List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal

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

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