Chief Minister of West Bengal

Chief Minister of West Bengal
Emblem of the Republic of India
Incumbent Mamata Banerjee since 20 May 2011
Style	The Honorable Madam Chief Minister Her Excellency
Status	Head of Government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Reports to	Governor of West Bengal
Residence	Chief Minister Abas, Kolkata[1]
Seat	Nabanna, Howrah[a]
Appointer	Governor of West Bengal
Term length	At the confidence of the assembly Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[3]
Inaugural holder	Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
Formation	15 August 1947 (77 years ago) (1947-08-15) (as Prime Minister of West Bengal)

The Chief of the Council of Ministers of West Bengal is the head of the executive branch of the Government of West Bengal and the representative of the federal government in the state. Under the Constitution of India, the governor is the head of state and highest figure of authority. However, it is the chief minister who exercises executive authority, alongside their Council of Ministers, of which they are the chairperson. The Chief minister is elected by the governor and usually leads the party that holds a majority in the state's legislative assembly.

Premiers of West Bengal (1947–50)

Premiers of West Bengal

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Assembly (election)	Party		Appointed by (Governor)
1		Prafulla Chandra Ghosh	15 August 1947	22 January 1948	160 days	Provincial Assembly (1946–52)[b] (January 1946 election)		Indian National Congress	Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
2		Bidhan Chandra Roy	23 January 1948	25 January 1950	2 years, 2 days

References

1. Arshad Ali. "Mamata may move to new CM's residence — British-era bungalow". The Indian Express. 8 October 2013. Archived on 19 July 2014.
2. Shiv Sahay Singh. "Mamata shifts office to Nabanna". The Hindu. 6 October 2013. Archived on 21 December 2016.
3. 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 for the specific case of West Bengal as well.

Notes

1. Since October 2013 Chief Minister Banerjee has worked from the top floor of the newly constructed Nabanna building in Howrah, while Writers' Building undergoes renovation.^[2]