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List of chief ministers of West Bengal

The Chief Minister of West Bengal (Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গের মুখ্যমন্ত্রী) is the head of the executive branch of the Government of West Bengal, the subnational authority of the Indian state of West Bengal. The chief minister is head of the Council of Ministers and appoints ministers. The chief minister, along with their cabinet, exercises executive authority in the state. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly.

Chief Minister of West Bengal
পশ্চিমবঙ্গের মুখ্যমন্ত্রী
Seal of the State of West Bengal
Photo of Mamata Banerjee
Incumbent
Mamata Banerjee
since 20 May 2011
Style
TypeHead of Government
StatusLeader of the Executive
AbbreviationCM
Member of
Reports to
Residence30-B, Harish Chatterjee Street, Kolkata[1]
SeatNabanna, Howrah[a]
NominatorMembers of the Government of West Bengal in West Bengal Legislative Assembly
AppointerGovernor of West Bengal by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Term lengthAt the confidence of the assembly
Chief Minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[3]
PrecursorPrime Minister of Bengal
Inaugural holderPrafulla Chandra Ghosh as Premier
Bidhan Chandra Ray as Chief Minister
Formation15 August 1947
(76 years ago) (1947-08-15)
DeputyDeputy Chief Minister (vacant)
Salary
  • ₹117,000 (US$1,500)/monthly
  • ₹1,404,000 (US$18,000)/annually
WebsiteCMO West Bengal

On 17 August 1947, the British Indian province of Bengal was partitioned into the Pakistani province of East Bengal and the Indian state of West Bengal. Since then West Bengal has had seven chief ministers, starting with Prafulla Chandra Ghosh of the Indian National Congress (INC) party as the premier (elected to lead the assembly while the chief minister is not appointed).[4] Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy in 1950 became the first formal Chief Minister of West Bengal after the implementation of the Indian Constitution. A period of political instability followed thereafter—West Bengal witnessed three elections, four coalition governments and three stints of President's rule between 1967 and 1972—before Siddhartha Shankar Ray of the INC served a five-year term.[5]

The landslide victory of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front in the 1977 election began Jyoti Basu's 23-year continuous reign as chief minister. The length of his tenure was an all-India record until 2018, when he was surpassed by Sikkim's Pawan Kumar Chamling.[6] Basu's successor Buddhadeb Bhattacharya continued the communist rule in West Bengal for another decade, when the Left Front was defeated in the 2011 election by the All India Trinamool Congress, thereby ending the 34-year long rule of the Left Front government, a fact that was noted by the international media. Sworn in on 20 May 2011, Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee is West Bengal's incumbent chief minister, the first woman to hold the office. She was subsequently voted to power in 2016 and 2021 assembly elections. She is the only female incumbent Chief Minister in India at present.

Key

Colour key for parties
  All India Trinamool Congress
  Indian National Congress
  Bangla Congress
  Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  Independent
  N/A (President's rule)
Writers' Building, an 18th-century Company-era construction in Kolkata, traditionally served as the office of West Bengal's chief minister.
The first Premier of West Bengal since Independence, Prafulla Chandra Ghosh, at Writers' in 1947
The State Emblem of India. West Bengal has come under President's rule on four occasions, all between 1968 and 1977.
With over 23 years in office, Jyoti Basu of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is India's third longest-serving chief minister.
Basu's successor Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, who served for over 10 years

Prime Ministers of West Bengal (1947–50)

Premiers of West Bengal
No.PortraitNameTenure[7]DurationAssembly
(election)		Party[5]Appointed

by

(Governor)

1 Prafulla Chandra Ghosh15 August 194722 January 1948160 daysProvincial Assembly

(1946–52)[b]
(January 1946 election)

Indian National CongressChakravarthi Rajagopalachari
2 Bidhan Chandra Roy23 January 194826 January 19502 years, 3 days

Chief Ministers of West Bengal (1950–present)

Chief ministers of West Bengal
No[c]PortraitNameConstituencyTenure[d]DurationAssembly[8]
(election)		Party[5]
(alliance)
(2) Bidhan Chandra Roy
[e]		26 January 195030 March 195212 years, 156 days
(total: 14 years, 159 days)		Provincial Assembly[f]
(1946 election)		Indian National Congress
Bowbazar31 March 19525 April 19571st

(1952 election)

6 April 19572 April 19622nd

(1957 election)

Chowrangee3 April 19621 July 19623rd
(1962 election)
2
Prafulla Chandra Sen[g]Arambagh East9 July 196228 February 19674 years, 234 days
3 Ajoy Kumar MukherjeeTamluk1 March 196721 November 1967265 days4th

(1967 election)

Bangla Congress
(United Front)
(1) Prafulla Chandra GhoshJhargram21 November 196719 February 196890 days
(total: 250 days)		Independent
(Progressive Democratic Front)
– Vacant[h]
(President's rule)		N/A20 February 196825 February 19691 year, 5 daysDissolvedN/A
(3) Ajoy Kumar MukherjeeTamluk25 February 196916 March 19701 year, 19 days5th
(1969 election)		Bangla Congress
(United Front)
– Vacant[h]
(President's rule)		N/A19 March 197030 July 19701 year, 14 daysN/A
30 July 19702 April 1971Dissolved
(3) Ajoy Kumar MukherjeeTamluk2 April 197128 June 197187 days
(total: 2 years, 6 days)		6th

(1971 election)

Indian National Congress
(Democratic Coalition)
– Vacant[h]
(President's rule)		N/A29 June 197120 March 1972265 daysDissolvedN/A
4
Siddhartha Shankar RayMaldah20 March 197230 April 19775 years, 41 days7th

(1972 election)

Indian National Congress
(Progressive Democratic Alliance)
– Vacant[h]
(President's rule)		N/A30 April 197720 June 197751 daysDissolvedN/A
5 Jyoti BasuSatgachhia21 June 197723 May 198223 years, 137 days8th

(1977 election)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)
(Left Front)
24 May 198229 March 19879th

(1982 election)

30 March 198718 June 199110th

(1987 election)

19 June 199115 May 199611th

(1991 election)

16 May 19965 November 200012th

(1996 election)

6 Buddhadeb BhattacharyaJadavpur6 November 200014 May 200110 years, 188 days
15 May 200117 May 200613th

(2001 election)

18 May 200613 May 201114th
(2006 election)
7 Mamata BanerjeeBhabanipur20 May 201125 May 201612 years, 345 days15th

(2011 election)

All India Trinamool Congress[i]
26 May 20164 May 202116th

(2016 election)

5 May 2021Incumbent17th

(2021 election)

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