List of chief ministers of Bihar
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Chief Minister of Bihar | |
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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 | |
Reports to | |
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 assembly Chief 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 |
Deputy | Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar |
Salary |
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Website | cm |
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 inaugural holder was Sri Krishna Sinha of the Indian National Congress party, he also has the longest incumbency. The current incumbent is Nitish Kumar who is having incumbency since 22 February 2015.
Premiers of Bihar[edit]
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]
Key[edit]
Colour key for political parties
No.[lower-alpha 1] | Portrait | Name | Term of Office | Party | ||
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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 | |
(2) | Shri Krishna Sinha | 23 March 1946 | 14 August 1947 | 1 year, 144 days | Indian National |
Chief ministers of Bihar[edit]
- Key
- No.: Incumbent number
- † Assassinated or died in office
- § Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term
- RES Resigned
- NC Resigned following a no-confidence motion
No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Tenure length | Assembly (Election) | Party[lower-alpha 2] | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sri Krishna Sinha | Interim Government | 15 August 1947 | 24 March 1952 | 13 years, 169 days | INTERIM GOVERNMENT | Indian National Congress | ||
Basantpur | 25 March 1952 | 24 February 1957 | 1st Assembly | ||||||
Sheikhpura | 25 February 1957 | 31 January 1961 | 2nd Assembly | ||||||
2 | Deep Narayan Singh | Hajipur | 1 February 1961 | 18 February 1961 | 17 days | ||||
3 | Binodanand Jha | Rajmahal | 18 February 1961 | 2 October 1963 | 2 years, 226 days | 3rd Assembly | |||
4 | K. B. 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 Assembly
(1967 election) |
Jana Kranti Dal | ||
6 | Satish Prasad Singh | Parbatta | 28 January 1968 | 1 February 1968 | 5 days | Shoshit Dal | |||
7 | B. P. Mandal | MLC | 1 February 1968 | 22 March 1968 | 51 days | ||||
8 | Bhola Paswan Shastri | Korha | 22 March 1968 | 29 June 1968 | 100 days | Indian National Congress | |||
– | Vacant[lower-alpha 3] (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 | 117 days | 5th Assembly | Indian National Congress | ||
(8) | Bhola Paswan Shastri | Korha | 22 June 1969 | 4 July 1969 | 13 days | Indian National Congress (O) | |||
– | Vacant[lower-alpha 3] | N/A | 6 July 1969 | 16 February 1970 | 225 days | N/A | |||
10 | Daroga Prasad Rai | Parsa | 16 February 1970 | 22 December 1970 | 310 days | Indian National Congress | |||
11 | Karpoori Thakur | Samastipur | 22 December 1970 | 2 June 1971 | 163 days | Socialist Party | |||
(8) | Bhola Paswan Shastri | Korha | 2 June 1971 | 9 January 1972 | 222 days | Indian National Congress | |||
– | Vacant[lower-alpha 3] | 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 Assembly | 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[lower-alpha 3] | 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 Assembly | Janata Party | ||
15 | Ram Sundar Das | Sonepur | 21 April 1979 | 17 February 1980 | 302 days | ||||
– | Vacant[lower-alpha 3] | 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 Assembly | Indian National Congress | ||
16 | Chandrashekhar Singh | MLC | 14 August 1983 | 12 March 1985 | 1 year, 210 days | ||||
17 | Bindeshwari Dubey | Shahpur | 12 March 1985 | 13 February 1988 | 2 years, 338 days | 9th Assembly | |||
18 | Bhagwat Jha Azad | MLC | 14 February 1988 | 10 March 1989 | 1 year, 24 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 Assembly | Janata Dal | ||
– | Vacant[lower-alpha 3] | 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 Assembly | Janata Dal | ||
Rashtriya Janata Dal | |||||||||
21 | Rabri Devi | MLC | 25 July 1997 | 11 February 1999 | 1 year, 201 days | ||||
– | Vacant[lower-alpha 3]) | N/A | 11 February 1999 | 9 March 1999 | 26 days | N/A | |||
(21) | Rabri Devi | MLC | 9 March 1999 | 2 March 2000 | 359 days | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |||
22 | Nitish Kumar [lower-alpha 4] | MLC | 3 March 2000 | 10 March 2000 | 7 days | 12th Assembly | Samta Party | ||
(21) | Rabri Devi | Raghopur | 11 March 2000 | 6 March 2005 | 4 years, 360 days | Rashtriya Janata Dal[4] | |||
– | Vacant[lower-alpha 3] | N/A | 7 March 2005 | 24 November 2005 | 262 days | 13th Assembly (Feb 2005 election) |
N/A | ||
(22) | Nitish Kumar | MLC | 24 November 2005 | 26 November 2010 | 8 years, 177 days | 14th Assembly (Oct 2005 election) |
Janata Dal (United) | ||
26 November 2010 | 20 May 2014 | 15th Assembly | |||||||
23 | Jitan Ram Manjhi | Makhdumpur | 20 May 2014 | 22 February 2015 | 278 days | ||||
(22) | Nitish Kumar | MLC | 22 February 2015 | Incumbent | 9 years, 35 days | ||||
16th Assembly | |||||||||
17th Assembly |
Statistics[edit]
- List of chief ministers by length of term
No. | Name | Party | Length of term | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Longest continuous term | Total years of premiership | ||||
2 | Shri Krishna Sinha | INC | 14 years, 314 days | 17 years, 52 days | |
1 | Nitish Kumar | JD(U) | 9 years, 35 days | 16 years,318 days | |
3 | Rabri Devi | RJD | 4 years, 360 days | 7 year, 190 days | |
4 | Lalu Prasad Yadav | RJD | 5 years, 18 days | 7 years, 130 days | |
5 | Jagannath Mishra | INC | 3 years, 67 days | 5 years, 180 days | |
6 | Krishna Ballabh Sahay | INC | 3 years, 154 days | 3 years, 154 days | |
7 | Bindeshwari Dubey | INC | 2 years, 338 days | 2 years, 338 days | |
8 | Binodanand Jha | INC | 2 years, 226 days | 2 years, 226 days | |
9 | Karpoori Thakur | SP | 1 year, 301 days | 2 years, 98 days | |
10 | Abdul Gafoor | INC | 1 year, 283 days | 1 year, 283 days | |
11 | Chandrashekhar Singh | INC | 1 year, 210 days | 1 year, 210 days | |
12 | Kedar Pandey | INC | 1 year, 105 days | 1 year, 105 days | |
13 | Bhagwat Jha Azad | INC | 1 year, 24 days | 1 year, 24 days | |
14 | Mahamaya Prasad Sinha | JKD | 329 days | 329 days | |
15 | Daroga Prasad Rai | INC | 310 days | 310 days | |
16 | Ram Sundar Das | JP | 302 days | 302 days | |
17 | Jitan Ram Manjhi | JD(U) | 278 days | 278 days | |
18 | Satyendra Narayan Sinha | INC | 270 days | 270 days | |
19 | Harihar Singh | INC | 117 days | 117 days | |
20 | Bhola Paswan Shastri | INC | 99 days | 112 days | |
21 | Bindheshwari Prasad Mandal | SSP | 51 days | 51 days | |
22 | Deep Narayan Singh | INC | 17 days | 17 days | |
23 | Satish Prasad Singh | SSP | 5 days | 5 days |
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Political Party[edit]
Political Party | Chief Ministers | Term | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Shortest | Longest | Total | ||
Indian National Congress | Sri Krishna Sinha
Jagannath Mishra (3) |
0 years, 17 days | 13 years, 169 days | 33 years, 148 days |
Samata Party | Nitish Kumar (3) | 0 years, 7 days | 8 years, 177 days | 16 years, 98days |
Rashtriya Janata Dal | Rabri Devi | 0 years, 359 days | 4 years, 360 days | 7 year, 190 days |
Janata Dal | Lalu Prasad Yadav | 2 years, 112 days | 5 years, 18 days | 7 years, 130 days |
President's rule | None | 0 years, 7 days | 0 years, 291 days | 4 years, 49 days |
Janata Party | Karpoori Thakur | 2 years, 238 days | 2 years, 238 days | 2 years, 238 days |
Jana Kranti Dal | Mahamaya Prasad Sinha | 0 years, 329 days | 0 years, 329 days | 0 years, 329 days |
Socialist Party | Karpoori Thakur | 0 years, 163 days | 0 years, 163 days | 0 years, 163 days |
Indian National Congress (O) | Bhola Paswan Shastri | 0 years, 13 days | 0 years, 13 days | 0 years, 13 days |
Samyukta Socialist Party | Satish Prasad Singh | 0 years, 5 days | 0 years, 51 days | 0 years, 56 days |
Living former chief ministers of Bihar[edit]
As of 28 March 2024, there are three living former chief ministers of Bihar:
Jitan Ram Manjhi
(2014–2015)
6 October 1944Rabri Devi
(1997–1999, 1999–2000, 2000–2005)
1 January 1956Lalu Prasad Yadav
(1990–1995, 1995–1997)
11 June 1948
The most recent death of a former chief minister was that of Jagannath Mishra on 19 August 2019 aged 82.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 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.[3]
- ↑ 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.
Citations[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. Cite error: Invalid
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tag; name "term1" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ "How Bihar was carved out of the Bengal Presidency in 1912". www.indianexpress.com. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ↑ "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.
- ↑ "Nitish Kumar's government in Bihar not outvoted as much as outmanoeuvred by Laloo Yadav".