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{{infobox government
| government_name = [[Government of Kerala]]
| image = [[File:..Kerala Flag(INDIA).png|250px]]
| leader_type = [[Governor (India)|Governor]]
| leader_title = [[Arif Mohammad Khan]]
| leader_type2 = [[Chief minister (India)|Chief Minister]]
| leader_title2 = [[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
| leader_type4 = [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]]
| leader_title4 = [[Joy Vazhayil|Dr.V P JOY]]
| legislature_label = [[State legislative assemblies of India|Assembly]]
| legislature = {{ubl|[[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]|കേരളാ നിയമസഭ}}
| speaker_label = [[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen|Speaker]]
| speaker = [[M. B. Rajesh]]
| members_in_assembly_label = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Members in Assembly]]
| members_in_assembly = [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly|140]]
| legislative_council_label = [[State legislative councils of India|Council]]
| legislative_council = [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
| branch4 = [[Judiciary of India|Judiciary]]
| court_name = [[High courts of India|High Court]]
| court = [[Kerala High Court]]
| chief_justice_label = [[List of current Indian chief justices|Chief Justice]]
| chief_justice = [[S. Manikumar]]
| extra_courts_label = [[District courts of India|District Courts]]
| extra_courts = 14
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'''Kerala Council of Ministers''', are elected legislative members, who are appointed as ministers by the [[Governor of Kerala|Kerala State Governor]] to form the executive branch of the [[Government of Kerala]]. They hold various portfolios as decided by the [[List of chief ministers of Kerala|Chief Minister of Kerala.]]

The Kerala Council of Ministers is headed by the Chief Minister and oversees the work of all ministers. The structure of the Kerala State Government is determined by the [[Constitution of India]] (1950).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Noble|first=William A.|date=|title=Kerala: Constitutional Framework|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Kerala/Resources-and-power#ref46330|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>.

The Kerala Council of Ministers along with the other elected legislative members assemble at the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] to introduce new drafts of law (otherwise known as bills), discuss them with other elected members of the assembly, revise the drafts for edits if necessary. A bill once finalised is sent to vote on the floor of the house of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] and if the bill receives the majority vote, it becomes a binding law else it is rejected and the existing law continues. The members of the Legislative Assembly together also makes the Council of Ministers and the Chief Minister accountable on behalf of the people, for any misuse of executive powers vested with them.

The Kerala Council of Ministers is accountable to periodically evaluate the existing law of the land and ensures they are in the best interest of the society at large, which they represent under a democratic system.

<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Schwartzberg|first=Joseph E.|date=|title=India: State and Local Governments|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/India/Constitutional-structure#ref46435|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> Kerala State Governor is also regarded as a member of the Legislative Assembly and may suspend or dissolve when no coalition is able to muster a working majority).<ref name=":0" />

==Present Council of Ministers==

The incumbent chief minister of Kerala is serving his second consecutive term, and was sworn into power on 20th May 2021. The oath-taking ceremony was held at the [[Central Stadium (Thiruvananthapuram)|Central Stadium]]. The Kerala Governor administered the oath of office and secrecy to the new members.

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="60%" style="text-align:center" style="font-size: 94%;"
|-
!S.No
!Name
!Constituency
!Department
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Party
|-
|1.
|'''[[Pinarayi Vijayan]]'''
| [[Dharmadom (State Assembly constituency)|Dharmadom]]
|
*Chief Minister
*Home
*Vigilance
*General Administration
*Welfare of Minorities
*All India Services
*Planning and Economic Affairs
*Science, Technology and Environment
*Pollution Control
*Scientific Institutes
*Personnel and Administrative Reforms
*Election
*Integration
*Information Technology
*Sainik Welfare
*Distress Relief
*State Hospitality
*Airports
*Metro Rail
*Inter - State River Waters
*Coastal Shipping and Inland Navigation
*Kerala State Inland Navigation Corporation
*Information and Public Relations
*Non- Resident Keralites’ Affairs
*Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice
*Fire and Rescue Services
*Prisons
*Printing and Stationery
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|
|-
| style="text-align: center;" colspan=6|'''Cabinet Ministers'''
|-
|2.
|'''[[Adv. K. Rajan]]'''
| [[Ollur (State Assembly constituency)|Ollur]]
|
*Land Revenue
*Survey and Land Records
*Housing
*Land Reforms
| [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|
|-
|
|'''[[M. V. Govindan]]'''
| [[Taliparamba (State Assembly constituency)|Taliparamba]]
|
*Local Self Governments – Panchayats, Municipalities and Corporations
*Excise
*Rural Development
*Town Planning
*Regional Development Authorities
*Kerala Institute of Local Administration.
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|
|-
|
|'''[[K. Radhakrishnan (politician)|K Radhakrishnan]]'''
| [[Chelakkara (State Assembly constituency)|Chelakkara]]
|
*Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes
*Devaswoms
*Parliamentary Affairs.
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|
|-
|
|'''[[P. Rajeev (Kerala)|P Rajeeve]]'''
| [[Kalamassery (State Assembly constituency)|Kalamassery]]
|
*Law
*Industries (Including Industrial co-operatives)
*Commerce
*Mining and Geology
*Handlooms and Textiles
*Khadi and Village Industries
*Coir
*Cashew Industry
*Plantation Directorate
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|
|-
|
|'''[[K. N. Balagopal]]'''
| [[Kottarakkara (State Assembly constituency)|Kottarakkara]]
|
*Finance
*National Savings.
*Stores Purchase.
*Commercial Taxes.
*Treasuries.Lotteries.
*State Audit.
*Kerala Financial Corporation.
*KSFE.State Insurance.
*Stamps And Stamp Duties.
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|
|-
|
|'''[[Saji Cheriyan]]'''
| [[Chengannur (State Assembly constituency)|Chengannur]]
|
*Fisheries
*Harbour Engineering
*Fisheries University
*Culture
*Kerala State Film Development Corporation
*Kerala State Chalachitra Academy
*Kerala State Cultural Activists Welfare Fund Board
*Youth Affairs
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|
|-
|
|'''[[V. N. Vasavan]]'''
| [[Ettumanoor (State Assembly constituency)|Ettumanoor ]]
|
*Co-operation
*Registration
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|
|-
|
|'''[[V. Sivankutty]]'''
| [[Nemom (State Assembly constituency)|Nemom ]]
|
*General Education
*Literacy Movement
*Labour
*Employment and Training
*Skills, Rehabilitation
*Factories and Boilers
*Insurance Medical Service
*Industrial Tribunals
*Labour Courts
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|
|-
|
|'''[[P. A. Mohammed Riyas]]'''
| [[Beypore (State Assembly constituency)|Beypore ]]
|
*Public Works Department
*Tourism
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|
|-
|
|'''[[R. Bindu]]'''
| [[Irinjalakuda (State Assembly constituency)|Irinjalakuda ]]
|
*Collegiate Education
*Technical Education
*Universities (Except Agriculture, Veterinary, Fisheries, Medical and Digital Universities)
*Entrance Examinations
*National Cadet Corps
*Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP)
*Social Justice
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|
|-
|
| '''[[A. K. Saseendran]]'''
| [[Elathur (State Assembly constituency)|Elathur]]
|
*Forests
*Wild life Protection
|[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]
|
|-
|
|'''[[Veena George]]'''
| [[Aranmula (State Assembly constituency)|Aranmula ]]
|
*Health
*Family Welfare
*Medical Education
*Medical University
*Indigenous Medicine
*AYUSH
*Drugs Control
*Woman & Child Welfare
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|
|-
|
|'''[[V. Abdurahiman]]'''
| [[Tanur (State Assembly constituency)|Tanur ]]
|
*Sports

*Wakf and Haj Pilgrimage
*Post and Telegraphs
*Railways
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|
|-
|
|'''[[Roshy Augustine]]'''
| [[Idukki (State Assembly constituency)|Idukki]]
|
*Irrigation
*Command Area Development Authority
*Ground Water Department
*Water Supply and Sanitation
| [[Kerala Congress(M)|KCM]]
|
|-
|
|'''[[J. Chinchu Rani]]'''
| [[Chadayamangalam (State Assembly constituency)|Chadayamangalam]]
|
*Animal Husbandry
*Dairy Development, Milk Co-operatives
*Zoos
*Kerala Veterinary & Animal Sciences University
| [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|
|-
|
|'''[[Antony Raju]]'''
| [[Thiruvananthapuram (State Assembly constituency)|Thiruvananthapuram]]
|
*Road Transport.
*Motor Vehicles.
*Water Transport.
| [[Janadhipathya Kerala Congress|JKC]]
|
|-
|
|'''[[K. Krishnankutty]]'''
| [[Chittur (State Assembly constituency)|Chittur]]
|
*Electricity
*ANERT
| [[Janata Dal (Secular)|JDS]]
|
|-
|
|'''[[P. Prasad]]'''
| [[Cherthala (State Assembly constituency)|Cherthala]]
|
*Agriculture
*Soil Survey & Soil Conservation
*Kerala Agriculture University
*Warehousing Corporation
| [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|
|-
|
|'''[[G. R. Anil]]'''
| [[Nedumangad (State Assembly constituency)|Nedumangad]]
|
*Food and Civil Supplies
*Consume Affairs
*Legal Metrology
| [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|
|-
|
|'''[[Ahamed Devarkovil]]'''
| [[Kozhikode South (State Assembly constituency)|Kozhikode South]]
|
*Ports
*Museums
*Archaeology
*Archives
| [[ Indian National League|INL]]
|
|}

== Chronological Order of Kerala Government Ministries ==

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="82%" style="font-size: 90%;"
!No
!Mandate
![[Ministry (collective executive)|Chief Minister]]
!Term of office
!Party of the CM
!Ruling Coalition
|-
|-
|23
|2021
|[[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
|20 May 2021—Present
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|C P I (M)]]
|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|L D F]]
|-
|22
|2016
|[[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
|25 May 2016—19 May 2021
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|C P I (M)]]
|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|L D F]]
|-
| 21
|2011
| [[Oommen Chandy]]
| 18 May 2011—20 May 2016
|[[Indian National Congress|I N C]]
| [[United Democratic Front (India)|U D F]]
|-
| 20
|2006
| [[V. S. Achuthanandan]]
| 18 May 2006—18 May 2011
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|C P I (M)]]
| [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|L D F]]
|-
| 19
|2001
| [[Oommen Chandy]]
| 31 August 2004—18 May 2006
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress|I N C]]
| rowspan="2" | [[United Democratic Front (India)|U D F]]
|-
| 18
|
| [[A. K. Antony]]
| 17 May 2001—29 August 2004
|-
| 17
|1996
| [[E. K. Nayanar]]
| 20 May 1996—13 May 2001
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|C P I (M)]]
| [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|L D F]]
|-
| 16
|1991
| [[A. K. Antony]]
| 22 March 1995—9 May 1996
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress|I N C]]
| rowspan="2" | [[United Democratic Front (India)|U D F]]
|-
| 15
|
| [[K. Karunakaran]]
| 24 June 1991—16 March 1995
|-
| 14
|1987
| [[E. K. Nayanar]]
| 26 March 1987—17 June 1991
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|C P I (M)]]
| [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|L D F]]
|-
| 13
|1982
| [[K. Karunakaran]]
| 24 May 1982—25 March 1987
|[[Indian National Congress|I N C]]
| [[United Democratic Front (India)|U D F]]
|-
| 12
|1980
| [[K. Karunakaran]]
| 28 December 1981—17 March 1982
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| [[United Democratic Front (India)|U D F]]
|-
| 11
|
| [[E. K. Nayanar]]
| 25 January 1980—20 October 1981
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|C P I (M)]]
|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|L D F]]
|-
| 10
|1977
| [[C. H. Mohammed Koya]]
| 12 October 1979—1 December 1979
|[[Indian Union Muslim League|I U M L]]
| —
|-
| 9
|
| [[P. K. Vasudevan Nair]]
| 29 October 1978—7 October 1979
|[[Communist Party of India|C P I]]
| rowspan="3" |United Front/Ruling Front
(or)

Maxi Front (Revamped)
|-
| 8
|
| [[A. K. Antony]]
| 27 April 1977—27 October 1978
|[[Indian National Congress|I N C]]
|-
| 7
|
| [[K. Karunakaran]]
| 25 March 1977—25 April 1977
|[[Indian National Congress|I N C]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 6
| rowspan="2" |1970
| rowspan="2" | [[C. Achutha Menon]]
| rowspan="2" | 4 October 1970—25 March 1977
| rowspan="2" |[[Communist Party of India|C P I]]
| United Front/Maxi Front
(from 25 September 1971)
|-
|United Front/Mini Front
(till 25 September 1971)
|-
| 5
|1967
| [[C. Achutha Menon]]
| 1 November 1969—1 August 1970
|[[Communist Party of India|C P I]]
| Mini Front/Democratic Front
|-
| 4
|
| [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]
| 6 March 1967—1 November 1969
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|C P I (M)]]
| United Front
(Seven Party Alliance) or United Left Front
|-
|
|1965
| colspan="4" |No ministry formed
|-
| 3
|1960
|[[R. Sankar]]
| 26 September 1962—10 September 1964
|[[Indian National Congress|I N C]]
|—
|-
| 2
|
|[[Pattom Thanupillai|Pattom Thanu Pillai]]
| 22 February 1960—26 September 1962
|[[Praja Socialist Party|P S P]]
|Joint Front
|-
| 1
|1957
|[[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]
| 5 April 1957—31 July 1959
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|—
|}

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from: 18/05/2011 till: 20/05/2016 color:inc text:"[[Oommen Chandy]]" fontsize:10
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==See also==
* [[List of Chief Ministers of Kerala]]
* [[List of MPs from Kerala]]

==References==
{{commons category|Kerala Council of Ministers}}
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{Citation|title=Chief Ministers, Ministers, and Leaders of Opposition of Kerala|last=|publisher=Secratriat of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Kerala Legislature]]|year=2018|location=[[Thiruvananthapuram]]|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/14kla/chief%20ministers,%20ministers,%20leaders%20of%20opposition.pdf}}
==External links==
* [http://niyamasabha.org/codes/cmin.htm Kerala Government (Official Website)]

{{Government of Kerala}}
{{Kerala ministries}}
{{Councils of ministers of India}}
{{Current Indian ministries}}

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