<page_title> List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu </page_title> <section_title> Tamil Nadu </section_title> <table> <cell> M. G. Ramachandran MLA for Aruppukkottai <col_header> Name </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> July 1977 <col_header> Took office </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> M. G. Ramachandran MLA for Madurai West <col_header> Name </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> M. G. Ramachandran MLA for Andipatti <col_header> # </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> 24 December 1987 <col_header> Portrait </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> </table>
M. G. Ramachandran was the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for ten years between 1977 and 1987.