Chief Minister of West Bengal (historically)

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The Chief Minister of West Bengal is the head of the state government, leading the executive branch and overseeing administration, policy, and governance in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of government role ⓘ
political office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction State of West Bengal ⓘ
linked to: West Bengal
appointedBy Governor of West Bengal ⓘ
branch executive branch ⓘ
constitutingInstrument Constitution of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
eligibleBody West Bengal Legislative Assembly ⓘ
firstHolder Prafulla Chandra Ghosh ⓘ
formationDate 1947-08-15 ⓘ
governsAlongWith West Bengal Legislative Assembly ⓘ
hasJurisdiction West Bengal ⓘ
hasPower to advise the Governor of West Bengal ⓘ
to allocate portfolios to ministers in West Bengal ⓘ
to chair cabinet meetings of West Bengal ⓘ
heads Council of Ministers of West Bengal ⓘ
isSubordinateTo constitutional framework of India ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity West Bengal ⓘ
memberOf West Bengal Cabinet ⓘ
West Bengal Council of Ministers ⓘ
nativeLabel পশ্চিমবঙ্গের মুখ্যমন্ত্রী ⓘ
nominatedBy Members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly ⓘ
officeCreatedInContextOf Independence of India ⓘ
officeHolderOf head of government of West Bengal ⓘ
officeHoldersInclude Bidhan Chandra Roy ⓘ
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee ⓘ
Jyoti Basu ⓘ
Mamata Banerjee ⓘ
Siddhartha Shankar Ray ⓘ
officeLocation State Secretariat, Nabanna, Howrah ⓘ
oversees implementation of state government policies in West Bengal ⓘ
state administration of West Bengal ⓘ
partOf Government of West Bengal ⓘ
precededBy Premier of Bengal (British India) ⓘ
relatedPosition Chief Secretary of West Bengal ⓘ
Governor of West Bengal ⓘ
reportsTo Governor of West Bengal ⓘ
residence Nabanna, Howrah ⓘ
responsibleFor day-to-day governance of West Bengal ⓘ
policy formulation for West Bengal ⓘ
state budget of West Bengal ⓘ
seat Kolkata ⓘ
linked to: Calcutta
style The Hon’ble Chief Minister ⓘ
subjectTo confidence of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
termRenewable yes ⓘ

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Writers’ Building → occupant → Chief Minister of West Bengal (historically) ⓘ
Nabanna, Howrah → usedBy → Chief Minister of West Bengal ⓘ
linked to: Chief Minister of West Bengal (historically)
State Secretariat, Nabanna, Howrah → usedBy → Chief Minister of West Bengal ⓘ
linked to: Chief Minister of West Bengal (historically)
The Hon’ble Chief Minister → appliesToOffice → Chief Minister of West Bengal ⓘ
linked to: Chief Minister of West Bengal (historically)
Prafulla Chandra Ghosh → positionHeld → Chief Minister of West Bengal ⓘ
linked to: Chief Minister of West Bengal (historically)
Prafulla Chandra Ghosh → office → Chief Minister of West Bengal ⓘ
linked to: Chief Minister of West Bengal (historically)