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List of deputy chief ministers of West Bengal
| Deputy Chief Minister of West Bengal | |
|---|---|
| File:Emblem of West Bengal.svg Seal of West Bengal | |
Incumbent Vacant since 5 November 2000 | |
| Appointer | Governor of West Bengal |
| Inaugural holder | Jyoti Basu |
| Formation | March 1, 1967 |
| Final holder | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee |
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.
List[edit | edit source]
| No. | Deputy Chief Ministers | Portrait | Party | Term in Office | Assembly (Constituency) |
Chief Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term Start | Term End | Name | Party | |||||||
| 1 | Jyoti Basu | .jpg)
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CPI(M) | 1 March 1967 | 21 November 1967 | Baranagar | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | Bangla Congress | ||
| 25 February 1969 | 16 March 1970 | Baranagar | ||||||||
| 2 | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | 
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12 January 1999 | 5 November 2000 | Jadavpur | Jyoti Basu | CPI(M) | |||
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 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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