S.No/ Name of the Chief Minister/ Party/Period of Office
1.Thiru A Subbarayalu Reddiar / Justice Party from /17-12-1920 to 11-07-1921 (6 months)

2.Thiru
Panagal Raja/Justice Party/from11-07-1921 to 03-12-1926 (5 years 5 months)

3.Dr.
P Subbarayan/Unaffliated/from 04-12-1926 to 27-10-1930 (2 years 10 months)

4.Thiru
P Munuswamy Naidu/Justice Party/from 27-10-1930 to 04-11-1932 (2 years)

5.Thiru Ramakrishna Ranga Rao,
Raja of Bobbili/Justice Party/from 05-11-1932 to 04-04-1936 (3 years 5 months)
6.Thiru P T Rajan/Justice Party/from 04-04-1936 to 24-08-1936 ( 4 months)
7.Thiru Ramakrishna Ranga Rao,Raja of Bobbili/Justice Party/from 24-08-1936 to 01-04-1937 ( 7 months)

8.Thiru Kurma
Venkata Reddy Naidu/Interim Provisional Ministry/from 01-04-1937 to 14-07-1937
9.Thiru C Rajagopalachari/Rajaji/Indian National Congress/from 14-07-1937 to 29-10-1939
From 29th October 1939 To 30th April 1946- the Madras S tate was under the Governor’s Rule

10.Thiru Tanguturi
Prakasam/Indian National Congress/from 30-04-1946 to 23-03-1947

11.Thiru O P
Ramaswamy Reddiyar/Indian National Congress/from 23-03-1947 to 06-04-1949

12.Thiru
P S Kumaraswamy Raja/Indian National Congress/from 06-04-1949 to 09-04-1952)

13.Thiru C Rajagopalachari
/Rajaji/Indian National Congress/from 10-04-1952 to 13-04-1954

14.Thiru
K Kamaraj / Indian National Congress/from 13-04-1954 to 02-10-1963
15.Thiru
M Bakthavatsalam//Indian National Congress/ from 02-10-1963 to 06-03-1967
16.Dr.
C.N. Annadurai-/ DMK/ from /06-03-1967 to 03-02-1969 ( 1 year 11 months)

17.Dr. Kalaignar
M Karunanidhi/-DMK /from 10-02-1969 to 04-01-1971(1 year and 11 months) /15-03-1971 to 31-01-1976 (5 years)
18.Dr. M G Ramachandran
/MGR/AAIDMK/30-06-1977 to 17-02-1980 (for 2 years and 8 months)/09-06-1980 to 15-11-1984(4 years and 5 months) /10-02-1985 to 24-12-1987(2 years and 10 months)

19.Thirumathi
Janaki Ramachandran-/AAIDMK/from 07-01-1988 to 30-01-1988 (for 23 days only)

20.Dr. Kalaignar
M Karunanidhi-/DMK/from 27-01-1989 to 30-01-1991 ( for 2 years)

21.Dr. Selvi
J Jayalalithaa-/AAIDMK/from 24-06-1991 to 12-05-1996 (for 5 years)

22.Dr. Kalaignar
M Karunanidhi-/DMK/from 13-05-1996 to 13-05-2001(for 5 years)

23.Dr. Selvi
J Jayalalithaa-/AAIDMK/from 14-05-2001 to 21-09-2001 (4+months)

24.Thiru
O. Panneerselvam/-AAIDMK/from 21-09-2001 to 01-03-2002 (5+ months)
25.Dr. Selvi J Jayalalithaa-/AAIDMK/from 02-03-2002 to 12-05-2006 (for 4 years and +2 months)

26. Dr. Kalaignar
M. Karunanidhi-/DMK from 13-05-2006 to 15-05-2011(for 5 years)

27. Dr. Selvi
J Jayalalithaa/AAIDMK / from 16-05-2011- 27-09-2014(for 3+ years)

28. 24.Thiru
O. Panneerselvam/-AAIDMK from 30-09-2014 to till date.