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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{short description|Indian politician (5 August 1955)}}
{{other people|Prem Kumar}}
{{other people|Prem Kumar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name         = Prem Kumar
| name               = Dr. Prem Kumar
| image       =  
| image               = File:PREM Kumar (cropped).jpg
| office       = Minister of Animal Husbandry & Fisheries<br/>[[Government of Bihar]]
| office             =18th [[List of speakers of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start  = 2 June 2019
| term_start            = 2 December 2025
| term_end    = 16 November 2020
| 1blankname          = [[Chief Minister of Bihar|Chief Minister]]&lt;br/&gt;[[Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar|Dy. Chief Ministers]]
| 1blankname  = [[Chief Minister of Bihar|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata          = [[Nitish Kumar]]&lt;br&gt; [[Samrat Choudhary]] &amp; [[Vijay Kumar Sinha]]
| 1namedata    = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| 2namedata =[[Narendra Narayan Yadav]] |2blankname = Deputy Speaker| predecessor        = [[Nand Kishore Yadav]]
| predecessor  = [[Ram Vichar Ray]]
| office1            = [[List of ministers of co-operatives of Bihar|Minister of Co-operative]] &lt;br/&gt;[[Government of Bihar]]
| successor    = [[Mukesh Sahani]]
| term_start1          = 28 January 2024
| office1      = Minister of Agriculture<br/>[[Government of Bihar]]
| term_end1            = 20 November 2025
| term_start1  = 29 July 2017
| 1blankname1          = [[Chief Minister of Bihar|Chief Minister]]
| term_end1    = 16 November 2020
| 1namedata1          = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| 1blankname1  = [[Chief Minister of Bihar|Chief Minister]]
| predecessor1        = [[Surendra Prasad Yadav]]
| 1namedata1  = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| successor1        = Pramod Chandravanshi
| predecessor1 = [[Ram Vichar Ray]]
| office2            =
| successor1  = [[Amrendra Pratap Singh]]
Minister of Environment and Forest &lt;br/&gt;[[Government of Bihar]]
| office2      = [[List of leaders of the opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly|Leader of Opposition<br/>Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2          = 28 January 2024
| term_start2  = 4 December 2015
| term_end2            = 26 February 2025
| term_end2    = 28 July 2017
| 1blankname2          = [[Chief Minister of Bihar|Chief Minister]]
| predecessor2 = [[Nand Kishore Yadav]]
| 1namedata2          = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| successor2  = [[Tejashwi Yadav]]
| predecessor2        = [[Tej Pratap Yadav]]
| 1blankname2  = [[Chief Minister]]
| successor2          =[[Sunil Kumar (born 1957)|Sunil Kumar]]
| 1namedata2  = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| office3            = Minister of Agriculture &lt;br/&gt; [[Government of Bihar]]
| office3      = Minister of Urban Development & Housing<br/>[[Government of Bihar]]
| term_start3        = 29 July 2017
| term_start3  = 26 November 2010
| term_end3          = 16 November 2020
| term_end3    = 16 June 2013
| 1blankname3        = [[Chief Minister of Bihar|Chief Minister]]
| 1blankname3  = [[Chief Minister of Bihar|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata3          = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| 1namedata3  = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| predecessor3        = [[Ram Vichar Ray]]
| predecessor3 = [[Sushil Kumar Modi]]
| successor3          = [[Amrendra Pratap Singh]]
| successor3  =  
| office4            = [[List of leaders of the opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly|Leader of Opposition &lt;br/&gt; Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| office4      = Minister of Public Works Department<br/>[[Government of Bihar]]
| term_start4        = 4 December 2015
| term_start4  = 13 April 2008
| term_end4          = 28 July 2017
| term_end4    = 26 November 2010
| 1blankname4        = [[Chief Minister]]
| 1blankname4  = [[Chief Minister of Bihar|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata4          = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| 1namedata4  = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| predecessor4      = [[Nand Kishore Yadav]]
| predecessor4 = [[Nand Kishore Yadav]]
| successor4          = [[Tejashwi Yadav]]
| successor4  = [[Nand Kishore Yadav]]
| office5            = Minister of Urban Development &amp; Housing &lt;br/&gt; [[Government of Bihar]]
| office5      = Minister of Public Health Engineering Department<br/>[[Government of Bihar]]
| term_start5        = 26 November 2010
| term_start5  = 24 November 2005
| term_end5          = 16 June 2013
| term_end5    = 13 April 2008
| 1blankname5        = [[Chief Minister of Bihar|Chief Minister]]
| 1blankname5  = [[Chief Minister of Bihar|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata5        = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| 1namedata5  = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| predecessor5        = [[Sushil Kumar Modi]]
| predecessor5 =  
| successor5          =  
| successor5  = [[Ashwini Kumar Choubey]]
| office6            = Minister of Public Works Department &lt;br/&gt;[[Government of Bihar]]
| office6      = Member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start6        = 13 April 2008
| term_start6  = 1990
| term_end6          = 26 November 2010
| term_end6    =  
| 1blankname6        = [[Chief Minister of Bihar|Chief Minister]]
| predecessor6  = Jai Kumar Palit
| 1namedata6          = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| successor6    =  
| predecessor6        = [[Nand Kishore Yadav]]
| constituency6 = [[Gaya Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gaya Town]]
| successor6        = [[Nand Kishore Yadav]]
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1955|08|5|df=y}}
| office7            = Minister of Public Health Engineering Department &lt;br/&gt; [[Government of Bihar]]
| birth_place = [[Gaya, Bihar]], India
| term_start7        = 24 November 2005
| alma_mater   = [[Magadh University]] M.A., LL.B., PhD. (History)
| term_end7          = 13 April 2008
| party       = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 1blankname7        = [[Chief Minister of Bihar|Chief Minister]]
| spouse       = Prabhawati Devi
| 1namedata7          = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| children     = Two
| predecessor7        =  
| successor7          = [[Ashwini Kumar Choubey]]
| office8            = Member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start8        = 1990
| term_end8          =  
| predecessor8        = Jai Kumar Palit
| successor8          =  
| constituency8      = [[Gaya Town Assembly constituency|Gaya Town]]
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1955|08|5|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Gaya, Bihar]], India
| alma_mater         = [[Magadh University]] MA, LLB, PhD (History)
| party               = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| spouse             = Prabhawati Devi
| children           = 2
}}
}}
'''Prem Kumar''' is an Indian politician. He is a member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] elected eight times from [[Gaya Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gaya Town]] assembly constituency.
'''Dr. Prem Kumar''' (born 5 August 1955) is an Indian politician who currently serves as the eighteenth [[List of speakers of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|Speaker]] of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] since 2025. He is a member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] elected nine times from [[Gaya Town Assembly constituency|Gaya Town]] assembly constituency.&lt;ref name="2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Gaya Town"&gt;{{cite news |date=14 November 2025 |title=2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Gaya Town |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04230.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251126065850/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04230.htm |archive-date=26 November 2025 |access-date=26 November 2025 |work= |publisher=Election Commission of India |language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name="Gaya Town Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025"&gt;{{cite news |date=14 November 2025 |title=Gaya Town Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-show/gaya-town |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251126065851/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-show/gaya-town |archive-date=26 November 2025 |access-date=26 November 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt;


He has completed his PHD from [[Magadh University]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|title=Race in Bihar Bjp for minister candidate|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/bihar/race-in-bihar-bjp-for-chief-minister-candidate_949649.html|website=Zee News}}</ref>
He has completed his PhD from [[Magadh University]] in 1999.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|title=Race in Bihar Bjp for minister candidate|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/bihar/race-in-bihar-bjp-for-chief-minister-candidate_949649.html|website=Zee News}}&lt;/ref&gt;


Prem was elected the [[Leader of the Opposition (India)|leader of the opposition]] in the Bihar assembly formed after [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|assembly election in October, 2015]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-bjp-leader-prem-kumar-becomes-leader-of-opposition-in-bihar-assembly-2150186|title=BJP leader Prem Kumar becomes leader of Opposition in Jharkhand assembly|work=Daily News and Analysis|date=29 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Prem Kumar|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/bihar-assembly-election-candidates-list-2020/prem-kumar-04230-1|website=NDTV}}</ref>
Kumar was elected as the [[Leader of the Opposition (India)|leader of the opposition]] in the Bihar assembly formed after [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|assembly election in October 2015]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-bjp-leader-prem-kumar-becomes-leader-of-opposition-in-bihar-assembly-2150186|title=BJP leader Prem Kumar becomes leader of Opposition in Jharkhand assembly|work=Daily News and Analysis|date=29 November 2015}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|title=Prem Kumar|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/bihar-assembly-election-candidates-list-2020/prem-kumar-04230-1|website=NDTV}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 
Prem Kumar was elected unanimously as Bihar Assembly Speaker on 1 December 2025.&lt;ref name="BJP’s Prem Kumar unanimously elected Bihar House speaker"&gt;{{cite news |date=2 December 2025 |title=BJP’s Prem Kumar unanimously elected Bihar House speaker |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/patna-news/bjps-prem-kumar-unanimously-elected-bihar-house-speaker-101764675967058.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20251203074531/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/patna-news/bjps-prem-kumar-unanimously-elected-bihar-house-speaker-101764675967058.html |archivedate=3 December 2025 |accessdate=3 December 2025 |publisher=Hindustan Times |language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name="Bihar Politics: Prem Kumar Elected Bihar Assembly Speaker"&gt;{{cite news |date=2 December 2025 |title=Bihar Politics: Prem Kumar Elected Bihar Assembly Speaker |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/bihar/winning-three-hat-tricks-in-a-row-nine-term-bjp-mla-prem-kumar-is-now-bihar-speaker-3817178 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20251203074605/https://www.deccanherald.com/india/bihar/winning-three-hat-tricks-in-a-row-nine-term-bjp-mla-prem-kumar-is-now-bihar-speaker-3817178 |archivedate=3 December 2025 |accessdate=3 December 2025 |publisher=Deccan Herald |language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name="From teen in RSS shakha to Speaker's Chair: Bihar BJP leader Prem Kumar's long journey"&gt;{{cite news |date=2 December 2025 |title=From teen in RSS shakha to Speaker's Chair: Bihar BJP leader Prem Kumar's long journey |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2025/Dec/02/from-teen-in-rss-shakha-to-speakers-chair-bihar-bjp-leader-prem-kumars-long-journey |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20251203074642/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2025/Dec/02/from-teen-in-rss-shakha-to-speakers-chair-bihar-bjp-leader-prem-kumars-long-journey |archivedate=3 December 2025 |accessdate=3 December 2025 |publisher=The New Indian Express |language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt;


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For other people named Prem Kumar, see Prem Kumar (disambiguation).

Dr. Prem Kumar
18th Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2 December 2025
Chief Minister<br/>Dy. Chief MinistersNitish Kumar<br> Samrat Choudhary & Vijay Kumar Sinha
Deputy SpeakerNarendra Narayan Yadav
Preceded byNand Kishore Yadav
Minister of Co-operative <br/>Government of Bihar
In office
28 January 2024 – 20 November 2025
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Preceded bySurendra Prasad Yadav
Succeeded byPramod Chandravanshi
Minister of Environment and Forest <br/>Government of Bihar
In office
28 January 2024 – 26 February 2025
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Preceded byTej Pratap Yadav
Succeeded bySunil Kumar
Minister of Agriculture <br/> Government of Bihar
In office
29 July 2017 – 16 November 2020
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Preceded byRam Vichar Ray
Succeeded byAmrendra Pratap Singh
Leader of Opposition <br/> Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
4 December 2015 – 28 July 2017
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Preceded byNand Kishore Yadav
Succeeded byTejashwi Yadav
Minister of Urban Development & Housing <br/> Government of Bihar
In office
26 November 2010 – 16 June 2013
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Preceded bySushil Kumar Modi
Minister of Public Works Department <br/>Government of Bihar
In office
13 April 2008 – 26 November 2010
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Preceded byNand Kishore Yadav
Succeeded byNand Kishore Yadav
Minister of Public Health Engineering Department <br/> Government of Bihar
In office
24 November 2005 – 13 April 2008
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Succeeded byAshwini Kumar Choubey
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
1990
Preceded byJai Kumar Palit
ConstituencyGaya Town
Personal details
Born (1955-08-05) 5 August 1955 (age 71)
Gaya, Bihar, India
Political party  BJP  
Spouse(s)Prabhawati Devi
Children2
Alma materMagadh University MA, LLB, PhD (History)

Dr. Prem Kumar (born 5 August 1955) is an Indian politician who currently serves as the eighteenth Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly since 2025. He is a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly elected nine times from Gaya Town assembly constituency.<ref name="2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Gaya Town">"2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Gaya Town". Election Commission of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 26 November 2025. Retrieved 26 November 2025.</ref><ref name="Gaya Town Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025">"Gaya Town Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025". The Times of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 26 November 2025. Retrieved 26 November 2025.</ref>

He has completed his PhD from Magadh University in 1999.<ref>"Race in Bihar Bjp for minister candidate". Zee News.</ref>

Kumar was elected as the leader of the opposition in the Bihar assembly formed after assembly election in October 2015.<ref>"BJP leader Prem Kumar becomes leader of Opposition in Jharkhand assembly". Daily News and Analysis. 29 November 2015.</ref><ref>"Prem Kumar". NDTV.</ref>

Prem Kumar was elected unanimously as Bihar Assembly Speaker on 1 December 2025.<ref name="BJP’s Prem Kumar unanimously elected Bihar House speaker">"BJP's Prem Kumar unanimously elected Bihar House speaker". Hindustan Times. 2 December 2025. Archived from the original on 3 December 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.</ref><ref name="Bihar Politics: Prem Kumar Elected Bihar Assembly Speaker">"Bihar Politics: Prem Kumar Elected Bihar Assembly Speaker". Deccan Herald. 2 December 2025. Archived from the original on 3 December 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.</ref><ref name="From teen in RSS shakha to Speaker's Chair: Bihar BJP leader Prem Kumar's long journey">"From teen in RSS shakha to Speaker's Chair: Bihar BJP leader Prem Kumar's long journey". The New Indian Express. 2 December 2025. Archived from the original on 3 December 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.</ref>

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