List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal

history

The following individuals have served as Chief Minister of the Indian state of West Bengal since its establishment in 1947:

{| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=2 | bgcolor=#cccccc | # | bgcolor=#cccccc | Name | bgcolor=#cccccc | Took Office | bgcolor=#cccccc | Left Office | bgcolor=#cccccc | Political Party |- | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 1 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Prafulla Chandra Ghosh | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 15 August 1947 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 14 January 1948 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Indian National Congress |- | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 2 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Bidhan Chandra Roy | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 14 January 1948 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 1 July 1962 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Indian National Congress |- | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 3 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | (President's rule) | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 1 July 1962 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 8 July 1962 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | |- | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 4 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Prafulla Chandra Sen | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 8 July 1962 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 15 March 1967 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Indian National Congress |- | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 5 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 15 March 1967 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 2 November 1967 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Bangla Congress in United Front |- | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 6 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Prafulla Chandra Ghosh | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 2 November 1967 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 20 February 1968 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | No party. In Progressive Democratic Alliance front |- | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 7 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | (President's rule) | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 20 February 1968 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 25 February 1969 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | |- | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 8 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 25 February 1969 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 19 March 1970 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Bangla Congress in United Front |- | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 9 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | (President's rule) | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 19 March 1970 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 2 April 1971 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | |- | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 10 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Prafulla Chandra Ghosh | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 2 April 1971 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 28 June 1971 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Indian National Congress in coalition |- | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 11 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | (President's rule) | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 28 June 1971 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 19 March 1972 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | |- | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 12 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 19 March 1972 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 21 June 1977 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Indian National Congress |- | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 13 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Jyoti Basu | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 21 June 1977 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 6 November 2000 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Left Front |- | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 14 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Buddhadeb Bhattacharya | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 6 November 2000 | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Incumbent | bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Left Front |}

President's Rule in the state

  1. 1 July 1962 — 8 July 1962
  2. 20 February 1968 — 25 February 1969
  3. 19 March 1970 — 2 April 1971
  4. 28 June 1971 — 19 March 1972

See also

External links

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