Siddhartha Shankar Ray

Siddhartha Shankar Ray (20 October 1920 – 6 November 2010) was an Indian lawyer, diplomat and Indian National Congress politician from West Bengal. In his political career he held a number of offices, including Chief Minister of West Bengal (1972–77), Union Minister of Education (1971–72), Governor of Punjab (1986–89) and Indian Ambassador to the United States (1992–96). He was, at one point, the main troubleshooter for the Congress Party.

Siddhartha Shankar Ray
5th Chief Minister of West Bengal
In office
20 March 1972 – 30 April 1977
GovernorAnthony Lancelot Dias
Preceded byPresident's rule
(Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee as Chief Minister)
Succeeded byPresident's rule
(Jyoti Basu as Chief Minister)
18th Indian Ambassador to the United States
In office
1992–1996
Prime MinisterP. V. Narasimha Rao
Preceded byAbid Hussain
Succeeded byNaresh Chandra
22nd Governor of Punjab
In office
2 April 1986 – 8 December 1989
Chief MinisterSurjit Singh Barnala
(upto 11th June 1987)
Preceded byShankar Dayal Sharma
Succeeded byNirmal Mukarji
Minister of Education
In office
1971–1972
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Preceded byV.K.R.V. Rao
Succeeded byS. Nurul Hasan
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1971–1972
Preceded byChapala Kanta Bhattacharjee
Succeeded byMaya Ray
ConstituencyRaiganj
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1957–1967
Preceded byMira Dutta Gupta
Succeeded byconstituency abolished
ConstituencyBhawanipur
In office
1967–1971
Preceded byBidhan Chandra Roy
Succeeded byShankar Ghose
ConstituencyChowranghee
In office
1972–1977
Preceded byMahammad Gafurur Rahman
Succeeded byShubhendu Chowdhury
ConstituencyMaldaha
In office
1991–1992
Preceded byDebi Prasad Chattopadhyay
Succeeded byAnil Chatterjee
ConstituencyChowranghee
Personal details
Born(1920-10-20)20 October 1920
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died6 November 2010(2010-11-06) (aged 90)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Height6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
SpouseMaya Ray
Alma materPresidency College, Calcutta
Inner Temple (Barrister-at-Law)
ProfessionLawyer, Politician, Diplomat
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