List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal

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Writers' Building, the office of the Chief Minister of West Bengal, from across Lal Dighi in B.B.D.Bag.

Since its establishment in 1947, eight people have served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal, a state in eastern India. As per the Constitution of India, the Governor of West Bengal is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister, who is the head of government. Following elections to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints 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.[1]

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[edit] Chief Ministers of West Bengal

Colour key for parties
  All India Trinamool Congress
  Bangla Congress
  Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  Independent
  Indian National Congress
  N/A (President's rule)
The first Chief Minister of West Bengal, Prafulla Chandra Ghosh, at Writers' Building in 1947
The Presidential Standard of India. West Bengal has been under President's rule on four occasions, most recently in 1971–72.
With over 21 years as the state's sixth chief minister, Jyoti Basu is the longest-serving chief minister in India.
Basu's successor, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), served for over 10 years.
Mamata Banerjee, the current incumbent, is the state's first female chief minister.
No. Name Took office Left office Days in office Political party
(alliance)
1 Prafulla Chandra Ghosh 15 August 1947 14 January 1948 153 days Indian National Congress
2 Bidhan Chandra Roy 14 January 1948 1 July 1962 5283 days Indian National Congress
– Vacant
(President's rule)		 1 July 1962 8 July 1962 N/A
3 Prafulla Chandra Sen 8 July 1962 15 March 1967 1680 days Indian National Congress
4 Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee 15 March 1967 2 November 1967 233 days Bangla Congress
(United Front)
(1) Prafulla Chandra Ghosh [2] 2 November 1967 20 February 1968 111 days
[total 264 days]		 Independent
Progressive Democratic Alliance Front
– Vacant
(President's rule)		 20 February 1968 25 February 1969 N/A
(4) Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee [2] 25 February 1969 19 March 1970 394 days Bangla Congress
(United Front)
– Vacant
(President's rule)		 19 March 1970 2 April 1971 N/A
(4) Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee [3] 2 April 1971 28 June 1971 88 days
[total 715 days]		 Indian National Congress
– Vacant
(President's rule)		 28 June 1971 19 March 1972 N/A
5 Siddhartha Shankar Ray 19 March 1972 21 June 1977 1921 days Indian National Congress
6 Jyoti Basu 21 June 1977 6 November 2000 8539 days Communist Party of India (Marxist)
(Left Front)
7 Buddhadeb Bhattacharya 6 November 2000 13 May 2011 3839 days Communist Party of India (Marxist)
(Left Front)
8 Mamata Banerjee 20 May 2011 Incumbent 712 days All India Trinamool Congress

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[edit] References

  1. ^ 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 West Bengal as well.

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