First Namboodiripad ministry

The Council of Ministers (1957–59) of Legislative Assembly, Kerala state (better known as E. M. S. Namboodiripad ministry - first term) was the first Council of Ministers, the executive wing of state government, in the Indian state of Kerala. The ministry was led (Chief Minister) by Communist Party of India leader E. M. S. Namboodiripad from 5 April 1957 to 31 July 1959 and had eleven ministries.^[2]

First EMS Namboothiripad Ministry
1st Cabinet of Kerala
5 April 1957 – 31 July 1959
Date formed	5 April 1957
Date dissolved	31 July 1959
People and organisations
Head of government	E. M. S. Namboodiripad
Member party	Communist Party of India [1]
Status in legislature	Minority with support from independents 65/126 (52%)
Opposition party	Indian National Congress
Opposition leader	P. T. Chacko
History
Election	1957
Successor	Pattom Thanu Pillai ministry

One of the first democratically elected Communist governments in the world after San Marino (1942-1947), Namboodiripad and his cabinet are known for their introduction of the Land Reform Ordinance and the Education Bill. The government was dismissed in 1959 by the Central Government, which invoked the controversial Article 356 of the Indian Constitution, following what later became known as The Liberation Struggle.

The State of Kerala was formed on 1 November 1956 as per the States Reorganisation Act of 1956. The erstwhile Travancore-Cochin and the Malabar district of Madras state were reorganized to form the state of Kerala. After the first ever elections to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1957, the Communist Party of India emerged as the single largest party. E M S Namboodiripad formed the first elected government with the support of 5 independent legislators. The government was not able to complete its full 5 years term. Government was dismissed by the President of India by the use of Article 356 of Indian constitution following the 'Liberation Struggle' (Vimochana Samaram in Malayalam).

The Kerala Council of Ministers, during Namboodiripad's term as Chief Minister of Kerala, consisted of:^[2]6

	Minister	Ministry/Portfolio	Party
1	E. M. S. Namboodiripad	Chief Minister	Communist Party of India
2	C. Achutha Menon	Minister for Finance
3	K. P. Gopalan	Minister for Industries
4	K. R. Gowri Amma	Minister for Revenue and Excise
5	Joseph Mundassery	Minister for Education and Cooperation
6	T. V. Thomas	Minister for Labour, Employment and Transport
7	P. K. Chathan Master	Minister for Local Self Government
8	T. A. Majeed	Minister for Public Works
9	K. C. George	Minister for Food and Forest
10	V. R. Krishna Iyer	Minister for Irrigation, Prisons, Law and Electricity[3]	Independent
11	A. R. Menon	Minister for Health	Independent

References

1. http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/Ministers Archived 15 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine Book Final.pdf
2. "Council of Ministers since 1957 - First Kerala Legislative Assembly". Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013.
3. Philip, Shaju (5 December 2014). "Former Supreme Court judge V R Krishna Iyer dead". The Indian Express. Retrieved 29 January 2019.

• http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/Ministers%20Book%20Final.pdf