List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal

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[edit] Chief Ministers of West Bengal

# Name Took Office Left Office Party
1 [Prafulla Chandra Ghosh] August 15, 1947 January 14, 1948
2 Bidhan Chandra Roy January 14, 1948 July 1, 1962 Indian National Congress
(President's rule) July 1, 1962 July 8, 1962
3 Prafulla Chandra Sen July 8, 1962 March 15, 1967 Indian National Congress
4 Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee March 15, 1967 November 2, 1967 Bangla Congress in United Front
5 Prafulla Chandra Ghosh November 2, 1967 February 20, 1968 Nonparty in Progressive Democratic Alliance Front
(President's rule) November 20, 1969 February 25, 1969
6 Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee February 25, 1969 March 19, 1970 Bangla Congress Party in United Front
(President's rule) March 19, 1970 April 2, 1971
7 Prafulla Chandra Ghosh April 2, 1971 June 28, 1971 Indian National Congress in coalition
(President's rule) June 28, 1971 March 19, 1972
8 Siddhartha Shankar Ray March 19, 1972 June 21, 1977 Indian National Congress
9 Jyoti Basu June 21, 1977 November 6, 2000 CPI(M) in Left Front
10 Buddhadeb Bhattacharya November 6, 2000 present CPI(M) in Left Front

[edit] References

Modern Bengal. A Short History of Bengal. Retrieved on December 23, 2005.


[edit] See also

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