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| First Bhattacharjee ministry | |
|---|---|
| 9th Ministry of West Bengal | |
| 2000-2001 | |
| Date formed | 5 November 2000 |
| Date dissolved | 10 May 2001 |
| People and organisations | |
| Governor | Viren J. Shah
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| Chief Minister | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee |
| Member party | Left Front |
| Status in legislature | Majority203 / 294 (69%) |
| Opposition party | Indian National Congress |
| Opposition leader | Atish Chandra Sinha |
| History | |
| Election | 1996 |
| Outgoing election | 2001 |
| Legislature term | 12th Assembly |
| Predecessor | Fifth Basu ministry |
| Successor | Second Bhattacharjee ministry |
Buddhadev Bhattacharya was sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal in the fifth Left Front government along with other 45 ministers on 5 November 2000. Members of the Left Front Ministry in the Indian state of West Bengal as in November 2000 were as follows:
Cabinet ministers
1. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee- Chief Minister- Home, Hill Affairs, Information and Cultural Affairs
2. Subhas Chakraborty- Sports, Transport
3. Asim Dasgupta- Finance, Development and Planning, Excise, Self Employment Genaration Programme (Urban)
4. Mohammed Amin- Employment Exchange, Minority Development and Welfare, Wakf and Urdu Academy and Haj
5. Dr. Surjya Kanta Mishra- Land and Land Reforms, Panchayats and Rural Development
6. Kiranmay Nanda- Fisheries
7. Satyaranjan Mahata- Relief
8. Gautam Deb- Housing, Public Health Engineering
9. Partha De- Health and Family Welfare
10. Santi Ranjan Ghatak- Labour
11. Abdur Razzak Molla- Food Processing Industries, Horticulture, Sundarban Affairs
12. Kshiti Goswami- Public Works
13. Kanti Biswas- School Education, Madrasah Education, Refugee, Relief and Rehabilitation
14. Kalimuddin Shams- Food and Supplies
15. Ashok Bhattacharya- Urban Development, Municipal Affairs, Town and Country Planning, Hooghly River Bridge Commission
16. Anisur Rahman- Animal Resources Development
17. Nanda Gopal Bhattacharjee- Water Resources Investigation and Development
18. Mrinal Banerjee- Power, Industrial Reconstruction, Public Undertakings, Science and Technology
19. Chhaya Bera- Employees State Insurance, Employment Exchange, Self Employment Genaration Programme (Rural)
20. Birendra Kumar Moitra- Agricultural Marketing
21. Bhakti Bhusan Mandal- Co-operation
22. Dinesh Chandra Dakua- Backward Classes Welfare
23. Pralay Talukdar- Cottage and Small Scale Industries
24. Prof. Prabodh Chandra Sinha- Parliamentary Affairs
25. Biswanath Chowdhury- Jails, Social Welfare
26. Debabrata Bandapadhyay- Irrigation and Waterways
27. Manabendra Mukherjee- Environment, Tourism, Youth Services
28. Naren Dey- Agriculrure, Consumer Affairs
29. Satya Sadhan Chakraborty- Higher Education
30. Bidyut Ganguly- Commerce and Industries
31. Dr. Sankar Sen- Power, Science and Technology
32. Jogesh Chandra Barman- Forests
33. Nisith Adhikary- Judicial, Law
Ministers of State
1. Manohar Tirkey- Public Works
2. Upen Kisku- Backward Classes Welfare
3. Kamalendu Sanyal- Land and Land Reforms, Panchayats and Rural Development
4. Bilasi Bala Sahis- Forests
5. Srikumar Mukherjee- Civil Defence
6. Pratim Chatterjee- Fire Services
7. Nimai Mal- Library Services
8. Susanta Ghosh- Transport
9. Dhiren Sen- Excise
10. Ganesh Chandra Mondal- Irrigation and Waterways
11. Maheswar Murmu- Special Tribal Areas Development including Jhargram Affairs
12. Anju Kar- Mass Education Extension
13. Minati Ghosh- Health and Family Welfare
See also
Notes
- I/C stands for independent charge. It means that a minister can hold portfolios independently in a junior rank.
References
- "- West Bengal Legislative Assembly". www.wbassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- "rediff.com: Bhattacharya sworn-in as Bengal seventh CM". m.rediff.com.
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