List of chief ministers of Bihar (original) (raw)

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Leader of the Executive of the Government of Bihar

Chief Minister of Bihar
Emblem of Bihar
IncumbentNitish Kumarsince 22 February 2015
Government of Bihar
Style	The Honourable (Formal)Mr./Mrs. Chief Minister (Informal)
Type	Head of Government
Status	Leader of the Executive
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	CabinetBihar Legislature
Reports to	Governor of Bihar Bihar Legislature
Residence	1, Aney Marg, Patna
Seat	Patna Secretariat
Nominator	Members of the Government of Bihar in Bihar Legislative Assembly
Appointer	Governor of Bihar by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Term length	At the confidence of the assemblyChief minister's term is for 5 years and is subject to no term limits.[1]
Precursor	Premier of Bihar
Inaugural holder	Shri Krishna Sinha
Formation	26 January 1950 (74 years ago) (1950-01-26)
Deputy	Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar
Salary	₹215,000 (US$2,600)/monthly ₹2,580,000 (US$31,000)/annually
Website	cm.bihar.gov.in

The chief minister of Bihar is the chief executive of the Indian state of Bihar. As per the Constitution of India, the Governor of Bihar is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Bihar Legislative Assembly, the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1]

From 1946, 23 people have been Chief Minister of Bihar. The current incumbent is Nitish Kumar who is having incumbency since 22 February 2015. The longest incumbent chief minister of Bihar held to Nitish Kumar.

Prime Ministers from Bihar

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The province of Bihar headquartered in Patna then comprised the present-day states Bihar and Jharkhand. On 1 April 1936, Bihar and Orissa became separate provinces by the partition of the province of Bihar and Orissa. Under the Government of India Act 1935, a bicameral legislature was set up with a legislative assembly and a legislative council with a government headed by the Premier.[2][3]

No.[a]	Portrait	Name	Term of Office	Party
Took office	Left office	Tenure
1		Mohammad Yunus	1 April 1937	19 July 1937	109 days	Muslim Independent Party
2		Shri Krishna Sinha	20 July 1937	31 October 1939	2 years, 103 days	Indian National Congress
(2)		Shri Krishna Sinha	23 March 1946	14 August 1947	1 year, 144 days	Indian National Congress

Chief Ministers of Bihar

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• [†] Assassinated or died in office

| # | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Assembly (Election) | Party[b] | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------- | --------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | 1 | | Shri Krishna Sinha | Kharagpur | 26 January 1950 | 29 April 1952 | 11 years, 5 days | Provincial(1946 election) | Indian National Congress | | | 29 April 1952 | 5 May 1957 | 1st(1952 election) | | | | | | | | | Sheikhpura | 5 May 1957 | 31 January 1961[†] | 2nd(1957 election) | | | | | | | | 2 | | Deep Narayan Singh | Hajipur | 1 February 1961 | 18 February 1961 | 17 days | | | | | 3 | | Binodanand Jha | Rajmahal | 18 February 1961 | 15 March 1962 | 2 years, 226 days | | | | | 15 March 1962 | 2 October 1963 | 3rd(1962 election) | | | | | | | | | 4 | | Krishna Ballabh Sahay | Patna West | 2 October 1963 | 5 March 1967 | 3 years, 154 days | | | | | 5 | | Mahamaya Prasad Sinha | Patna West | 5 March 1967 | 28 January 1968 | 329 days | 4th(1967 election) | Jana Kranti Dal | | | 6 | | Satish Prasad Singh | Parbatta | 28 January 1968 | 1 February 1968 | 4 days | Shoshit Dal | | | | 7 | | B. P. Mandal | MLC | 1 February 1968 | 22 March 1968 | 50 days | | | | | 8 | | Bhola Paswan Shastri | Korha | 22 March 1968 | 29 June 1968 | 99 days | Loktantrik Congress | | | | – | | Vacant[c] (President's rule) | N/A | 29 June 1968 | 26 February 1969 | 242 days | Dissolved | N/A | | | 9 | | Harihar Singh | Nayagram | 26 February 1969 | 22 June 1969 | 116 days | 5th(1969 election) | Indian National Congress | | | (8) | | Bhola Paswan Shastri | Korha | 22 June 1969 | 4 July 1969 | 12 days | Loktantrik Congress | | | | – | | Vacant[c] | N/A | 4 July 1969 | 16 February 1970 | 227 days | N/A | | | | 10 | | Daroga Prasad Rai | Parsa | 16 February 1970 | 22 December 1970 | 309 days | Indian National Congress (R) | | | | 11 | | Karpoori Thakur | Tajpur | 22 December 1970 | 2 June 1971 | 162 days | Samyukta Socialist Party | | | | (8) | | Bhola Paswan Shastri | Korha | 2 June 1971 | 9 January 1972 | 221 days | Loktantrik Congress | | | | – | | Vacant[c] | N/A | 9 January 1972 | 19 March 1972 | 70 days | Dissolved | N/A | | | 12 | | Kedar Pandey | Nautan | 19 March 1972 | 2 July 1973 | 1 year, 105 days | 6th(1972 election) | Indian National Congress | | | 13 | | Abdul Ghafoor | MLC | 2 July 1973 | 11 April 1975 | 1 year, 283 days | | | | | 14 | | Jagannath Mishra | Jhanjharpur | 11 April 1975 | 30 April 1977 | 2 years, 19 days | | | | | – | | Vacant[c] | N/A | 30 April 1977 | 24 June 1977 | 55 days | Dissolved | N/A | | | (11) | | Karpoori Thakur | Phulparas | 24 June 1977 | 21 April 1979 | 1 year, 301 days | 7th(1977 election) | Janata Party | | | 15 | | Ram Sundar Das | Sonepur | 21 April 1979 | 17 February 1980 | 302 days | | | | | – | | Vacant[c] | N/A | 17 February 1980 | 8 June 1980 | 112 days | | N/A | | | (14) | | Jagannath Mishra | Jhanjharpur | 8 June 1980 | 14 August 1983 | 3 years, 67 days | 8th(1980 election) | Indian National Congress | | | 16 | | Chandrashekhar Singh | MLC | 14 August 1983 | 12 March 1985 | 1 year, 210 days | | | | | 17 | | Bindeshwari Dubey | Shahpur | 12 March 1985 | 14 February 1988 | 2 years, 339 days | 9th(1985 election) | | | | 18 | | Bhagwat Jha Azad | MLC | 14 February 1988 | 11 March 1989 | 1 year, 25 days | | | | | 19 | | Satyendra Narayan Sinha | MLC | 11 March 1989 | 6 December 1989 | 270 days | | | | | (14) | | Jagannath Mishra | Jhanjharpur | 6 December 1989 | 10 March 1990 | 94 days | | | | | 20 | | Lalu Prasad Yadav | MLC | 10 March 1990 | 28 March 1995 | 5 years, 18 days | 10th(1990 election) | Janata Dal | | | – | | Vacant[c] | N/A | 28 March 1995 | 4 April 1995 | 7 days | Dissolved | N/A | | | (20) | | Lalu Prasad Yadav | Raghopur | 4 April 1995 | 25 July 1997 | 2 years, 112 days | 11th (1995 election) | Janata Dal | | | Rashtriya Janata Dal | | | | | | | | | | | 21 | | Rabri Devi | MLC | 25 July 1997 | 11 February 1999 | 1 year, 201 days | | | | | – | | Vacant[c]) | N/A | 11 February 1999 | 9 March 1999 | 26 days | N/A | | | | (21) | | Rabri Devi | MLC | 9 March 1999 | 3 March 2000 | 360 days | Rashtriya Janata Dal | | | | 22 | | Nitish Kumar | unelected | 3 March 2000 | 11 March 2000[5] | 8 days | 12th (2000 election) | Samata Party | | | (21) | | Rabri Devi [d] | Raghopur | 11 March 2000 | 7 March 2005 | 4 years, 361 days | Rashtriya Janata Dal | | | | – | | Vacant[c] | N/A | 7 March 2005 | 24 November 2005 | 262 days | 13th (Feb 2005 election) | N/A | | | (22) | | Nitish Kumar | MLC | 24 November 2005 | 26 November 2010 | 8 years, 177 days | 14th (Oct 2005 election) | Janata Dal (United) | | | 26 November 2010 | 20 May 2014 | 15th (2010 election) | | | | | | | | | 23 | | Jitan Ram Manjhi | Makhdumpur | 20 May 2014 | 22 February 2015 | 278 days | | | | | (22) | | Nitish Kumar | MLC | 22 February 2015 | 20 November 2015 | 9 years, 262 days | | | | | 20 November 2015 | 16 November 2020 | 16th (2015 election) | | | | | | | | | 16 November 2020 | Incumbent | 17th (2020 election) | | | | | | | |

Fraction of time of holding CMO by party (as of October 2024)

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1. ^ A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
2. ^ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.[4]
4. ^ On 15 November 2000, the new state of Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar.

One of the achievements of the Bihar Government is that they have launched a Medhasoft Application for the students so that deserving students in the state get scholarships and the amount will be directly transferred to their account. However, in order to get this, school authorities have to upload all their student's details in the Medhasoft web portal.

1. ^ a b Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Karnataka as well.
2. ^ "How Bihar was carved out of the Bengal Presidency in 1912". www.indianexpress.com. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
3. ^ "Nitish Kumar's government in Bihar not outvoted as much as outmanoeuvred by Laloo Yadav".
4. ^ "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.
5. ^ "Nitish Kumar's government in Bihar not outvoted as much as outmanoeuvred by Laloo Yadav".