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

• West Bengal
• Chief Ministers of India