Jyoti Basu

Comrade
Jyoti Basu
Comrade Jyoti Basu
6th Chief Minister of West Bengal
	In office; 21 June 1977 – 5 November 2000
Governor	See list Anthony Lancelot Dias; Tribhuvan Narain Singh; B. D. Pande; Anant Sharma; Satish Chandra (acting); Uma Shankar Dikshit; Saiyid Nurul Hasan; T. V. Rajeswar; B. Satyanarayan Reddy (additional charge); K. V. Raghunatha Reddy; A. R. Kidwai; Shyamal Kumar Sen; Viren J. Shah;
Deputy	Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee ; (from 12 January 1999)
Preceded by	President's rule; (Siddhartha Shankar Ray as Chief Minister)
Succeeded by	Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1977–2001
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Sonali Guha
Constituency	Satgachhia
	In office; 1952–1972
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Shiba Pada Bhattacharjee
Constituency	Baranagar
1st Deputy Chief Minister of West Bengal
	In office; 25 February 1969 – 16 March 1970
Chief Minister	Ajoy Mukherjee
Preceded by	Vacant
Succeeded by	Bijoy Singh Nahar
	In office; 1 March 1967 – 21 November 1967
Chief Minister	Ajoy Mukherjee
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Vacant
Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1946–1947
Succeeded by	Office disbanded
Constituency	Railway Employees
Member of Politburo, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
	In office; 1964–2008
Home Minister of West Bengal
	In office; 21 June 1977 – 1996
	In office; 25 February 1969 – 16 March 1970
Succeeded by	Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
Succeeded by
Other state Ministry offices
Minister of Planning and Development
	In office; 21 June 1977 – 5 November 2000
Minister of Finance
	In office; 1982–1984
Succeeded by	Ashok Mitra
Minister of General administration
	In office; 1977–2000
	In office; 1969–1970
Minister of Commerce, Industries and Industrial Reconstruction
	In office; 1993–2000
Preceded by	Kanailal Bhattacharyya
Succeeded by	Nirupam Sen
Personal details
Born	Jyotirindra Basu; 8 July 1914; Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	17 January 2010 (aged 95); Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Cause of death	Pneumonia
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (1964–2010); Communist Party of India (1940–1964)
Spouses	; Basanti Basu (m. 1940; died 1942) Kamala Basu (m. 1948; died 2003)
Children	Chandan Basu
Alma mater	Presidency College, Kolkata; University College, London; London School of Economics; Middle Temple
Signature
Website	https://jyotibasu.net/

Jyoti Basu (born Jyotirindra Basu; 8 July 1914 – 17 January 2010) was an Indian Marxist theorist, communist activist, and politician. He was one of the most prominent leaders of Communist movement in India. He served as the 6th and longest serving Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1977 to 2000. He was one of the founding members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the member of Politburo of the party since its formation in 1964 till 2008. He was also the member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly 11 times. In his political career, spanning over seven decades, he was noted to have been the India's longest serving chief minister in an elected democracy, at the time of his resignation. He was proposed for the post of Prime Minister of India for four times.

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