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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Ninth ministry of West Bengal}}<br /> {{multiple issues|{{more citations needed|date=October 2019}}{{cleanup rewrite|date=May 2011}}}} <br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}<br /> <br /> {{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}<br /> <br /> {{Infobox government cabinet<br /> | cabinet_type = Ministry<br /> | cabinet_number = 9th<br /> | jurisdiction = [[West Bengal]]<br /> | flag = <br /> | flag_border = 100px<br /> | incumbent = 2000-2001<br /> | image = <br /> | image_size = <br /> | caption =<br /> | date_formed = 5 November 2000<br /> | date_dissolved = 10 May 2001<br /> | government_head_title=[[List of chief ministers of West Bengal|Chief Minister]]<br /> | government_head = [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]]<br /> | government_head_history =<br /> | governor = [[Viren J. Shah]] <br /> * [[Cabinet Ministers]] <br /> * [[Minister of state]] (I/C){{efn|I/C stands for independent charge. It means that a minister can hold portfolios independently in a junior rank.}}<br /> * Minister of state <br /> | political_party ={{Color box|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|border=darkgray}} &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> | legislature_status = [[Majority government|Majority]]<br /> | opposition_cabinet = <br /> | opposition_party ={{Color box|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|border=darkgray}} [[Indian National Congress]] <br /> | opposition_leader = [[Atish Chandra Sinha]]<br /> | election = [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br /> | last_election = [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br /> | legislature_term = [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|12th Assembly]]<br /> | budget = <br /> | advice_and_consent1 = <br /> | advice_and_consent2 = <br /> &lt;!-- etc. --&gt;<br /> | incoming_formation = <br /> | outgoing_formation = <br /> | previous = [[Fifth Basu ministry]]<br /> | successor = [[Second Bhattacharjee ministry]]<br /> }}<br /> {{Politics of India}}<br /> <br /> 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.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=- West Bengal Legislative Assembly |url=http://www.wbassembly.gov.in/Error_ISE.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/MLA_All.aspx |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=www.wbassembly.gov.in}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://m.rediff.com/news/2000/nov/06beng1.htm|title=rediff.com: Bhattacharya sworn-in as Bengal seventh CM|website=m.rediff.com}}&lt;/ref&gt; Members of the Left Front Ministry in the Indian state of West Bengal as in November 2000 were as follows:<br /> <br /> ==Cabinet ministers==<br /> 1. [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]]- Chief Minister- Home, Hill Affairs, Information and Cultural Affairs <br /> <br /> 2. [[Subhas Chakraborty]]- Sports, Transport <br /> <br /> 3. [[Asim Dasgupta]]- Finance, Development and Planning, Excise, Self Employment Genaration Programme (Urban)<br /> <br /> 4. [[Mohammed Amin (politician)|Mohammed Amin]]- Employment Exchange, Minority Development and Welfare, Wakf and Urdu Academy and Haj <br /> <br /> 5. [[Surjya Kanta Mishra|Dr. Surjya Kanta Mishra]]- Land and Land Reforms, Panchayats and Rural Development<br /> <br /> 6. [[Kiranmay Nanda]]- Fisheries <br /> <br /> 7. Satyaranjan Mahata- Relief <br /> <br /> 8. [[Gautam Deb]]- Housing, Public Health Engineering <br /> <br /> 9. Partha De- Health and Family Welfare <br /> <br /> 10. Santi Ranjan Ghatak- Labour<br /> <br /> 11. [[Abdur Razzak Molla]]- Food Processing Industries, Horticulture, Sundarban Affairs<br /> <br /> 12. [[Kshiti Goswami]]- Public Works<br /> <br /> 13. [[Kanti Biswas]]- School Education, Madrasah Education, Refugee, Relief and Rehabilitation <br /> <br /> 14. [[Kalimuddin Shams]]- Food and Supplies <br /> <br /> 15. [[Ashok Bhattacharya]]- Urban Development, Municipal Affairs, Town and Country Planning, Hooghly River Bridge Commission <br /> <br /> 16. [[Anisur Rahman (politician, born 1952)|Anisur Rahman]]- Animal Resources Development <br /> <br /> 17. Nanda Gopal Bhattacharjee- Water Resources Investigation and Development <br /> <br /> 18. Mrinal Banerjee- Power, Industrial Reconstruction, Public Undertakings, Science and Technology <br /> <br /> 19. Chhaya Bera- Employees State Insurance, Employment Exchange, Self Employment Genaration Programme (Rural) <br /> <br /> 20. Birendra Kumar Moitra- Agricultural Marketing <br /> <br /> 21. Bhakti Bhusan Mandal- Co-operation <br /> <br /> 22. Dinesh Chandra Dakua- Backward Classes Welfare <br /> <br /> 23. Pralay Talukdar- Cottage and Small Scale Industries <br /> <br /> 24. Prof. Prabodh Chandra Sinha- Parliamentary Affairs <br /> <br /> 25. [[Biswanath Chowdhury]]- Jails, Social Welfare <br /> <br /> 26. Debabrata Bandapadhyay- Irrigation and Waterways <br /> <br /> 27. Manabendra Mukherjee- Environment, Tourism, Youth Services <br /> <br /> 28. Naren Dey- Agriculrure, Consumer Affairs <br /> <br /> 29. [[Satya Sadhan Chakraborty]]- Higher Education <br /> <br /> 30. Bidyut Ganguly- Commerce and Industries <br /> <br /> 31. Dr. Sankar Sen- Power, Science and Technology <br /> <br /> 32. Jogesh Chandra Barman- Forests <br /> <br /> 33. Nisith Adhikary- Judicial, Law<br /> <br /> ==Ministers of State==<br /> 1. [[Manohar Tirkey]]- Public Works <br /> <br /> 2. Upen Kisku- Backward Classes Welfare <br /> <br /> 3. Kamalendu Sanyal- Land and Land Reforms, Panchayats and Rural Development <br /> <br /> 4. Bilasi Bala Sahis- Forests <br /> <br /> 5. Srikumar Mukherjee- Civil Defence <br /> <br /> 6. Pratim Chatterjee- Fire Services <br /> <br /> 7. Nimai Mal- Library Services <br /> <br /> 8. [[Susanta Ghosh]]- Transport <br /> <br /> 9. Dhiren Sen- Excise <br /> <br /> 10. Ganesh Chandra Mondal- Irrigation and Waterways <br /> <br /> 11. Maheswar Murmu- Special Tribal Areas Development including Jhargram Affairs <br /> <br /> 12. Anju Kar- Mass Education Extension <br /> <br /> 13. Minati Ghosh- Health and Family Welfare<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Second Bhattacharjee ministry]]<br /> *[[Left Front (West Bengal)]]<br /> <br /> == Notes ==<br /> {{notelist}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Government of West Bengal]]<br /> [[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br /> [[Category:West Bengal ministries|Bhattacharjee]]</div>

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