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List of deputy chief ministers of West Bengal

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Deputy Chief Minister of West Bengal
Incumbent
Vacant
since 5 November 2000
AppointerGovernor of West Bengal
Inaugural holderJyoti Basu
FormationMarch 1, 1967; 57 years ago (1967-03-01)

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

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No. Deputy Chief Ministers
(Constituency)
Portrait Party Term in Office Chief Minister
Term Start Term End Duration Name Party
1 Jyoti Basu
(Baranagar)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 March 1967 21 November 1967 265 days Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee Bangla Congress
25 February 1969 16 March 1970 1 year, 19 days
2 Bijoy Singh Nahar
(Bowbazar)
Indian National Congress 2 April 1971 28 June 1971 87 days
3 Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
(Jadavpur)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 12 January 1999 5 November 2000 1 year, 298 days Jyoti Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)

References

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  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.