Siddhartha Shankar Ray

Siddhartha Shankar Ray
5th Chief Minister of West Bengal
In office 20 March 1972 – 30 April 1977
Preceded by	President's rule
Succeeded by	President's rule
18th Indian Ambassador to the United States
In office 1992–1996
Prime Minister	P. V. Narasimha Rao
Preceded by	Abid Hussain
Succeeded by	Naresh Chandra
18th Governor of Punjab
In office 2 April 1986 – 8 December 1989
Chief Minister	Surjit Singh Barnala (upto 11th June 1987)
Preceded by	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Succeeded by	Nirmal Mukarji
Minister of Education, Govt. of India
In office 1971–1972
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Preceded by	V.K.R.V. Rao
Succeeded by	S. Nurul Hasan
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1971–1972
Preceded by	Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee
Succeeded by	Maya Ray
Constituency	Raiganj
Leader of Opposition, West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office 1991–1992
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office 1957–1967
Preceded by	Mira Dutta Gupta
Succeeded by	constituency abolished
Constituency	Bhawanipur
In office 1967–1971
Preceded by	Bidhan Chandra Roy
Succeeded by	Shankar Ghose
Constituency	Chowranghee
In office 1972–1977
Preceded by	Mahammad Gafurur Rahman
Succeeded by	Shubhendu Chowdhury
Constituency	Maldaha
In office 1991–1992
Preceded by	Debi Prasad Chattopadhyay
Succeeded by	Anil Chatterjee
Constituency	Chowranghee
Personal details
Born	(1920-10-20)20 October 1920 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	6 November 2010(2010-11-06) (aged 90) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm) [1]
Spouse	Maya Ray
Alma mater	Presidency College, Calcutta Inner Temple (Barrister-at-Law)
Profession	Lawyer, Politician, Diplomat

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.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}