AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa was on Monday sworn in as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for a second consecutive term. Twenty eight other leaders also took oath as Cabinet ministers at the swearing-in ceremony at Madras University's Centenary Auditorium.
The chief minister's Cabinet has 13 new faces, the Hindu reported. The portfolio of the finance minister was once again handed over to Jayalalithaa's loyalist O Panneerselvam.
The Press Trust of India had reported earlier that the Cabinet includes four women — Jayalalithaa and three doctors.
AIADMK or All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the Assembly elections with 134 of the total 232 seats, proving the exit polls wrong. The exit polls had predicted the main opposition party, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), would defeat AIADMK in the elections held on May 16.
It is for the first time in 32 years that a political party has won the mandate for a second consecutive term in the state.
Following is the list of the new and old Cabinet ministers:
| Old Cabinet Ministers | |
| Ministers | Portfolio |
| R Kamaraj | Food, Civil Supplies and HR&CE |
| C Vijayabhaskar | Health and Family Welfare |
| RB Udayakumar | Revenue |
| Thangamani | Electricity, prohibition and excise |
| VP Velumani | Municipal Administration, Rural Development and Implementation of Special Programme |
| D Jayakumar | Fisheries |
| SP Shanmuganathan | Milk and Dairy Development |
| MC Sampath | Industries |
| C Ve Shanmugam | Law, Courts and Prisons |
| KP Anbazhagan | Higher Education |
| O Panneerselvam | Finance, Personnel and Administrative Reforms |
| Kadambur Raju | Information and Publicity |
| KT Rajenthra Bhalaji | Rural Industries |
| KC Veeramani | Commercial Taxes |
| P Benjamin | School Education, Sports and Youth Welfare |
| New Cabinet Ministers | |
| Ministers | Portfolio |
| Dr. V Saroja | Social Welfare, Nutritious Noon Meal Programme |
| Udumalai Radhakrishnan | Housing and Urban Development |
| R Duraikannu | Agriculture and Animal Husbandry |
| P Benjamin | School Education, Sports and Youth Welfare |
| Vellamandi N Natarajan | Tourism |
| VM Rajalakshmi | Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare |
| S Valarmathi | Backward classes and minority welfare |
| Dr. M Manikandan | Information and Technology |
| MR Vijayabhaskar | Transport |
| KC Karuppannan | Environment |
| OS Manian | Handlooms and Textiles |
| Sellur K Raju | Cooperation and labour |
| Dindigul Srinivasan | Forest |
