan I2 nbsp M Karunanidhi 1924 2018 Saidapet 10 February 1969 14 March 1971 6 years 355 days Karunanidhi I15 March 1971 31 January 1976 5th 1971 Karunanidhi II nbsp Vacant President s rule N A 31 January 1976 29 June 1977 1 year 149 days Dissolved N A N A3 nbsp M G Ramachandran 1917 1987 Aruppukottai 30 June 1977 17 February 1980 2 years 232 days 6th 1977 Ramachandran I Prabhudas B Patwari All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam nbsp Vacant President s rule N A 17 February 1980 8 June 1980 112 days Dissolved N A N A 3 nbsp M G Ramachandran 1917 1987 Madurai West 9 June 1980 9 February 1985 7 years 198 days 7th 1980 Ramachandran II Prabhudas B Patwari All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamAndipatti 10 February 1985 24 December 1987 8th 1984 Ramachandran III S L KhuranaActing nbsp V R Nedunchezhiyan 1920 2000 Athoor 24 December 1987 7 January 1988 RES 14 days Nedunchezhiyan II4 nbsp V N Janaki Ramachandran 1923 1996 did not contest 7 January 1988 30 January 1988 23 days Janaki nbsp Vacant President s rule N A 30 January 1988 26 January 1989 362 days Dissolved N A N A 2 nbsp M Karunanidhi 1924 2018 Harbour 27 January 1989 30 January 1991 2 years 3 days 9th 1989 Karunanidhi III P C Alexander Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam nbsp Vacant President s rule N A 30 January 1991 23 June 1991 144 days Dissolved N A N A5 nbsp J Jayalalithaa 1948 2016 Bargur 24 June 1991 12 May 1996 4 years 323 days 10th 1991 Jayalalithaa I Bhishma Narain Singh All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2 nbsp M Karunanidhi 1924 2018 Chepauk 13 May 1996 13 May 2001 5 years 11th 1996 Karunanidhi IV Marri Chenna Reddy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5 nbsp J Jayalalithaa 1948 2016 did not contest 14 May 2001 21 September 2001 RES 130 days 12th 2001 Jayalalithaa II Fathima Beevi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam6 nbsp O Panneerselvam 1951 Periyakulam 21 September 2001 2 March 2002 RES 162 days Panneerselvam I C Rangarajan 5 nbsp J Jayalalithaa 1948 2016 Andipatti 2 March 2002 12 May 2006 4 years 71 days Jayalalithaa III P S Ramamohan Rao 2 nbsp M Karunanidhi 1924 2018 Chepauk 13 May 2006 15 May 2011 5 years 2 days 13th 2006 Karunanidhi V Surjit Singh Barnala Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5 nbsp J Jayalalithaa 1948 2016 Srirangam 16 May 2011 27 September 2014 3 years 134 days 14th 2011 Jayalalithaa IV All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6 nbsp O Panneerselvam 1951 Bodinayakanur 28 September 2014 23 May 2015 RES 237 days Panneerselvam II Konijeti Rosaiah 5 nbsp J Jayalalithaa 1948 2016 Dr Radhakrishnan Nagar 23 May 2015 22 May 2016 1 year 196 days Jayalalithaa V23 May 2016 5 December 2016 15th 2016 Jayalalithaa VI 6 nbsp O Panneerselvam 1951 Bodinayakanur 6 December 2016 15 February 2017 RES 72 days Panneerselvam III C Vidyasagar Rao7 nbsp Edappadi K Palaniswami 1954 Edappadi 16 February 2017 6 May 2021 4 years 79 days Palaniswami8 nbsp M K Stalin 1953 Kolathur 7 May 2021 Incumbent 2 years 222 days 16th 2021 Stalin Banwarilal Purohit Dravida Munnetra KazhagamTimelineStatistics editList of chief ministers by length of termNo Name Party Length of termLongest continuous term Total years of chief ministership1 M Karunanidhi DMK 6 years 355 days 18 years 360 days2 J Jayalalithaa AIADMK 4 years 323 days 14 years 124 days3 M G Ramachandran AIADMK 7 years 198 days 10 years 65 days4 K Kamaraj INC 9 years 172 days 9 years 172 days5 Edappadi K Palaniswami AIADMK 4 years 79 days 4 years 79 days6 M Bhakthavatsalam INC 3 years 154 days 3 years 154 days7 M K Stalin DMK 2 years 222 days 2 years 222 days8 P S Kumaraswamy Raja INC 2 years 74 days 2 years 74 days9 C Rajagopalachari INC 2 years 3 days 2 years 3 days10 C N Annadurai DMK 1 year 334 days 1 year 334 days11 O Panneerselvam AIADMK 237 days 1 year 106 days12 V N Janaki Ramachandran AIADMK 23 days 23 daysActing V R Nedunchezhiyan AIADMK DMK 14 days 21 daysList by partyPolitical parties by total time span of their member holding CMO 15 December 2023 No Political party Number of chief ministers Total days of holding CMO1 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5 1 acting 11004 days2 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3 1 acting 8592 days3 Indian National Congress 4 6247 daysParties by total duration in days of holding Chief Minister s Office2 500 5 000 7 500 10 000 12 500 15 000 AIADMK DMK INC AIADMK DMK INCIn popular culture editDepictions in films edit Chief Minister Film Year Actor NoteP Subbarayan Samvidhaan TV series 2014 Ivan RodriguesC Rajagopalachari Kamaraj 2004Periyar 2007Samvidhaan TV series 2014 Amit BehlOmanthur P Ramaswamy Periyar 2007 Cameo appearance pre Chief MinistershipK Kamaraj Kamaraj 2004 Richard MathuramPeriyar 2007 CameoIndiralohathil Na Azhagappan 2008 Himself Real footage in the song sequence Nee kondru kuvithatu C N Annadurai Thangarathinam 1960 Himself Real footage cameo pre Chief MinistershipIru Kodugal 1969 Imitated voice by Sivagangai Sethurajan 15 Rudra Thandavam 1978 Himself Real footage of funeral in the song sequence Nee mannavana chinnavana Kamaraj 2004 Imitated voiceover is also usedPeriyar 2007 S S Stanley Real photograph is also usedIndiralohathil Na Azhagappan 2008 Himself Real footage in the song sequence Nee kondru kuvithatu Thalaivii 2021 Bharathi KannanV R Nedunchezhiyan Thangarathinam 1960 Himself Real footage cameo pre Chief MinistershipPeriyar 2007 Cameo appearance pre Chief MinistershipM Karunanidhi Thangarathinam 1960 Himself Real footage cameo pre Chief MinistershipPoompuhar 1964 Himself Delivers a prologue to the film pre Chief MinistershipIruvar 1997 Himself in different nameKamaraj 2004 Cameo appearance pre Chief Ministership Real footage during Chief Ministership is also usedKuttrapathirikai 2007 Imitated voiceoverPeriyar 2007 Real footage during Chief Ministership is also usedDasavathaaram 2008 Graphical CameoDharmaprabhu 2019 Graphical Cameo as a soul in heavenThalaivii 2021 Nassar Credited as M KarunaM G Ramachandran Thangarathinam 1960 Himself Real footage cameo pre Chief MinistershipPeriyar 2007Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan 2008 Himself Real footage in the song sequence Nee kondru kuvithatu NTR Mahanayakudu 2019 SikindarQueen web series 2019 Indrajith Sukumaran Credited as G M Ravichandran GMR Thalaivii 2021 Arvind Swamy Credited as M J Ramachandran MJR Methagu 2 2022 CameoV N Janaki Ramachandran Queen web series 2019 Vanitha Krishnachandran Credited as Janani DeviThalaivii 2021 MadhooJ Jayalalithaa Kuttrapathirikai 2007Attahasa 2013 JayachitraQueen web series 2019 Ramya Krishnan Credited as Shakthi SeshadriDharmaprabhu 2019 Graphical Cameo as a soul in HeavenThalaivii 2021 Kangana Ranaut Credited as JayaFictional Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu in films edit Year Title Character Actor1983 Oru Indhiya Kanavu N A1994 Jaihind N A Kalyan Kumar1995 Makkal Aatchi Sethupathi MammoottyRagasiya Police N A Radhika Sarathkumar1996 Tamizh Selvan Dhakshinamoorthy Malaysia Vasudevan1997 Iruvar Tamizhselvan Prakash RajAnandan MohanlalArasiyal N A John Amirtharaj1998 Desiya Geetham Chinna Mariyappan Nassar1999 Mudhalvan Aranganathar RaghuvaranPugazhenthi Arjun2000 Puratchikkaaran Kalaivanar Manivannan2001 Kottai Mariamman N A Uncredited left hand only 2002 Azhagi N A Uncredited close up headshot only Baba Purushottaman Bharat DabholkarKanthanRamanaa N A Ravichandran2003 Thennavan Ilanthiraiyan NassarPushpalatha Urvashi2009 Kudiyarasu N A John Amirtharaj2010 Thamizh Padam N A Uncredited close up headshot only Irandu Mugam N A2011 Minsaram Thamizharasan Thol ThirumavalavanKo Yogeswaran Yogi Prakash RajVasanthan Perumal Ajmal AmeerVelayudham Rathnavelu Manivannan2012 Saguni Satyamoorthy Chandra MohanR K Boopathi Prakash RajKamalakannan aka Kamal Kannan Karthi2013 Nagaraja Cholan MA MLA Nagaraja Chozhan aka Amavasai SathyarajGangaikondaan acting RaghuvannanSingam II Kumaravel K Vishwanath2015 Thani Oruvan Thamizhvanan Nassar2016 Ko 2 Yogeswaran Prakash RajKodi N A Vijayakumar2018 Tamizh Padam 2 P Pandiya SathishNOTA Vinodhan Subramaniam NassarVarun Subramaniam Vijay DeverakondaSarkar M Masilamani Pala KaruppiahAction N ASaravanan Ramki2019 LKG Avudaiyappan Ananth VaidyanathanBojappan Ramkumar GanesanLalgudi Karupaiah Gandhi LKG RJ BalajiNGK Killivazhavan DevarajNandha Gopalan Kumaran NGK SuriyaGurkha N A Livingston2021 Tughlaq Durbar Nagaraja Chozhan cameo SathyarajMaanaadu Arivazhagan S A ChandrasekharAnti Indian Senguttuvan Radha Ravi2022 Buffoon N A V I S JayapalanDSP N A Aadukalam NarenSembi Athiyaman Pala Karuppiah2023 Pathu Thala Arunmozhi Santhosh PrathapVaazhai Karunakaran Obeli N KrishnaPichaikkaran 2 N A Radha RaviMaamannan Ka Sindhanai Rajan LalJigarthanda DoubleX N A Kapila VenuSee also edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chief ministers of Tamil Nadu History of Tamil Nadu Elections in Tamil Nadu List of governors of Tamil 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