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The chief minister of Kerala is the chief executive of the Indian state of Kerala. De facto executive authority rests with the chief minister.Following elections to the Kerala Legislative Assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly.
[6] [7] [8] He is the first chief minister from Kerala to be re-elected after completing a full term (five years) in office. [9] In 2022, he also became the longest-continuous serving chief minister of Kerala surpassing C. Achutha Menon who had been the first to remain in office for 2364 consecutive days. [10]
The incumbent chief minister of Kerala is serving his second consecutive term, and was sworn into power on 20 May 2021. The oath-taking ceremony was held at the Central Stadium . The Kerala Governor administered the oath of office and secrecy to the new members.
The executive authority is headed by the Chief Minister of Kerala, who is the de facto head of state and is vested with most of the executive powers; the Legislative Assembly's majority party leader is appointed to this position by the Governor. The present Chief Minister is Pinarayi Vijayan, who took office on 25 May 2016. Generally, the ...
Atishi (aged 43) is the also the youngest incumbent chief minister, while Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan (aged 79) is the oldest. Nitish Kumar of Bihar has served for the most terms (nine). [ a ] [ 2 ] Fourteen incumbents belong to the Bharatiya Janata Party , three to the Indian National Congress , and two to the Aam Aadmi Party .
The new Kerala state cabinet have 21 members including the chief minister. This time, the ruling Left Democratic Front had decided to replace all sitting ministers. Before taking oath, all CPI(M) ministers offered prayers at the Martyrs Column in Alappuzha. The swearing ceremony took place in strict adherence to COVID-19 protocol. Around 350 ...
Following accusations in the Rajan case, K. Karunakaran resigned and Antony, the state Congress president was appointed as the sixth Chief Minister of Kerala, [16] on 27 April 1977 becoming the youngest Chief Minister of the state [13] [17] at the age of 36. Antony subsequently contested a by-election from Kazhakuttam constituency in Trivandrum ...
Kandathil Mathew Abraham (born 3 May 1958) is an Indian bureaucrat and retired IAS officer, who is currently serving as Chief Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Kerala. He also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) and Executive Vice Chairperson of Kerala Development and ...