List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu

S. No.	Chief Minister	Entered office	Left office
1	Thiru A Subbarayalu	17-12-1920	11-07-1921
2	Thiru Panagal Raja	11-07-1921	03-12-1926
3	Dr. P Subbarayan	04-12-1926	27-10-1930
4	Thiru P Munuswamy Naidu	27-10-1930	04-11-1932
5	Thiru Ramakrishna Ranga Rao, Raja of Bobbili	05-11-1932	04-04-1936
6	Thiru P T Rajan	04-04-1936	24-08-1936
7	Thiru Ramakrishna Ranga Rao, Raja of Bobbili	24-08-1936	01-04-1937
8	Thiru Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu	01-04-1937	14-07-1937
9	Thiru C Rajagopalachari	14-07-1937	29-10-1939
10	Thiru Tanguturi Prakasam	30-04-1946	23-03-1947
11	Thiru O P Ramaswamy Reddiyar	23-03-1947	06-04-1949
12	Thiru P S  Kumaraswamy Raja	06-04-1949	09-04-1952
13	Thiru C  Rajagopalachari	10-04-1952	13-04-1954
14	Thiru K Kamaraj	13-04-1954	02-10-1963
15	Thiru M Bakthavatsalam	02-10-1963	06-03-1967
16	Dr. C.N. Annadurai	06-03-1967	03-02-1969
17	Dr. Kalaignar M Karunanidhi	10-02-1969	04-01-1971
		15-03-1971	31-01-1976
18	Dr. M G Ramachandran	30-06-1977	17-02-1980
		09-06-1980	15-11-1984
		10-02-1985	24-12-1987
19	Thirumathi Janaki Ramachandran	07-01-1988	30-01-1988
20	Dr. Kalaignar M Karunanidhi	27-01-1989	30-01-1991
21	Dr. Selvi J Jayalalithaa	24-06-1991	12-05-1996
22	Dr. Kalaignar M Karunanidhi	13-05-1996	13-05-2001
23	Dr. Selvi J Jayalalithaa	14-05-2001	21-09-2001
24	Thiru O. Panneerselvam	21-09-2001	01-03-2002
25	Dr. Selvi J Jayalalithaa	02-03-2002	12-05-2006
26	Dr. Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi	13-05-2006	15-05-2011
27	Dr. Selvi J Jayalalithaa	16-05-2011	till date