List of deputy chief ministers of West Bengal

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)
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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.

  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.