List of deputy chief ministers of West Bengal
Deputy Chief Minister of West Bengal is the deputy head of Government of West Bengal.[1][2]. The seat is now vacant since 5 November 2000 after former deputy chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. In today's current government, there is no deputy chief minister in West Bengal.
Deputy Chief Minister of West Bengal (উপমুখ্যমন্ত্রী, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ রাজ্য) | |
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Seal of West Bengal | |
Incumbent Vacant since 5 November 2000 | |
Appointer | Governor of West Bengal |
Inaugural holder | Jyoti Basu |
List
No. | Deputy Chief Ministers | Portrait | Party | Term in Office | Assembly (Constituency) |
Chief Minister | ||||
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Term Start | Term End | Name | Party | |||||||
1 | Jyoti Basu | CPI(M) | 1 March 1967 | 21 November 1967 | Baranagar | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | Bangla Congress | |||
25 February 1969 | 16 March 1970 | Baranagar | ||||||||
2 | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | 12 January 1999 | 5 November 2000 | Jadavpur | Jyoti Basu | CPI(M) | ||||
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References
- Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies to the specific case of West Bengal as well.
- "States of India since 1947". Retrieved 6 November 2017.
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