First Panneerselvam ministry

After the resignation of J. Jayalalithaa as Chief Minister, the Governor appointed O. Panneerselvam as Chief Minister and 23 more Ministers on 21 September 2001. He resigned as Jayalalithaa returned to power.

Cabinet ministers

S.no	Name	Designation	Portfolios	Party
Chief Minister
1.	O. Panneerselvam	Chief Minister	Public Indian Administrative Service Indian Police Service other All India Services General Administration District Revenue Officers Home Police Prohibition & Excise Molasses Prevention of Corruption and Prisons * Revenue District Revenue Establishment Deputy Collectors Registration, Stamp Act Stationery & Printing Government Press Bhoodhan & Gramdhan	AIADMK	width="1px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
Cabinet Ministers
2.	C. Ponnaiyan	Minister for Finance	Finance Planning Legislative Assembly and Elections Legislation Weights and Measures Debt Relief including Legislation on *money lending Chits Registration of Companies	AIADMK	rowspan="32" width="1px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
3.	Dr. M. Thambi Durai	Minister for Education	Education Technical Education Science and Technology Archaeology Tamil Development and Tamil Culture Indians Overseas Refugees and Evacuees
4.	D. Jayakumar	Minister for Law and Electricity	Electricity Non-Conventional Energy Development
5.	P.C. Ramasamy	Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments	Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
6.	S. Semmalai	Minister for Health	Health Medical Education Family Welfare
7.	C. Durairaj	Minister for Local Administration	Municipal Administration Rural Development Panchayats and Panchayat Unions Poverty Alleviation Programmes Rural Indebtedness Urban and Rural Water Supply
8.	A. Anwer Rhazza	Minister for Labour	Labour Employment and Training Urban and Rural Employment Census Wakfs
9.	K. Pandurangan	Minister for Industries	Industries Iron and Steel Control Mines and Minerals Electronics
10.	P. Dhanabal	Minister for Food and Co-operation	Food Civil Supplies Consumer Protection Price Control Co-operation Statistics
11.	N. Thalavaisundaram	Minister for Public Works	Public Works Highways Irrigation Including Minor Irrigation
12.	S.S. Thirunavukkarasu	Minister for Information & Publicity and Forests and Environment	Information and Publicity Forests Environment Pollution Control
13.	R. Jeevanantham	Minister for Agriculture	Agriculture Agricultural Engineering Agro Service Co-operatives Horticulture Sugarcane Cess and Sugarcane Development
14.	R. Sarojaa	Minister for Tourism	Tourism Tourism Development Corporation
15.	B. Valarmathi	Minister for Social Welfare	Social Welfare including Women’s and Children’s Welfare Nutritious Noon Meal Welfare of the Disabled Beggar Homes Orphanages and Correctional Administration
16.	V. Subramanian	Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare	Adi Dravidar Welfare Hill Tribes Bonded Labour Welfare of Ex-Servicemen
17.	S.P. Shanmuganathan	Minister for Handlooms and Textiles	Handlooms and Textiles
18.	K.P. Raajendra Prasad	Minister for Fisheries	Fisheries Animal Husbandry
19.	R. Vaithilingam	Minister for Rural Industries	Rural Industries including Cottage Industries Small Scale Industries Khadi & Village Industries Board
20.	C. Shanmugavelu	Minister for Dairy Development	Milk and Dairy Development
21.	C. V. Shanmugam	Minister for Commercial Taxes	Commercial Taxes
22.	S.M. Velusamy	Minister for Housing and Urban Development	Housing Housing Development Town Planning Slum Clearance Accommodation Control Urban Development and CMDA
11.	Nainar Nagenthran	Minister for Transport	Transport Nationalised Transport Motor Vehicles Act Ports
24.	Valarmathi Jebaraj	Minister for Backward Classes	Backward Classes Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities

Further reading

• TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY(TWELFTH ASSEMBLY) REVIEW 2001-2006. Secratriat of Legislative Assembly Secretariat.