List of All Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu

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The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is head of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. After the commencement of the elections to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, the state’s governor usually calls forth 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. The chief minister’s term is 05 years, given that he enjoys the confidence of the assembly members. The current chief minister of Tamil Nadu is M.K Stalin. Interested readers can go over the list of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu below.

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Overview of Chief Minister of Tamil

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister 2021 Overview
Style	The Honorable (formal) Mr./Mrs. Chief Minister (informal)
Status	Head of Government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Council of Ministers
Reports to	Governor of Tamil Nadu Secretariat of Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Seat	Secretariat of Tamil Nadu, Chennai
Official Website	www.tn.gov.in

On 26 January, 1950 Madras State was created while India became a republic. It comprised of parts of present day Tamil Nadu along with parts of present day Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala. The states then split based on linguistic lines. Let us have a look at chief ministers of Madras State.

List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu (1969 to 2021 present)

MK Stalin is present Chief Minister of Tamil from 2021.

S.No	Chief Minister	Term Served	Party(Coalition)
1	C. N. Annadurai	14 January 1969 to 3 February 1969	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Acting CM	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan	3 February 1969 to 10 February 1969	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2	M. Karunanidhi	10 February 1969 to 31 January 1976	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
	President’s Rule	31 January 1976 to 29 June 1977
3	M. G. Ramachandran	30 June 1977 to 17 February 1980	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
	President’s Rule	17 February 1980 to 8 June 1980
4	M. G. Ramachandran	9 June 1980 to 24 December 1987	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Acting CM	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan	24 December 1987 to 7 January 1988	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
5	V. N. Janaki Ramachandran	7 January 1988 to 30 January 1988	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
	President’s Rule	30 January 1988 to 26 January 1989
6	M. Karunanidhi	27 January 1989 to 30 January 1991	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
	President’s Rule	30 January 1991 to 23 June 1991
7	J. Jayalalithaa	24 June 1991 to 12 May 1996	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
8	M. Karunanidhi	13 May 1996 to 13 May 2001	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
9	J. Jayalalithaa	14 May 2001 to 21 September 2001	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
10	O. Panneerselvam	21 September 2001 to 2 March 2002	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
11	J. Jayalalithaa	2 March 2002 to 12 May 2006	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
12	M. Karunanidhi	13 May 2006 to 15 May 2011	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
13	J. Jayalalithaa	16 May 2011 to 27 September 2014	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
14	O. Panneerselvam	28 September 2014 to 23 May 2015	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
15	J. Jayalalithaa	23 May 2015 to 5 December 2016 (Till her death)	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
16	O. Panneerselvam	5 December 2016 to 15 February 2017	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
17	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	16 February 2017 to 6 May 2021	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
18	M.K Stalin	7 May 2021 to Present	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Chief Ministers of Madras State

S.No	Chief Minister	Term Served	Party
1	C. Rajagopalachari	10 April 1952 to 13 April 1954	Indian National Congress
2	K. Kamaraj	13 April 1954 to 2 October 1963	Indian National Congress
3	M. Bhakthavatsalam	2 October 1963 to 5 March 1967	Indian National Congress
4	C. N. Annadurai	6 March 1967to 13 February 1969	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

M.K Stalin – Current CM of Tamil Nadu

Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin was born was 01 March 1953. He is serving as the 8^th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. His father is the famous politician and previous chief minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi. The Indian Express placed M.K Stalin in 30^th position on India’s Most Powerful Personalities list. Stalin became Chennai city’s first directly elected mayor in 1996. On 29 May 2009, Stalin held the office of Deputy Chief Minister. In the 2021 Assembly elections, Stalin led the campaign for the Secular Progressive Alliance. They secured 159 seats out 234, with the DMK itself winning a complete majority with 132 seats. Stalin took his oath as chief minister on 7 May 2021 along with the rest of his cabinet.

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