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Chief Minister of West Bengal
Head of the government of West Bengal
Head of the government of West Bengal
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| post | Chief Minister | |
| body | West Bengal | |
| image | File:Ms. Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata on July 17, 2018 (cropped) (cropped).JPG | |
| imagesize | 200px | |
| alt | Photo of Mamata Banerjee | |
| incumbent | Mamata Banerjee | |
| incumbentsince | 20 May 2011 | |
| insigniacaption | Seal of the State of West Bengal | |
| department | ||
| style | {{plainlist | |
| type | Head of Government | |
| status | Leader of the Executive | |
| abbreviation | CM | |
| member_of | ||
| appointer | Governor of West Bengal by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| reportsto | * Governor of West Bengal | |
| inaugural | Prafulla Chandra Ghosh as Premier | |
| Bidhan Chandra Ray as Chief Minister | ||
| formation | ||
| residence | 30-B, Harish Chatterjee Street, Kolkata | |
| seat | Nabanna, Howrah | |
| precursor | Prime Minister of Bengal | |
| termlength | At the confidence of the assembly | |
| termlength_qualified | Chief Minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. | |
| nominator | Members of the Government of West Bengal in West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| salary | */monthly | |
| website | ||
| deputy | Deputy Chief Minister (vacant) |
- The Honourable (formal)
- Madam Chief Minister (informal)
- Her Excellency (diplomatic)}}
- West Bengal Legislative Assembly Bidhan Chandra Ray as Chief Minister
- /annually
The chief minister of West Bengal is the de facto 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 also serves as Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly.
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). 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.
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. 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 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 one of the two female incumbent chief ministers in India as of 2024.
Oath as the state chief minister
The chief minister serves five years in the office. The following is the oath of the chief minister of state:
Key
| Colour key for parties |
|---|
longest-serving chief minister.|151x151px]]
List
- Died in office
- Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term
Premiers of West Bengal (1947{{ndash}}1950)
| # | Portrait | Premier | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth-Death) | |||||||||
| Constituency | Election | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | From | To | Period | 1 | 2 |
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Prafullachandra Ghosh at Writers' Building in 1947.jpg | 70px]] | Prafulla Chandra Ghosh | ||||||
| (18911983) | 1946 | ||||||||
| (Provincial) | 15 August 1947 | 22 January 1948 | Indian National Congress | Ghosh | |||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Photograph of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal.jpg | 70px]] | Bidhan Chandra Roy | ||||||
| (18821962) | 23 January 1948 | 26 January 1950 | Roy I |
Chief Ministers of West Bengal (1950{{ndash}}present)
| # | Portrait | Chief Minister | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth-Death) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Election | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | From | To | Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | (3) | (3) | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Photograph of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal.jpg | 70px]] | Bidhan Chandra Roy | ||||||||||||||||
| (18821962) | |||||||||||||||||||
| MLA for Bowbazar, 19521962 | |||||||||||||||||||
| MLA for Chowrangee, from 1962 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (Provincial) | 26 January 1950 | 1 July 1962 | Indian National Congress | Roy I | |||||||||||||||
| 1952 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (1st) | Roy II | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1957 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (2nd) | Roy III | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1962 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (3rd) | Roy IV | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | Prafulla Chandra Sen | ||||||||||||||||||
| (18971990) | |||||||||||||||||||
| MLA for Arambagh East | 2 July 1962 | 1 March 1967 | Sen | ||||||||||||||||
| Bangla Congress}}" | [[File:Ajoy Mukherjee.jpg | 70px]] | Ajoy Mukherjee | ||||||||||||||||
| (19011986) | |||||||||||||||||||
| MLA for Tamluk | 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (4th) | 1 March 1967 | 21 November 1967 | Bangla Congress | Mukherjee I | |||||||||||||||
| Independent politician}}" | [[File:Prafullachandra Ghosh at Writers' Building in 1947.jpg | 70px]] | Prafulla Chandra Ghosh | ||||||||||||||||
| (18911983) | |||||||||||||||||||
| MLA for Jhargram | 21 November 1967 | 20 February 1968 | Independent | Ghosh | |||||||||||||||
| Position vacant (20 February 196825 February 1969) | |||||||||||||||||||
| President's rule was imposed during this period | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bangla Congress}}" | [[File:Ajoy Mukherjee.jpg | 70px]] | Ajoy Mukherjee | ||||||||||||||||
| (19011986) | |||||||||||||||||||
| MLA for Tamluk | 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (5th) | 25 February 1969 | 19 March 1970 | Bangla Congress | Mukherjee II | |||||||||||||||
| Position vacant (19 March 19702 April 1971) | |||||||||||||||||||
| President's rule was imposed during this period | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bangla Congress}}" | [[File:Ajoy Mukherjee.jpg | 70px]] | Ajoy Mukherjee | ||||||||||||||||
| (19011986) | |||||||||||||||||||
| MLA for Tamluk | 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (6th) | 2 April 1971 | 29 June 1971 | Bangla Congress | Mukherjee III | |||||||||||||||
| Position vacant (29 June 197120 March 1972) | |||||||||||||||||||
| President's rule was imposed during this period | |||||||||||||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Siddhartha Shankar Ray.png | 70px]] | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | ||||||||||||||||
| (19202010) | |||||||||||||||||||
| MLA for Maldah | 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (7th) | 20 March 1972 | 30 April 1977 | Indian National Congress | Ray | |||||||||||||||
| Position vacant (30 April21 June 1977) | |||||||||||||||||||
| President's rule was imposed during this period | |||||||||||||||||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | [[File:Jyoti Basu - Calcutta 1996-12-21 089 Cropped.png | 70px]] | Jyoti Basu | ||||||||||||||||
| (19142010) | |||||||||||||||||||
| MLA for Satgachhia | 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (8th) | 21 June 1977 | 6 November 2000 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Basu I | |||||||||||||||
| 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (9th) | Basu II | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (10th) | Basu III | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (11th) | Basu IV | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (12th) | Basu V | ||||||||||||||||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | [[File:Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in 2009.jpg | 70px]] | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | ||||||||||||||||
| (19442024) | |||||||||||||||||||
| MLA for Jadavpur | 6 November 2000 | 20 May 2011 | Bhattacharjee I | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (13th) | Bhattacharjee II | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (14th) | Bhattacharjee III | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trinamool Congress}}" | [[File:Ms. Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata on July 17, 2018 (cropped) (cropped).JPG | 70px]] | Mamata Banerjee | ||||||||||||||||
| (born 1955) | |||||||||||||||||||
| MLA for Bhabanipur | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (15th) | 20 May 2011 | Incumbent | Trinamool Congress | Banerjee I | |||||||||||||||
| 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (16th) | Banerjee II | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (17th) | Banerjee III |
Statistics
| No. | Name | Party | Length of term | Longest continuous term | Total years of premiership | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jyoti Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) | 23 years, 137 days | 23 years, 137 days | ||||||||||
| Mamata Banerjee | Trinamool Congress}}" | TMC | **** | **** | ||||||||||
| Bidhan Chandra Roy | Indian National Congress}}" | INC | 12 years, 156 days | 14 years, 159 days | ||||||||||
| Buddhadeb Bhattacharya | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) | 10 years, 188 days | 10 years, 188 days | ||||||||||
| Siddhartha Shankar Ray | Indian National Congress}}" | INC | 5 years, 41 days | 5 years, 41 days | ||||||||||
| Prafulla Chandra Sen | Indian National Congress}}" | INC | 4 years, 234 days | 4 years, 234 days | ||||||||||
| Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | Bangla Congress}}" | BC / INC | 1 year, 19 days | 2 years, 6 days | ||||||||||
| Prafulla Chandra Ghosh | Independent}}" | IND / INC | 160 days | 250 days |
Footnotes
References
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