Jyoti Basu Politician

Jyoti Basu (Bengali: জ্যোতি বসু; 8 July 1914 – 17 January 2010); or Jyotirindra Basu was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from West Bengal, India. He served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal state from 1977 to 2000, making him the longest-serving Chief Minister in the country's history. Basu was a member of the CPI(M) Politburo from the time of the party's founding(The CPI(M) was formed at the Seventh Congress of the Communist Party of India held in Calcutta from October 31 to November 7, 1964) in 1964 until 2008. From 2008 until his death in 2010 he remained a permanent invitee to the central committee of the party.

Personal facts

Birth date	July 08, 1914
Birth place	Kolkata , Bengal Presidency , British Raj
Religion	Atheism
Date of death	January 17, 2010
Place of death	India , Kolkata , West Bengal
Residence	India , Kolkata , West Bengal
Education	Presidency University Kolkata