First Chandy ministry

First Oommen Chandy ministry
19th Cabinet of Kerala
2004-06
Date formed	31 August 2004
Date dissolved	12 May 2006
People and organisations
Head of government	Oommen Chandy
Member parties	UDF
Status in legislature	Majority 99 / 140 (71%)
Opposition party	LDF
Opposition leader	V. S. Achuthanandan
History
Election	2001
Predecessor	Third Antony ministry
Successor	Achuthanandan ministry

The Eleventh Kerala Legislative Assembly Council of Ministers in Oommen Chandy's first ministry, was a Kerala Council of Ministers (Kerala Cabinet), the executive wing of Kerala state government, led by Indian National Congress leader Oommen Chandy from 31 August 2004 to 12 May 2006.

This government came into office following the resignation of A.K. Antony from the Chief Minister's post ostensibly due to the debacle of the United Democratic Front in the 2004 Lok Sabha Elections.

This was the 19h Ministry in Kerala and it comprised 20 ministers.

	Minister	Party		Ministry/Portfolio
1	Oommen Chandy		Indian National Congress	Chief Minister (Also in charge of Home Department)
2	Vakkom Purushothaman		Indian National Congress	Minister for Finance
3	K. M. Mani		Kerala Congress	Minister for Revenue
4	M. K. Muneer		Indian Union Muslim League	Minister for Public Works
5	P. K. Kunhalikutty		Indian Union Muslim League	Minister for Industries
6	K. R. Gouri Amma		Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy	Minister for Agriculture
7	M. V. Raghavan		Communist Marxist Party	Minister for Co-operation
8	Aryadan Muhammed		Indian National Congress	Minister for Electricity
9	Babu Divakaran		Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Minister for Labour and Minister for Employment
10	Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan		Indian National Congress	Minister for Water Resources
11	N. Sakthan		Indian National Congress	Minister for Transport
12	C. F. Thomas		Kerala Congress	Minister for Rural Development
13	K K Ramachandran Master		Indian National Congress	Minister for Health
14	K. P. Viswanathan		Indian National Congress	Minister for Forests
15	E. T. Muhammed Basheer		Indian Union Muslim League	Minister for Education
16	K. C. Venugopal		Indian National Congress	Minister for Tourism and Devaswom
17	Adoor Prakash		Indian National Congress	Minister for Food
18	Kutty Ahammed Kutty		Indian Union Muslim League	Minister for Local Self Government
19	Dominic Presentation		Indian National Congress	Minister for Fisheries
20	A. P. Anil Kumar		Indian National Congress	Minister for Cultural Affairs and Backward Caste Development

Trivia

Oommen Chandy was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Kerala on 31 August 2004 after the controversial resignation of A. K. Antony on 29 August. All ministers in the previous Antony government except K.M. Mani, P.K. Kunjalikkutty, K.R. Gowri Amma, M.V. Raghavan, Dr. M.K. Muneer, Babu Divakaran and C.F. Thomas were ousted. Kunjalikkutty resigned on 31 December 2004, after finding himself guilty in the notorious Ice Cream Parlour Scandal. He was succeeded by his colleague V.K. Ibrahim Kunju the next day (1 January 2005). K.P. Viswanathan, who handled the department of Forests, resigned on 9 February 2005 after a series of scandals, and A. Sujanapal succeeded him on 4 January 2006. In the interval, the CM himself handled the department of Forests.

See also

• Chief Minister of Kerala
• List of chief ministers of Kerala
• List of Kerala ministers