First Vijayan ministry

First Vijayan ministry
22nd Ministry of Kerala
Pinarayi Vijayan with N. K. Singh, the Chairman of the 15th Finance Commission along with other ministers in Thiruvananthapuram, 2018
Date formed	25 May 2016
Date dissolved	3 May 2021
People and organisations
Head of state	P. Sathasivam (till 5 September 2019) Arif Mohammed Khan (from 6 September 2019)
Head of government	Pinarayi Vijayan
Member parties	LDF
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	UDF
Opposition leader	Ramesh Chennithala
History
Election	2016
Legislature term	5 years
Predecessor	Second Chandy ministry
Successor	Second Vijayan Ministry

First Pinarayi Vijayan ministry is the Council of Ministers headed by Pinarayi Vijayan that was formed after the Left Democratic Front (LDF) won the 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly elections. The Council assumed office on 25 May 2016. The ministry had a total of 19 ministers in the Cabinet at the time of swearing-in compared to 21 ministers in the previous government. Pinarayi Vijayan sworn in as 22nd Chief Minister of Kerala, 12th person to hold this position. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on 3 May 2021 submitted the resignation of the Council of Ministers headed by him to Governor Arif Mohammed Khan after winning a historic victory in the 15th legislative assembly elections by winning 99 of the 140 seats in the Assembly.^[1]