The Seventh Kerala Legislative Assembly Council of Ministers in K. Karunakaran's third 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
Kerala
Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...
state government
A state government is the government that controls a subdivision of a country in a federal form of government, which shares political power with the federal or national government. A state government may have some level of political autonom ...
, led by
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...
leader
K. Karunakaran from 24 May 1982 to 25 March 1987. It comprised 18 ministers, all belonging to the United Democratic Front. The ministry was formed in the aftermath of the victory of the United Democratic Front in the 1982 assembly elections.
Indian Union Muslim League Leader
C.H. Mohammed Koya
Cheriyankandi Muhammad Koya (15 July 1927 – 28 September 1983) popularly known as C. H. Muhammad Koya was an Indian statesman who served as the 8th Chief Minister of Kerala from October to December 1979. He is more often noted for being the Mi ...
was sworn as the Deputy Chief Minister of the state, a post he continued to hold until he died on 28 September 1983. Fellow party leader
K. Avukaderkutty Naha was sworn in as the 3rd (and as of now the last) Deputy Chief Minister on 24 October 1983 and held the post until the dissolution of the ministry.
The Ministry underwent periodic reshuffling in 1983 and 1986.
Ministers
See also
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Chief Ministers of Kerala
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Kerala Ministers
References
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Indian National Congress state ministries
Indian National Congress of Kerala
1982 establishments in Kerala
1987 disestablishments in India
Cabinets established in 1982
Cabinets disestablished in 1987
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