Tuesday, April 9, 2013

List of Tamilnadu Chief Ministers since 1920

Tamilnadu had seen various Chief Minsiters since 1920. Initially Justice Party was more popular in Tamilnadu and they were able to hold their office from 1920 to 1937. Later congress Party came into prominence and they ruled Tamilnadu from 1937 to 1967. From 1967 till now it is the dravidian parties that is ruling Tamilnadu. The dravidian parties (DMK and ADMK) are the two most popular parties among people in Tamilnadu. Below you can see the list of Chief Minsters in Tamilnadu and their tenure in office as Chief Minster in Tamilnadu.

List of  Chief Ministers of Tamilnadu  Since 1920


S.No
                       Name
             Period
             Party
1.
Thiru A Subbarayalu
17-12-1920 to 11-07-1921
 Justice Party
2.
Thiru Panagal Raja
11-07-1921 to 03-12-1926
 Justice Party
3.
Dr. P Subbarayan
04-12-1926 to 27-10-1930
 Unaffiliated
4.
Thiru P Munuswamy Naidu
27-10-1930 to 04-11-1932
 Justice Party
5.
Thiru Ramakrishna Ranga Rao,
Raja of Bobbili
05-11-1932 to 04-04-1936
 Justice Party
6.
Thiru P T Rajan
04-04-1936 to 24-08-1936
 Justice Party
7.
Thiru Ramakrishna Ranga Rao,
Raja of Bobbili
24-08-1936 to 01-04-1937
 Justice Party
8.
Thiru Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu
01-04-1937 to 14-07-1937
 Interim Provisional Ministry
9.
Thiru C Rajagopalachari
14-07-1937 to 29-10-1939
 Indian National Congress
10.
Thiru Tanguturi Prakasam
30-04-1946 to 23-03-1947
 Indian National Congress
11.
Thiru O P Ramaswamy Reddiyar
23-03-1947  to 06-04-1949
 Indian National Congress
12.
Thiru P S  Kumaraswamy Raja
06-04-1949  to 09-04-1952
 Indian National Congress
13.
Thiru C  Rajagopalachari
10-04-1952  to 13-04-1954
 Indian National Congress
14.
Thiru K Kamaraj
13-04-1954  to 02-10-1963
 Indian National Congress
15.
Thiru M Bakthavatsalam
02-10-1963  to 06-03-1967
 Indian National Congress
16.
Dr. C.N. Annadurai
06-03-1967  to 03-02-1969
 DMK
17.
Dr. Kalaignar M Karunanidhi
10-02-1969 to  04-01-1971
15-03-1971 to  31-01-1976
 DMK
18.
Dr. M G Ramachandran
30-06-1977 to 17-02-1980
09-06-1980 to  15-11-1984
10-02-1985 to 24-12-1987
 AIADMK
19.
Thirumathi Janaki Ramachandran
07-01-1988 to  30-01-1988
 AIADMK
20.
Dr. Kalaignar M Karunanidhi
27-01-1989 to 30-01-1991
 DMK
21.
Dr. Selvi J Jayalalithaa
24-06-1991 to 12-05-1996
 AIADMK
22.
Dr. Kalaignar M Karunanidhi
13-05-1996 to  13-05-2001
 DMK
23.
Dr. Selvi J Jayalalithaa
14-05-2001 to  21-09-2001
 AIADMK
24.
Thiru O. Panneerselvam
21-09-2001 to  01-03-2002
 AIADMK
25.
 Dr. Selvi J Jayalalithaa 02-03-2002 to  12-05-2006
 AIADMK
26.
Dr. Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi
13-05-2006 to 15-05-2011
 DMK
27.
 Dr. Selvi J Jayalalithaa
16-05-2011 onwards
 AIADMK

Important Records

  • Chief Minister with longest tenure in office - M.G.Ramachandran from June 30, 1977 to December 24, 1987 (10 years 5 months and 25 days).

  • Chief Minister with longest tenure in office without presidents rule - K. Kamaraj from april 13, 1954 to October 02, 1963 (9 years 5 months 19 days)

  • Chief Minister with shortest tenure in office - Janaki Ramachandran - January 07, 1988 to January 30, 1988 (24 days)

  • Chief Minister for maximum number of times - M.Karunanidhi - 5 times  ( Feb 10 1969– Jan 04 1971, March 15 1971– Jan 31 1976, Jan 27 1989– Jan 30 1991, May 13 1996– May 13 2001, May 13 2006– May 15 2011)

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