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List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal
The Chief Minister of West Bengal is the head of the executive branch of the Government of West Bengal. The Chief Minister heads the Council of Ministers and appoints ministers.
The Chief Minister, along with his cabinet, exercises executive authority in the state. The Governor appoints the Chief Minister, whose Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly.
On 17 August 1947, the British Indian province of Bengal was divided into the Pakistani province of East Bengal and the Indian state of West Bengal. Since then, West Bengal has had eight Chief Ministers, with Prafulla Chandra Ghosh of the Indian National Congress (INC) party at the helm.
A period of political instability followed – West Bengal saw three elections, four coalition governments, and three terms of President’s rule between 1967 and 1972 – before Siddhartha Shankar Ray of the Congress completed a five-year term.
The landslide victory of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front in the 1977 election marked the beginning of Jyoti Basu’s 23-year continuous reign as Chief Minister. His length of tenure was an all-India record until 2018, when he was overtaken by Sikkim’s Pawan Kumar Chamling.
Basu’s successor Buddhadeb Bhattacharya continued communist rule in West Bengal for another decade, when the Left Front in 2011 All India Trinamool had lost the election to Congress. Sworn in on 20 May 2011, Trinamool leader Mamata Banerjee is the outgoing Chief Minister of West Bengal, and the first woman to hold the post.
She later came to power in the 2016 and 2021 assembly elections. Mamata Banerjee’s TMC got a landslide victory in the 2021 assembly elections and won 215 out of 292 assembly seats.
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| Sl.No | Chief Minister | From | To | Party Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mamata Banerjee | 05 May 2021 | Present | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2 | Mamata Banerjee | 26 May 2016 | 04 May 2021 | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 3 | Mamata Banerjee | 20 May 2011 | 25 May 2016 | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 4 | Buddhadeb Bhattacharya | 18 May 2006 | 13 May 2011 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 5 | Buddhadeb Bhattacharya | 15 May 2001 | 17 May 2006 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 6 | Buddhadeb Bhattacharya | 06 Nov 2000 | 14 May 2001 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 7 | Jyoti Basu | 16 May 1996 | 05 Nov 2000 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 8 | Jyoti Basu | 19 Jun 1991 | 15 May 1996 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 9 | Jyoti Basu | 30 Mar 1987 | 18 Jun 1991 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 10 | Jyoti Basu | 24 May 1982 | 29 Mar 1987 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 11 | Jyoti Basu | 21 Jun 1977 | 23 May 1982 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 12 | President’s rule | 30 Apr 1977 | 20 Jun 1977 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 13 | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | 20 Mar 1972 | 30 Apr 1977 | INC |
| 14 | President’s rule | 29 Jun 1971 | 20 Mar 1972 | |
| 15 | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | 02 Apr 1971 | 28 Jun 1971 | INC |
| 16 | President’s rule | 30 Jul 1970 | 02 Apr 1971 | |
| 17 | President’s rule | 19 Mar 1970 | 30 Jul 1970 | |
| 18 | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | 25 Feb 1969 | 16 Mar 1970 | Bangla Congress (United Front) |
| 19 | President’s rule | 20 Feb 1968 | 25 Feb 1969 | |
| 20 | Prafulla Chandra Ghosh | 21 Nov 1967 | 19 Feb 1968 | Independent |
| 21 | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | 01 Mar 1967 | 21 Nov 1967 | Bangla Congress (United Front) |
| 22 | Prafulla Chandra Sen | 09 Jul 1962 | 28 Feb 1967 | INC |
| 23 | Bidhan Chandra Roy | 03 Apr 1962 | 01 Jul 1962 | INC |
| 24 | Bidhan Chandra Roy | 06 Apr 1957 | 02 Apr 1962 | INC |
| 25 | Bidhan Chandra Roy | 31 Mar 1952 | 05 Apr 1957 | INC |
| 26 | Bidhan Chandra Roy | 26 Jan 1950 | 30 Mar 1952 | INC |
| 27 | Bidhan Chandra Roy | 23 Jan 1948 | 25 Jan 1950 | INC |
| 28 | Prafulla Chandra Ghosh | 15 Aug 1947 | 22 Jan 1948 | INC |
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| Language | English |
| No. of Pages | 2 |
| PDF Size | 0.3 MB |
| Category | PDF of Lists |
| Source/Credits | wbcmo.gov.in |
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FAQ.
Who is the 1st Chief Minister of West Bengal?
Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
Who was the first woman Chief Minister of West Bengal?
Mamata Banerjee