List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal (1950-2023)- First Female CM of West Bengal, First CM of West Bengal
Bidhan Chandra Roy was the first chief minister of West Bengal served from 26th January 1950 to 30th March 1952. Mamata Banerjee was the first female chief minister of West Bengal. Let’s uncover the list of all chief ministers of West Bengal starting from 1950 to 2023.
Mamata Banerjee took the oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the 17th Assembly (2020-25) on May 5, 2021, while We are listing below all chief ministers of West Bengal starting from 1950 to 2023.
List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal (1950-2023)
If you go through general West Bengal GK Quiz, you will always find a few questions related to chief ministers. Check below the list of all CM of West Bengal for the period 1950-2023:
| SL. No | Name of CM | Period | Party |
| 1. | Bidhan Chandra Roy | 26 January 1950 to 30 March 1952 | Indian National Congress |
| 31 March 1952 to 5 April 1957 | |||
| 6 April 1957 to 2 April 1962 | |||
| 3 April 1962 to 1 July 1962 | |||
| 2. | Prafulla Chandra | 9 July 1962 to 28 February 1967 | Indian National Congress |
| 3. | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | 1 March 1967 to 21 November 1967 | Bangla Congress (United Front) |
| 4. | Prafulla Chandra Ghosh | 21 November 1967 to 19 February 1968 | Independent |
| 5. | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | 25 February 1969 to 16 March 1970 | Bangla Congress (United Front) |
| 2 April 1971 to 28 June 1971 | Indian National Congress (Democratic Coalition) | ||
| 6. | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | 20 March 1972 to 30 April 1977 | Indian National Congress |
| 7. | Jyoti Basu | 21 June 1977 to 23 May 1982 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) (Left Front) |
| 24 May 1982 to 29 March 1987 | |||
| 30 March 1987 to 18 June 1991 | |||
| 19 June 1991 to 15 May 1996 | |||
| 16 May 1996 to 5 November 2000 | |||
| 8. | Buddhadeb Bhattacharya | 6 November 2000 to 14 May 2001 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) (Left Front) |
| 15 May 2001 to 17 May 2006 | |||
| 18 May 2006 to 13 May 2011 | |||
| 9. | Mamata Banerjee | 20 May 2011 to 25 May 2016 | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 26 May 2016 to 4 May 2021 | |||
| 5 May 2021 to Incumbent |
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GK Questions on Chief Ministers of West Bengal
Question 1: Who was the first chief minister of West Bengal?
Answer: Bidhan Chandra Roy
Question 2: Who was the first female chief minister of West Bengal?
Answer: Mamata Banerjee
Question 3: Who is current chief minister of West Bengal?
Answer: Mamata Banerjee from All India Trinamool Congress
Question 4: How many members are there in West Bengal Legislative Assembly?
Answer: 294
Question 5: Who is the speaker of West Bengal Legislative Assembly?
Answer: Biman Banerjee, AITC
Question 6: Who is the Governor of West Bengal?
Answer: C.V. Ananda Bose
Current Cabinet Ministers of West Bengal
| Mamata Banerjee | Chief Minister, Home & Hill Affairs, Personnel & Administration, Health and Family Welfare, Land and Land Reforms, Refugee and Rehabilitation, Information & Cultural Affairs, Department of Planning, Statistics & Programme Monitoring |
| Snehasis Chakraborty | Cabinet Minister Transport |
| Partha Chatterjee | Cabinet Minister Industry, Commerce and Enterprise, Information Technology and Electronics, Parliamentary Affairs |
| Amit Mitra | Cabinet Minister Finance, Planning and Statistics, Programme Monitoring |
| Sadhan Pande | Cabinet Minister Consumer Affairs, Self Help Group and Self Employment |
| Jyotipriya Mallick | Cabinet Minister Forest, Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources |
| Bankim Chandra Hazra | Cabinet Minister Sundarban Affairs |
| Manas Bhunia | Cabinet Minister Water Resources Investigation and Development & Department of Environment |
| Somen Mahapatra | Cabinet Minister Irrigation and Waterways |
| Moloy Ghatak | Cabinet Minister Law, Judiacial, Public Works |
| Aroop Biswas | Cabinet Minister Power, Youth Affairs and Sports, Department of Housing |
| Ujjal Biswas | Cabinet Minister Department of science and technology and bio-technology |
| Arup Roy | Cabinet Minister Co-operatives |
| Rathin Ghosh | Cabinet Minister Food and Supplies |
| Firhad Hakim | Cabinet Minister Urban Development & Municipal Affairs |
| Chandranath Sinha | Cabinet Minister Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Textiles |
| Sovandeb Chattopadhyay | Cabinet Minister Agriculture and Parliamentary Affair |
| Bratya Basu | Cabinet Minister School and Higher Education |
| Pulak Roy | Cabinet Minister Public Health Engineering |
| Shashi Panja | Cabinet Minister Women and Child Development and Social Welfare, Department of Industry, Commerce and Enterprises, Department of Public Enterprises and Indrustrial Reconstruction |
| Md. Ghulam Rabbani | Cabinet Minister Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education |
| Biplab Mitra | Cabinet Minister Department of consumer affairs |
| Javed Ahmed Khan | Cabinet Minister Disaster Management and Civil Defence |
| Swapan Debnath | Cabinet Minister Animal Resources Development |
| Siddiqullah Chowdhury | Cabinet Minister Mass Education Extension and Library Services |
| Becharam Manna | State Minister (Independent Charge) Minister of state, Department of agricultural marketing (I/C), Panchayats Raj and Rural Development |
| Subrata Saha | State Minister (Independent Charge) Food Processing Industries and Horticulture |
| Humayun Kabir | State Minister (Independent Charge) Technical Education, Training and Skill Development |
| Akhil Giri | State Minister (Independent Charge) Minister of state, Correctional administration(I/C) |
| Chandrima Bhattacharya | State Minister (Independent Charge) Finance, MoS in Health and Family Welfare, MoS in Land & Land Reforms, MoS in Refugee and Rehabilitiation |
| Ratna De (Nag) | State Minister (Independent Charge) Environment, Science and Technology and Bio-Technology |
| Sandhya Rani Tudu | State Minister (Independent Charge) Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs, MOS in Parliament Affairs |
| Bulu Chik Baraik | State Minister (Independent Charge) Backward Classes Welfare, Tribal Development |
| Sujit Bose | State Minister (Independent Charge) Fire and Emergency Services |
| Indranil Sen | State Minister (Independent Charge) MOS in Information and Cultural Affairs |
| Dilip Mondal | State Minister Transport |
| Akhruzzaman | State Minister Power |
| Seuli Saha | State Minister Panchayet and Rural Development |
| Srikanta Mahata | State Minister Department of consumer affairs |
| Sabina Yeasmin | State Minister Irrigation and Waterways, North Bengal Development |
| Birbaha Hansda | State Minister Department of self-help group and self-employment(i/c) an department of forests |
| Jyotsna Mandi | Cabinet Minister Food and Supplies |
| Paresh Chandra Adhikary | Cabinet Minister School and Higher Education |
| Manoj Tiwary | Cabinet Minister Youth Affairs and Sports |
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