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{{short description|Kerala government ministry}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_name = Achuthanandan Ministry
| cabinet_number = 20th
| jurisdiction = Kerala
| incumbent = 2006-2011
| image = Smt. K.M Beenamol, Padma Shri & Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee hands over the Queen’s Baton 2010 Delhi to the Chief Minister of Kerala, Shri V.S. Achuthanandan in the presence of Sports and Youth Affairs Minister, Kerala.jpg
| caption = [[K. M. Beenamol]] hands over the [[Queen's Baton Relay|Queen’s Baton]] to [[V. S. Achuthanandan]] with presence of other ministers in 2010.
| image_size =
| date_formed = 18 May 2006
| date_dissolved = 14 May 2011
| government_head = [[V. S. Achuthanandan]]
| political_parties = {{legend2|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]}}
| legislature_status = [[Majority government|Majority]]
| opposition_leader= [[Oommen Chandy]]
| opposition_party = {{legend2|{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]}}
| previous = [[First Chandy ministry]]
| successor = [[Second Chandy ministry]]
| election=[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006 election]]
}}
The '''V. S. Achuthanandan ministry''' was a [[Kerala Council of Ministers|Kerala government ministry]] formed on 18 May 2006 by [[V. S. Achuthanandan]], after the victory of the [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|Left Democratic Front]] (LDF) coalition in the [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]. It was dissolved on 16 May 2011, after the chief minister resigned on 14 May 2011, following the LDF's defeat in the [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]. The V.S. government had twenty [[List of Kerala ministers|ministers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/cmin.htm|title=Council of Ministers - Kerala|publisher=[[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]|accessdate=20 December 2009}}</ref>

== Ministers ==
{|class="wikitable"
! !!Minister!!Ministry
|-
|1||[[V. S. Achuthanandan]]|| [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief Minister]]
|-
|2||[[K. P. Rajendran]]|| Minister for Revenue
|-
|3||[[Kodiyeri Balakrishnan]]|| Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Tourism
|-
|4||[[Thomas Isaac]]|| Minister for Finance
|-
|5||[[Elamaram Kareem]]|| Minister for Industries & Commerce
|-
|6||[[Mullakkara Ratnakaran]]|| Minister for Agriculture
|-
|7||[[G. Sudhakaran]]|| Minister for Co-operation & Coir
|-
|8||[[Kadannapalli Ramachandran]]|| Minister for Devaswom
|-
|9||[[P. K. Gurudasan]]|| Minister for Labour and Employment, Excise
|-
|10||[[N. K. Premachandran]]|| Minister for Water Resources
|-
|11||[[Jose Thettayil]]|| Minister for Transport<ref>{{Cite web|title=Three New Ministers Sworn in Kerala|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/three-new-ministers-sworn-in-kerala/664494|access-date=2021-08-15|magazine= Outlook India}}</ref>
|-
|12||[[C. Divakaran]]|| Minister for Food & Civil Supplies, Animal husbandry and Dairy development
|-
|13||[[A. K. Balan]]|| Minister for Welfare of Backward & Scheduled Communities, Electricity
|-
|14||[[Binoy Viswam]]|| Minister for Forests and Housing
|-
|15||[[M. A. Baby]]|| Minister for Education and Culture
|-
|16||[[Paloli Mohammed Kutty]]|| Minister for Local Self Government
|-
|17||[[M. Vijayakumar]]|| Minister for Law, Sports, Public works and Parliamentary affairs
|-
|18||[[S. Sharma|S. Sarma]]|| Minister for Fisheries
|-
|19||[[P. K. Sreemathy]]|| Minister for Health and Family Welfare
|-
|20||[[V.Surendran Pillai]]|| Minister for Port & Youth welfare
|}

== Ex-ministers ==
Four ministers relinquished office during the tenure of the government:
* [[P. J. Joseph]], Minister for Public Works (Resigned on 04-09-2006 after Airline Travel scam, returned on 17-08-2009 after acquittal, and again resigned on 30-04-2010, after his controversial merger of Kerala Congress (J), his party, with Kerala Congress (M), led by [[K. M. Mani]])
* [[Mons Joseph]], Minister for Public Works (Took office on 18-10-2007, after the resignation of T. U. Kuruvila, and resigned on 16-08-2009 for welcoming P. J. Joseph)
* [[T. U. Kuruvilla]], Minister for Public Works (Took office on 15-09-2006, after the resignation of P. J. Joseph, and resigned on 04-09-2007 after Rajakumari land scam)
* [[Mathew T. Thomas]], Minister for Transport (Resigned on 16-03-2009, as a part of internal arrangements of their party to pave way for [[Jose Thettayil]])

== See also ==
* [[Chief Minister of Kerala]]
* [[List of chief ministers of Kerala]]
* [[List of Kerala ministers]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Kerala ministries}}

[[Category:Kerala ministries|Achuthanandan]]
[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) state ministries]]
[[Category:2006 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:Indian ministries established in 2006|A]]
[[Category:Indian ministries disestablished in 2011|A]]

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