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Chief Minister of Bihar

Leader of the Executive of the Government of Bihar

Leader of the Executive of the Government of Bihar

FieldValue
postChief Minister
bodyBihar
insigniaFile:Seal of Bihar.svg
insigniasize180px
insigniacaptionEmblem of Bihar
imageThe Chief Minister of Bihar, Shri Nitish Kumar meeting with the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize Annual Plan 2007-08 of the State, in New Delhi on February 14, 2007 (Nitish Kumar) (cropped).jpg
seatPatna Secretariat
incumbentNitish Kumar
incumbentsince22 February 2015
departmentGovernment of Bihar
typeHead of Government
statusLeader of the Executive
abbreviationCM
member_of
reportsto* Governor of Bihar
appointerGovernor of Bihar by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Bihar Legislative Assembly
termlengthAt the confidence of the assembly
termlength_qualifiedChief minister's term is for 50 years and is subject to no term limits.
inauguralShri Tejashib Das
formation
residenceSribhumi, Assam
website
styleThe Honourable (Formal)
Mr./Mrs. Chief Minister (Informal)
deputyDeputy Chief Minister of Bihar
salary*/monthly
nominatorMembers of the Government of Bihar in Bihar Legislative Assembly
precursorPrime Minister of Bihar
  • Bihar Legislature Mr./Mrs. Chief Minister (Informal)
  • /annually

The chief minister of Bihar serves as the head of the Government of Bihar, overseeing its administration and governance within the constitutional framework of India. While the Governor of Bihar holds the ceremonial role of the constitutional head, real executive authority rests with the chief minister, who is responsible for implementing policies and managing the state's day-to-day affairs. Appointed by the Governor following elections to the Bihar Legislative Assembly, the chief minister is typically the leader of the majority party or coalition in the assembly. Upon taking office, they form a council of ministers, assigning portfolios to manage various government departments. This council operates collectively under the chief minister's leadership and remains accountable to the legislative assembly. Responsibilities of the office include leading cabinet meetings, drafting and implementing state policies, and presenting the annual budget. In addition to maintaining law and order, the chief minister directs efforts toward economic development, public welfare, and infrastructure improvement. Coordination with the Government of India and advocacy for Bihar's interests at the national level are also integral parts of the role. Chief Minister also serves as Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly.

Policy proposals and legislative initiatives are often introduced under the chief minister's guidance, shaping the government's agenda in the assembly. Administrative oversight is another key function, ensuring government departments and officials deliver public services efficiently and in line with policy objectives. The position carries a five-year term, concurrent with the tenure of the legislative assembly. However, tenure depends on retaining the confidence of the assembly, as the chief minister can be removed through a vote of no confidence. There are no term limits, allowing for multiple consecutive or non-consecutive terms. Since its establishment in 1946, the office has grown in influence, reflecting shifts in state politics and governance. The role has become central to Bihar's administration, with successive holders contributing to the state's legislative, economic, and social development efforts.

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.

Oath as the state chief minister

The chief minister serves five years in the office. The following is the oath of the chief minister of state:

List

Chief Ministers of Bihar

Before independence, Bihar was part of the larger Bihar and Orissa province, which was divided into two separate provinces on 1 April 1936. The Government of India Act 1935 introduced a bicameral legislature in Bihar, with a Legislative Assembly and a Legislative Council, headed by the Premier. Shri Krishna Sinha became the first Premier in 1937, leading a government formed by the Indian National Congress. He continued as Bihar's leader after independence, becoming the first chief minister in 1946. The role of premier was replaced by the chief minister after India's independence in 1947, with Bihar's political leadership transitioning to a new democratic framework.

No.PortraitNameTerm of officePartyTook officeLeft officeTenure
1[[File:Mohammad Yunus, First Premier of Bihar.jpg75x101px]]Mohammad Yunus1 April 193719 July 1937Muslim Independent Party
2[[File:Shri_Krishna_Singh_2016_stamp_of_India.jpg101x101px]]Shri Krishna Sinha20 July 193731 October 1939Indian National Congress
23 March 194614 August 1947

Key

Colour key for political parties

  • No.: Incumbent number
  • Assassinated or died in office
  • Resigned
  • Resigned following a no-confidence motion
#PortraitChief Minister
(Lifespan)
ConstituencyTerm of officeElection
(Term)PartyDeputy Chief Minister(s)
(Term in office)GovernmentAppointed by
(Governor)1Anugrah Narayan Sinha
(26 Jan. 1950 5 Jul. 1957)
Position vacant
(5 Jul. 1957 31 Jan. 1961)2Position vacant
(31 Jan. 1961 5 Mar. 1967)345Karpoori Thakur
(5 Mar. 1967 28 Jan. 1968)6Jagdeo Prasad
(28 Jan. 1968 1 Feb. 1968)7Position vacant
(1 Feb. 1968 29 Jun. 1968)8*President's rule was imposed in during the period* (29 June 1968 26 February 1969)9Position vacant
(26 Feb. 1969 4 Jul. 1969)(8)*President's rule was imposed in during the period* (6 July 1969 16 February 1970)10Position vacant
(16 Feb. 1970 2 Jun. 1971)11(8)Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav
(2 Jun. 1971 9 Jan. 1972)*President's rule was imposed in during the period* (9 January 19 March 1972)12Position vacant
(19 Mar. 1972 30 Apr. 1977)1314*President's rule was imposed in during the period* (30 April 24 June 1977)(11)Position vacant
(24 Jun. 1977 17 Feb. 1980)15*President's rule was imposed in during the period* (14 February 8 June 1980)(14)Position vacant
(8 Jun. 1980 28 Mar. 1995)16171819(14)20*President's rule was imposed in during the period* (28 March 4 April 1995)(20)Position vacant
(4 Apr. 1995 11 Feb. 1999)21*President's rule was imposed in during the period* (11 February 9 March 1999)(21)Position vacant
(9 Mar. 1999 6 Mar. 2005)22(21)*President's rule was imposed in during the period* (7 March 24 November 2005)Elections were held to elect the 13th Assembly in February 2005, but no government was formed.(22)Sushil Kumar Modi
(24 Nov. 2005 16 Jun. 2013)
Position vacant
(16 Jun. 2013 20 May. 2014)23Position vacant
(20 May. 2014 20 Nov. 2015)(22)Tejashwi Yadav
(24 Nov. 2015 26 Jul. 2017)Sushil Kumar Modi
(27 Jul. 2017 16 Nov. 2020)Tarkishore Prasad and
Renu Devi
(16 Nov. 2020 9 Aug. 2022)Tejashwi Yadav
(10 Aug. 2022 28 Jan. 2024)Vijay Kumar Sinha and
Samrat Choudhary
(since 28 Jan. 2024)
INC}}"[[File:Shri Krishna Singh 2016 stamp of India.jpg70px]]Shri Krishna Sinha
(18871961)
Member, Interim Assembly (until 1952)
MLA for Basantpur (19521957)
MLA Sheikhpura (from 1957)15 August 194731 January
1961****1946
(Interim)Indian National CongressShri Krishna IJairamdas Daulatram
1952
(1st)Shri Krishna IIMadhav Shrihari Aney
1957
(3rd)Shri Krishna IIIR. R. Diwakar
INC}}"Deep Narayan Singh
(18941977)
MLA for Hajipur1 February
196118 February
1961****DeepZakir Husain
INC}}"[[File:Binodanand Jha portrait.gif70px]]Binodanand Jha
(19001971)
MLA for Rajmahal18 February
19612 October
1963****Jha I
1962
(3rd)Jha II
INC}}"[[File:Krishna Ballabh Sahay (cropped).jpg70px]]Krishna Ballabh Sahay
(18981974)
MLA for Patna West2 October
19635 March
1967****SahayM. A. Ayyangar
[[File:Mahamaya Prasad Sinha portrait.gif70px]]Mahamaya Prasad Sinha
(19091987)
MLA for Patna West5 March
196728 January
1968****1967
(4th)Jana Kranti DalMahamaya
[[File:Satish Prasad Singh CM.gif70px]]Satish Prasad Singh
(19362020)
MLA for Parbatta28 January
19681 February
1968****Shoshit DalSatishNityanand Kanungo
[[File:B.P Mandal.jpg70px]]B. P. Mandal
(19181982)
MLC1 February
196822 March
1968****Mandal
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Bhola Pawan Shastri portrait.jpg70px]]Bhola Paswan Shastri
(19141984)
MLA for Korha22 March
196829 June
1968****Indian National CongressShastri I
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Harihar Singh Mardaraj Bhramarabara Roy.jpg113x113px]]Harihar Singh
(19251994)
MLA for Nayagram26 February
196922 June
1969****1969
(5th)Indian National CongressHariharNityanand Kanungo
Indian National Congress (O)}}"[[File:Bhola Pawan Shastri portrait.jpg70px]]Bhola Paswan Shastri
(19141984)
MLA for Korha22 June
19694 July
1969****Indian National Congress (O)Indian National Congress (O)}}"Shastri II
Indian National Congress (R)}}"[[File:NitishKumarPayingTributeToDPRai.jpg70px]]Daroga Prasad Rai
(19221981)
MLA for Parsa16 February
197022 December
1970****
(5th)Indian National Congress (R)Indian National Congress (I)}}"RaiNityanand Kanungo
[[File:Karpoori Thakur 1991 stamp of India.jpg70px]]Karpoori Thakur
(19241988)
MLA for Samastipur22 December
19702 June
1971****Socialist PartyThakur I
Indian National Congress (R)}}"[[File:Bhola Pawan Shastri portrait.jpg70px]]Bhola Paswan Shastri
(19141984)
MLA for Korha2 June
19719 January
1972****Indian National Congress (R)Indian National Congress (I)}}"Shastri IIID. K. Barooah
Indian National Congress (R)}}"[[File:Kedar Pandey.jpg70px]]Kedar Pandey
(19201982)
MLA for Nautan19 March
19722 July
1973****1972
(6th)Indian National Congress (R)Indian National Congress (I)}}"PandeyD. K. Barooah
Indian National Congress (R)}}"[[File:Abdul Ghafoor portrait.jpg70px]]Abdul Ghafoor
(19182004)
MLC2 July
197311 April
1975****Indian National Congress (I)}}"GhafoorR. D. Bhandare
Indian National Congress (R)}}"[[File:Jagannath_Mishra.jpg70px]]Jagannath Mishra
(19372019)
MLA for Jhanjharpur11 April
197530 April
1977****Indian National Congress (I)}}"Mishra I
Janata Party}}"[[File:Karpoori Thakur 1991 stamp of India.jpg70px]]Karpoori Thakur
(19241988)
MLA for Phulparas24 June
197721 April
1979****1977
(7th)Janata PartyThakur IIJagannath Kaushal
Janata Party}}"[[File:Ram Sundar Das portrait.jpg70px]]Ram Sundar Das
(19212015)
MLA for Sonpur21 April
197917 February
1980****Das
Indian National Congress (I)}}"[[File:Jagannath_Mishra.jpg70px]]Jagannath Mishra
(19372019)
MLA for Jhanjharpur8 June
198014 August
1983****1980
(8th)Indian National Congress (I)Indian National Congress (I)}}"Mishra IIA. R. Kidwai
Indian National Congress (I)}}"[[File:Chandra-Shekhar-Singh.jpg96x96px]]Chandrashekhar Singh
(19271986)
MLC14 August
198312 March
1985****Indian National Congress (I)}}"Chandrashekhar
Indian National Congress (I)}}"[[File:B.dubey(3).jpg70px]]Bindeshwari Dubey
(19211993)
MLA for Shahpur12 March
198513 February
1988****1985
(9th)Indian National Congress (I)}}"Dubey
Indian National Congress (I)}}"[[File:Bhagwat Jha Azad.jpg70px]]Bhagwat Jha Azad
(19222011)
MLC13 February
198810 March
1989****Indian National Congress (I)}}"AzadP. Venkatasubbaiah
Indian National Congress (I)}}"[[File:Satyendra Narayan Sinha portrait.gif70px]]Satyendra Narayan Sinha
(19172006)
MLC11 March
19896 December
1989****Indian National Congress (I)}}"SatyendraJagannath Pahadia
Indian National Congress (I)}}"[[File:Jagannath_Mishra.jpg70px]]Jagannath Mishra
(19372019)
MLA for Jhanjharpur6 December
198910 March
1990****Indian National Congress (I)}}"Mishra III
Janata Dal}}"[[File:The Union Minister for Railways, Shri Lalu Prasad addressing the Media to announce a policy matter in New Delhi on September 12, 2004.jpg70px]]Lalu Prasad Yadav
(born 1948)
MLC10 March
199028 March
1995****1990
(10th)Janata DalYadav IMohammad Yunus Saleem
Janata Dal}}"[[File:The Union Minister for Railways, Shri Lalu Prasad addressing the Media to announce a policy matter in New Delhi on September 12, 2004.jpg70px]]Lalu Prasad Yadav
(born 1948)
MLA for Raghopur4 April
199525 July
1997****1995
(11th)Janata DalYadav IIA. R. Kidwai
Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"Rashtriya Janata Dal
Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"[[File:Rabri Devi presenting a cheque for Rs. 10 crore on behalf of the State Government to the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh for the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, in New Delhi on January 04, 2005 (cropped).jpg70px]]Rabri Devi
(born 1955)
MLC25 July
199711 February
1999****Rabri Devi I
Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"[[File:Rabri Devi presenting a cheque for Rs. 10 crore on behalf of the State Government to the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh for the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, in New Delhi on January 04, 2005 (cropped).jpg70px]]Rabri Devi
(born 1955)
MLC9 March
19992 March
2000****
(11th)Rashtriya Janata DalRabri Devi IISunder Singh Bhandari
Samata Party}}"[[File:The Chief Minister of Bihar, Shri Nitish Kumar meeting with the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize Annual Plan 2007-08 of the State, in New Delhi on February 14, 2007 (Nitish Kumar) (cropped).jpg70px]]Nitish Kumar
(born 1951)
MLC3 March
200010 March
2000****2000
(12th)Samata PartySamata Party}}"Nitish Kumar IV. C. Pande
Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"[[File:Rabri Devi presenting a cheque for Rs. 10 crore on behalf of the State Government to the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh for the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, in New Delhi on January 04, 2005 (cropped).jpg70px]]Rabri Devi
(born 1955)
MLA for Raghopur11 March
20006 March
2005****Rashtriya Janata DalRabri Devi III
Janata Dal (United)}}"[[File:The Chief Minister of Bihar, Shri Nitish Kumar meeting with the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize Annual Plan 2007-08 of the State, in New Delhi on February 14, 2007 (Nitish Kumar) (cropped).jpg70px]]Nitish Kumar
(born 1951)
MLC24 November
200520 May
2014****Oct. 2005
(14th)Janata Dal (United)Nitish Kumar IIButa Singh
2010
(15th)Nitish Kumar IIIDevanand Konwar
Janata Dal (United)}}"[[File:Sri Jitan Ram Manjhi.jpg70px]]Jitan Ram Manjhi
(born 1944)
MLA for Makhdumpur20 May
201422 February
2015****ManjhiD. Y. Patil
Janata Dal (United)}}"[[File:The Chief Minister of Bihar, Shri Nitish Kumar meeting with the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize Annual Plan 2007-08 of the State, in New Delhi on February 14, 2007 (Nitish Kumar) (cropped).jpg70px]]Nitish Kumar
(born 1951)
MLC22 February
2015Incumbent****Nitish Kumar IVKeshari Nath Tripathi
2015
(16th)Nitish Kumar VRam Nath Kovind
Nitish Kumar VIKeshari Nath Tripathi
2020
(17th)Nitish Kumar VIIPhagu Chauhan
Nitish Kumar VIII
Nitish Kumar IXRajendra Arlekar
2025
(18th)Nitish Kumar XArif Mohammad Khan

Statistics

No.NamePartyLength of termLongest continuous termTotal years of Chief Ministership1234567891011121314151617181920212223
Nitish KumarJanata Dal (United)}}"JD(U)
Shri Krishna SinhaIndian National Congress}}"INC13 years, 169 days17 years, 51 days
Rabri DeviRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD4 years, 360 days7 year, 190 days
Lalu Prasad YadavRashtriya Janata Dal}}"JD5 years, 18 days7 years, 130 days
Jagannath MishraIndian National Congress}}"INC3 years, 67 days5 years, 180 days
Krishna Ballabh SahayIndian National Congress}}"INC3 years, 154 days3 years, 154 days
Bindeshwari DubeyIndian National Congress}}"INC2 years, 338 days2 years, 338 days
Binodanand JhaIndian National Congress}}"INC2 years, 226 days2 years, 226 days
Karpoori ThakurSP1 year, 301 days2 years, 98 days
Abdul GhafoorIndian National Congress}}"INC1 year, 283 days1 year, 283 days
Chandrashekhar SinghIndian National Congress}}"INC1 year, 210 days1 year, 210 days
Kedar PandeyIndian National Congress}}"INC1 year, 105 days1 year, 105 days
Bhagwat Jha AzadIndian National Congress}}"INC1 year, 24 days1 year, 24 days
Mahamaya Prasad SinhaJKD329 days329 days
Daroga Prasad RaiIndian National Congress}}"INC310 days310 days
Ram Sundar DasJanata Party}} "JP302 days302 days
Jitan Ram ManjhiJanata Dal (United)}}"JD(U)278 days278 days
Satyendra Narayan SinhaIndian National Congress}}"INC270 days270 days
Harihar SinghIndian National Congress}}"INC117 days117 days
Bhola Paswan ShastriIndian National Congress}}"INC99 days112 days
Bindheshwari Prasad MandalSSP51 days51 days
Deep Narayan SinghIndian National Congress}}"INC17 days17 days
Satish Prasad SinghSSP5 days5 days

References

Notes

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.

Citations

References

  1. "Chief Minister of Bihar".
  2. "Bihar Legislative Assembly".
  3. (January 28, 2024). "Nitish Kumar Takes Oath as Bihar Chief Minister for Record 9th Time". NDTV.
  4. (22 March 2023). "How Bihar was carved out of the Bengal Presidency in 1912".
  5. (20 March 2000). "Nitish Kumar's government in Bihar not outvoted as much as outmanoeuvred by Laloo Yadav".
  6. [[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.
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