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Third Panneerselvam ministry

Ministers in Government of Tamil Nadu headed by Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ30598929 ↗
Source-derived summary

O. Panneerselvam was sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on 6 December 2016. O. Panneerselvam was elected as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu following the death of incumbent Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.

Editorial summary

“Third Panneerselvam ministry” enters the record as ministers in Government of Tamil Nadu headed by Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Third, Panneerselvam and ministry can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2016-12-05. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Third, Panneerselvam and ministry.
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Evidence profile

The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q30598929. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2016.

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This entry incorporates text from “Third Panneerselvam ministry” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.