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)
Seal of West Bengal
Incumbent
Vacant
since 5 November 2000
AppointerGovernor of West Bengal
Inaugural holderJyoti Basu

List
No. Deputy Chief Ministers Portrait Party Term in Office Assembly
(Constituency)		 Chief Minister
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)

References
  1. 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.
  2. "States of India since 1947". Retrieved 6 November 2017.


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