Head of the government of the Indian state of Kerala
Chief minister of Kerala
Kēraḷa Mukhyamantri
Emblem of Kerala
Incumbent Pinarayi Vijayan since 25 May 2016
Chief minister's office
Style
The Honourable (Formal) Mr./Mrs. Chief Minister (Informal)
Type
Head of government
Status
Leader of the Executive
Abbreviation
CM
Member of
Cabinet
Kerala Legislative Assembly
Reports to
Governor of Kerala
Kerala Legislative Assembly
Residence
Cliff House, Thiruvananthapuram
Seat
Kerala Government Secretariat, Thiruvananthapuram
Appointer
Governor of Kerala
Term length
At the pleasure of the governor of Kerala[1]
Precursor
Prime minister of Travancore Prime minister of Kingdom of Cochin Chief minister of Madras Chief ministers of Travancore-Cochin
Inaugural holder
E. M. S. Namboodiripad (1957–1959)
Formation
5 April 1957; 66 years ago (1957-04-05)
Salary
₹185,000 (US$2,300)/monthly
₹2,220,000 (US$28,000)/annually
Website
CMO Kerala
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. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[2]
Following India's independence from the British Raj in 1947, the states' monarchs of Travancore and Cochin instituted a measure of representative government, headed by a prime minister and his council of ministers. On 1 July 1949 Travancore and Cochin were merged to form Travancore-Cochin state. The Malabar District and Kasaragod region of South Canara, which together constitute more than half of present state of Kerala, had their representatives in the Madras Legislative Assembly.
On 1 November 1956, the States Reorganisation Act redrew India's map along linguistic lines, and the present-day state of Kerala was born, consisting solely of Malayalam-speaking regions, by merging Cochin, Malabar, and Travancore regions, and the Kasaragod region of South Canara.[3] The first assembly election in Kerala state was held in February–March 1957.[3] The first Kerala Legislative Assembly was formed on 5 April 1957. The Assembly had 127 members including a nominated member.[3] Since then, 12 people have served as the chief minister of Kerala. The first was E. M. S. Namboodiripad of the Communist Party of India, whose tenure was cut short by the imposition of President's rule. Kerala has come under President's rule for four years over seven terms, the last of them in 1982. Since then the office has alternated between leaders of the Indian National Congress and of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). E. K. Nayanar is
the longest serving holder of the office for a total of 10 years, 353 days. Pinarayi Vijayan is the incumbent chief minister; his Left Democratic Front government has been in office since 25 May 2016.
^"Article 164 in constitution of India".
^Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Kerala as well.
^ abcSreedhara Menon, A. (January 2007). Kerala Charitram (2007 ed.). Kottayam: DC Books. ISBN 978-81-264-1588-5.
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