The Eleventh Kerala Legislative Assembly Council of Ministers in Oommen Chandy's first ministry, was a

Kerala Council of Ministers 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 t ...

(Kerala Cabinet), the executive wing of

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, led by

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leader

Oommen Chandy Oommen Chandy (31 October 1942 – 18 July 2023) was an Indian lawyer and statesman who served as the 10th chief minister of Kerala, serving from 2004 to 2006 and 2011 to 2016. He served also as the Leader of the Opposition, leader of the opp ...

from 31 August 2004 to 12 May 2006. This government came into office following the resignation of A.K. Antony from the Chief Minister's post ostensibly due to the debacle of the United Democratic Front in the 2004 Lok Sabha Elections. This was the 19h Ministry in Kerala and it comprised 20 ministers.

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Oommen Chandy was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Kerala on 31 August 2004 after the controversial resignation of

A. K. Antony Arackaparambil Kurien Antony (born 28 December 1940) is an Indian lawyer, attorney and statesman who served as the Minister of Defence of India from 2006 to 2014, making him the longest serving Defence Minister in India. He previously served as ...

on 29 August. All ministers in the previous Antony government except K.M. Mani, P.K. Kunjalikkutty, K.R. Gowri Amma, M.V. Raghavan, Dr. M.K. Muneer, Babu Divakaran and C.F. Thomas were ousted. Kunjalikkutty resigned on 31 December 2004, after finding himself guilty in the notorious Ice Cream Parlour Scandal. He was succeeded by his colleague V.K. Ibrahim Kunju the next day (1 January 2005). K.P. Viswanathan, who handled the department of Forests, resigned on 9 February 2005 after a series of scandals, and A. Sujanapal succeeded him on 4 January 2006. In the interval, the CM himself handled the department of Forests.

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