List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal

No.[1]		Name	Took office	Left office	Political party
	1	Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh	15 August 1947	14 January 1948	Indian National Congress
	2	Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy	14 January 1948	1 July 1962	Indian National Congress
		President's rule	1 July 1962	8 July 1962
	3	Prafulla Chandra Sen	8 July 1962	15 March 1967	Indian National Congress
	4	Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee	15 March 1967	2 November 1967	Bangla Congress Party in United Front
	5	Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh	2 November 1967	20 February 1968	Non-party in Progressive Democratic Alliance Front
		President's rule	20 February 1968	25 February 1969
	6	Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee	25 February 1969	19 March 1970	Bangla Congress Party in United Front
		President's rule	19 March 1970	2 April 1971
	7	Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee	2 April 1971	28 June 1971	Indian National Congress
		President's rule	28 June 1971	19 March 1972
	8	Siddhartha Shankar Ray	19 March 1972	21 June 1977	Indian National Congress
	9	Jyoti Basu	21 June 1977	6 November 2000	Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Left Front
	10	Buddhadeb Bhattacharya	6 November 2000	13 May 2011	Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Left Front
	11	Mamata Banerjee	20 May 2011	Incumbent	All India Trinamool Congress