Chief Ministers of Kerala

Kerala state formed on 1 November 1956. First election to be held in 1957. The 1^st Chief Minister was E. M.S Namboodiripad. Since 1957, 12 people have served as the Chief Minister of Kerala.

E M S Namboodiripad ( 5 April 1957 – 31 July 1959)

President Rule (31 July 1959 - 22 February 1960)

Pattom A Thannu Pillai (22 February 1960 - 26 September 1962)

R Sankar (26 September 1962 – 10 September 1964)

President Rule (10 September 1964 – 6 March 1967)

E M S Namboodiripad (6 March 1967 – 1 November 1969)

C Achutha Menon ( 1 November 1969 – 1 August 1970)

                                  ( 4 October 1970 – 25 March 1977)

K Karunakaran (25 March 1977 – 25 April 1977)

A K Antony (27 April 1977 – 27 October 1978)

P K Vasudevan Nair (29 October 1978 – 7 October 1979)

C H Mohammed Koya (12 October 1979 – 1 December 1979)

President Rule (1 December 1979 – 25 January 1980)

E K Nayanar (25 January 1980 – 20 October 1981)

K Karunakaran (28 October 1981– 17 March 1982)

                             ( 24 May 1982 – 25 March 1987)

E K Nayanar (26 March 1987 – 17 June 1991)

K Karunakaran (24 June 1991 – 16 March 1995)

A K Antony (22 March 1995 – 9 May 1996)

E K Nayanar ( 20 May 1996 – 13 May 2001)

A K Antony (17 May 2001 – 29 August 2004)

Oommen Chandy (31 August 2004 – 18 May 2006)

V S Achuthanandan ( 18 May 2006 – 14 May 2011)

Oommen chandy (18 May 2011 – 20 May 2016)

Pinarayi Vijayan (25 May 2016 – Incumbent)