Government of West Bengal
পশ্চিমবঙ্গ সরকার

Seat of Government	Kolkata
Legislative branch
Assembly	West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Speaker	Biman Banerjee
Deputy Speaker	Dr. Asish Banerjee
Members in Assembly	294
Executive branch
Governor	Jagdeep Dhankhar[1]
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Chief Secretary	Hari Krishna Dwivedi, IAS
Judiciary
High Court	Calcutta High Court
Chief Justice	Justice Prakash Shrivastava

The Government of West Bengal also known as the State Government of West Bengal, or locally as State Government, is the governing authority of the Indian state of West Bengal , created by the National Constitution as the state's legislative, executive and judicial authority.^[2] The State Governor acts as the head of state and is the highest nominal authority of the state power, however, it is the Chief Minister who is the chief executive authority and head of government.

The Chief Minister is the head of government and is vested with most of the executive powers. Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, houses the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. The temporary secretariat is located in the Nabanna building in the district of Howrah, adjacent to the state capital. The Calcutta High Court is located in Kolkata, which has jurisdiction over the whole of West Bengal and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The present Legislative Assembly of West Bengal is unicameral, consisting of 294 Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA)^[3] including one nominated from the Anglo-Indian community. Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.

The current chief minister is Mamata Banerjee, who assumed the office on 20 May 2011. She is the founder and leader of the All India 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 the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.

Head Leaders

House	Leader	Portrait	Since
Constitutional Posts
Governor of West Bengal	Jagdeep Dhankhar		30 July 2019
Chief Minister of West Bengal	Mamata Banerjee		20 May 2011
Speaker of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly	Biman Banerjee		30 May 2011
Deputy Speaker of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly	Asish Banerjee		02 July 2021
Leader of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly	Mamata Banerjee		05 May 2021
Deputy Leader of the House West Bengal Legislative Assembly	Partha Chatterjee		10 May 2021
Leader of the Opposition West Bengal Legislative Assembly	Suvendu Adhikari		10 May 2021
Deputy Leader of the Opposition West Bengal Legislative Assembly	Mihir Goswami		10 May 2021
Chief Justice Of Calcutta High Court	Prakash Shrivastava		11 October 2021
Chief Secretary of West Bengal	Hari Krishna Dwivedi		NA

History

On 18 January 1862, under the Indian Councils Act of 1861, a 12-member Legislative Council for Bengal was founded by the Governor-General of India with the Lt Governor of Bengal and some nominated members. The strength of this council was gradually increased by subsequent acts. Under the Indian Councils Act of 1892, the maximum strength of the council was increased to 20 members out of which seven members were to be elected. After the Indian Councils Act of 1909, the number raised to 50 members.^[3]

Organization

• The West Bengal government is divided into different ministries.

Council of Ministers

• The West Bengal government^[a] headed by Mamata Banerjee has 41 ministers. Among them, 10 are Ministers of State holding independent charge, 9 are junior ministers and 21 are senior ministers.^[4][5]

S.No	Name[citation needed]	Portrait	Constituency	Assumed office[citation needed]	Department	Party
1.	Mamata Banerjee (Chief Minister)		Bhabanipur	5 May 2021	Home & Hill Affairs Planning Statistics Program Implementation Personnel & Administration Health and Family Welfare Land and Land Reforms Refugee and Rehabilitation Information & Cultural Affairs North Bengal Development		AITC
Cabinet Ministers
2.	Partha Chatterjee		Behala Paschim	10 May 2021	Industry, Commerce and Enterprise Information Technology and Electronics Parliamentary Affairs Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction		AITC
3.	Jyotipriya Mallick		Habra	10 May 2021	Forest Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources		AITC
4.	Bankim Chandra Hazra		Sagar	10 May 2021	Sundarban Affairs		AITC
5.	Manas Bhunia		Sabang	10 May 2021	Water Resources Investigation and Development Consumer Affairs		AITC
6.	Somen Mahapatra		Tamluk	10 May 2021	Irrigation and Waterways		AITC
7.	Moloy Ghatak		Asansol Uttar	10 May 2021	Law, Judicial Public Works		AITC
8.	Aroop Biswas		Tollygunge	10 May 2021	Power Youth Affairs and Sports		AITC
9.	Ujjal Biswas		Krishnanagar Dakshin	10 May 2021	Correctional Administration		AITC
10.	Arup Roy		Howrah Madhya	10 May 2021	Co-operatives		AITC
11.	Rathin Ghosh		Madhyamgram	10 May 2021	Food and Supplies		AITC
12.	Firhad Hakim		Kolkata Port	10 May 2021	Urban Development & Municipal Affairs Transport Housing		AITC
13.	Chandranath Sinha		Bolpur	10 May 2021	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Textiles		AITC
14.	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay		Khardaha (Resigned as MLA from Bhabanipur on 21 May 2021)	10 May 2021	Agriculture		AITC
15.	Bratya Basu		Dum Dum	10 May 2021	School and Higher Education		AITC
16.	Pulak Roy		Uluberia Dakshin	10 May 2021	Public Health Engineering Panchayat Raj and Rural Development		AITC
17.	Shashi Panja		Shyampukur	10 May 2021	Women and Child Development and Social Welfare Self Help Group and Self Employment		AITC
18.	Md. Ghulam Rabbani		Goalpokhar	10 May 2021	Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education		AITC
19.	Biplab Mitra		Harirampur	10 May 2021	Agricultural Marketing		AITC
20.	Javed Ahmed Khan		Kasba	10 May 2021	Disaster Management and Civil Defence		AITC
21.	Swapan Debnath		Purbasthali Dakshin	10 May 2021	Animal Resources Development		AITC
22.	Siddiqullah Chowdhury		Manteswar	10 May 2021	Mass Education Extension and Library Services		AITC
Ministers Of State (Independent Charge)
23.	Becharam Manna		Singur	10 May 2021	Labour MoS in Panchayat Raj and Rural Development		AITC
24.	Subrata Saha		Sagardighi	10 May 2021	Food Processing Industries and Horticulture		AITC
25.	Humayun Kabir		Debra	10 May 2021	Technical Education, Training and Skill Development		AITC
26.	Akhil Giri		Ramnagar	10 May 2021	Fisheries		AITC
27.	Chandrima Bhattacharya		Dum Dum Uttar	10 May 2021	Finance MoS in Health and Family Welfare MoS in Land & Land Reforms MoS in Refugee and Rehabilitiation		AITC
28.	Ratna De (Nag)		Pandua	10 May 2021	Environment Science and Technology and Bio-Technology		AITC
29.	Sandhya Rani Tudu		Manbazar	10 May 2021	Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs MoS in Parliament Affairs		AITC
30.	Bulu Chik Baraik		Mal	10 May 2021	Backward Classes Welfare Tribal Development		AITC
31.	Sujit Bose		Bidhannagar	10 May 2021	Fire and Emergency Services		AITC
32.	Indranil Sen		Chandannagar	10 May 2021	Tourism MoS in Information and Cultural Affairs		AITC
Ministers Of State
33.	Dilip Mondal		Bishnupur	10 May 2021	Transport		AITC
34.	Akhruzzaman		Raghunathganj	10 May 2021	Power		AITC
35.	Seuli Saha		Keshpur	10 May 2021	Panchayet and Rural Development		AITC
36.	Srikanta Mahata		Salboni	10 May 2021	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles		AITC
37.	Sabina Yeasmin		Mothabari	10 May 2021	Irrigation and Waterways North Bengal Development		AITC
38.	Birbaha Hansda		Jhargram	10 May 2021	Forests		AITC
39.	Jyotsna Mandi		Ranibandh	10 May 2021	Food and Supplies		AITC
40.	Paresh Chandra Adhikary		Mekliganj	10 May 2021	School and Higher Education		AITC
41.	Manoj Tiwary		Shibpur	10 May 2021	Youth Affairs and Sports		AITC