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Mamata Banerjee (Bengali pronunciation: [mɔmot̪a bɔnd̪ːopad̪d̪ʱae̯] ⓘ; born 5 January 1955 [a]) is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal since 20 May 2011, the first woman to hold the office.
Number of Ministers Name of Ministers Bankura: 1 Jyotsna Mandi: Birbhum: 1 Chandranath Sinha: Cooch Behar: 1 Udayan Guha: Kolkata: 4 Mamata Banerjee (Chief Minister) Firhad Hakim Shashi Panja Babul Supriyo: Paschim Bardhaman: 2 Moloy Ghatak Pradip Mazumdar: Purba Bardhaman: 2 Swapan Debnath Siddiqullah Chowdhury: Paschim Medinipur: 2 Manas ...
It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a breakaway faction from the Indian National Congress and rapidly rose to prominence in the politics of West Bengal under her leadership. Presently, it is ruling the state of West Bengal beside being the third-largest party in India in terms of number of MPs just after the BJP and INC.
Sworn in on 20 May 2011, Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee is West Bengal's incumbent chief minister, the first woman to hold the office. She was subsequently voted to power in 2016 and 2021 assembly elections. She is the one of the two female incumbent chief minister in India at present (as per 2024).
The Ministry of Home and Hill Affairs, popularly known as the Home Department, is a West Bengal government department. It is an interior ministry mainly responsible for the administration of the West Bengal National Volunteer Force and Civil-Military Liaison, welfare of military personnel, RIMC admission test, scholarship to RIMC/NDA cadets, World War-II veteran pension, concessions to ...
The current chief minister is Mamata Banerjee, who assumed the office on 20 May 2011. She is the founder and leader of the Trinamool Congress party, which won 184 seats (out of 294) in the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election , 211 seats (out of 294) in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and 215 seats (out of 294) in ...
Mamata Banerjee: West Bengal: 20 May 2011 Incumbent: 13 years, 248 days Trinamool Congress: 31 Janaki Ballabh Patnaik: Odisha: 9 June 1980 7 December 1989 13 years, 155 days Indian National Congress: 15 March 1995 17 February 1999 32 – Bimala Prasad Chaliha: Assam: 28 December 1957 11 November 1970 12 years, 318 days Indian National Congress ...
Mamata Banerjee: Chief Minister's history: 2011 — present: No. of ministers: 29 Cabinet Ministers; 5 Minister of state (I/C) [a] 8 Minister of state; Total no. of members: 42: Member party All India Trinamool Congress: Status in legislature: Majority