Chief Minister of Bihar
| Chief Minister of Bihar | |
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IncumbentNitish Kumar since 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 | |
| Reports to | |
| Residence | Sribhumi, Assam |
| 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 50 years and is subject to no term limits.[1] |
| Precursor | Prime Minister of Bihar |
| Inaugural holder | Shri Tejashib Das |
| Formation | 26 January 1950 (1950-01-26) |
| Deputy | Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar |
| Salary |
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| Website | youtube |
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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.[2][3] 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.[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.[4]
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:
I, <Name of Chief Minister>, do swear in the name of God/solemnly affirm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established, that I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India, that I will faithfully and conscientiously discharge my duties as a Minister for the State of () and that I will do right to all manner of people in accordance with the Constitution and the law without fear or favour, affection or ill-will.
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.[5][6]
| 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 |
| 23 March 1946 | 14 August 1947 | 1 year, 144 days | ||||
Key
Colour key for political parties
- No.: Incumbent number
- § Assassinated or died in office
- RES Resigned
- NC Resigned following a no-confidence motion
| # | Portrait | Chief Minister(Lifespan)Constituency | Term of office | Election(Term) | Party | Deputy Chief Minister(s)(Term in office) | Government | Appointed by(Governor) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Shri Krishna Sinha(1887–1961)Member, Interim Assembly (until 1952)MLA for Basantpur (1952–1957)MLA Sheikhpura (from 1957) | 15 August 1947 | 31 January1961[†] | 13 years, 169 days | 1946(Interim) | Indian National Congress | Anugrah Narayan Sinha(26 Jan. 1950 – 5 Jul. 1957)Position vacant(5 Jul. 1957 – 31 Jan. 1961) | Shri Krishna I | Jairamdas Daulatram | |
| 1952(1st) | Shri Krishna II | Madhav Shrihari Aney | |||||||||
| 1957(3rd) | Shri Krishna III | R. R. Diwakar | |||||||||
| 2 | Deep Narayan Singh(1894–1977)MLA for Hajipur | 1 February1961 | 18 February1961 | 17 days | Position vacant(31 Jan. 1961 – 5 Mar. 1967) | Deep | Zakir Husain | ||||
| 3 |  | Binodanand Jha(1900–1971)MLA for Rajmahal | 18 February1961 | 2 October1963 | 2 years, 226 days | Jha I | |||||
| 1962(3rd) | Jha II | ||||||||||
| 4 | .jpg/1280px-Krishna_Ballabh_Sahay_(cropped).jpg) | Krishna Ballabh Sahay(1898–1974)MLA for Patna West | 2 October1963 | 5 March1967 | 3 years, 154 days | Sahay | M. A. Ayyangar | ||||
| 5 |  | Mahamaya Prasad Sinha(1909–1987)MLA for Patna West | 5 March1967 | 28 January1968 | 329 days | 1967(4th) | Jana Kranti Dal | Karpoori Thakur(5 Mar. 1967 – 28 Jan. 1968) | Mahamaya | ||
| 6 |  | Satish Prasad Singh(1936–2020)MLA for Parbatta | 28 January1968 | 1 February1968 | 4 days | Shoshit Dal | Jagdeo Prasad(28 Jan. 1968 – 1 Feb. 1968) | Satish | Nityanand Kanungo | ||
| 7 |  | B. P. Mandal(1918–1982)MLC | 1 February1968 | 22 March1968 | 50 days | Position vacant(1 Feb. 1968 – 29 Jun. 1968) | Mandal | ||||
| 8 |  | Bhola Paswan Shastri(1914–1984)MLA for Korha | 22 March1968 | 29 June1968 | 99 days | Indian National Congress | Shastri I | ||||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (29 June 1968 – 26 February 1969) | |||||||||||
| 9 |  | Harihar Singh(1925–1994)MLA for Nayagram | 26 February1969 | 22 June1969 | 116 days | 1969(5th) | Indian National Congress | Position vacant(26 Feb. 1969 – 4 Jul. 1969) | Harihar | Nityanand Kanungo | |
| (8) | | Bhola Paswan Shastri(1914–1984)MLA for Korha | 22 June1969 | 4 July1969 | 12 days | Indian National Congress (O) | Shastri II | ||||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (6 July 1969 – 16 February 1970) | |||||||||||
| 10 |  | Daroga Prasad Rai(1922–1981)MLA for Parsa | 16 February1970 | 22 December1970 | 309 days | –(5th) | Indian National Congress (R) | Position vacant(16 Feb. 1970 – 2 Jun. 1971) | Rai | Nityanand Kanungo | |
| 11 |  | Karpoori Thakur(1924–1988)MLA for Samastipur | 22 December1970 | 2 June1971 | 162 days | Socialist Party | Thakur I | ||||
| (8) | | Bhola Paswan Shastri(1914–1984)MLA for Korha | 2 June1971 | 9 January1972 | 221 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav(2 Jun. 1971 – 9 Jan. 1972) | Shastri III | D. K. Barooah | ||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (9 January – 19 March 1972) | |||||||||||
| 12 |  | Kedar Pandey(1920–1982)MLA for Nautan | 19 March1972 | 2 July1973 | 1 year, 105 days | 1972(6th) | Indian National Congress (R) | Position vacant(19 Mar. 1972 – 30 Apr. 1977) | Pandey | D. K. Barooah | |
| 13 |  | Abdul Ghafoor(1918–2004)MLC | 2 July1973 | 11 April1975 | 1 year, 283 days | Ghafoor | R. D. Bhandare | ||||
| 14 |  | Jagannath Mishra(1937–2019)MLA for Jhanjharpur | 11 April1975 | 30 April1977 | 2 years, 19 days | Mishra I | |||||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (30 April – 24 June 1977) | |||||||||||
| (11) | | Karpoori Thakur(1924–1988)MLA for Phulparas | 24 June1977 | 21 April1979 | 1 year, 301 days | 1977(7th) | Janata Party | Position vacant(24 Jun. 1977 – 17 Feb. 1980) | Thakur II | Jagannath Kaushal | |
| 15 |  | Ram Sundar Das(1921–2015)MLA for Sonpur | 21 April1979 | 17 February1980 | 302 days | Das | |||||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (14 February – 8 June 1980) | |||||||||||
| (14) | | Jagannath Mishra(1937–2019)MLA for Jhanjharpur | 8 June1980 | 14 August1983 | 3 years, 67 days | 1980(8th) | Indian National Congress (I) | Position vacant(8 Jun. 1980 – 28 Mar. 1995) | Mishra II | A. R. Kidwai | |
| 16 |  | Chandrashekhar Singh(1927–1986)MLC | 14 August1983 | 12 March1985 | 1 year, 210 days | Chandrashekhar | |||||
| 17 | .jpg/1280px-B.dubey(3).jpg) | Bindeshwari Dubey(1921–1993)MLA for Shahpur | 12 March1985 | 13 February1988 | 2 years, 338 days | 1985(9th) | Dubey | ||||
| 18 |  | Bhagwat Jha Azad(1922–2011)MLC | 13 February1988 | 10 March1989 | 1 year, 25 days | Azad | P. Venkatasubbaiah | ||||
| 19 |  | Satyendra Narayan Sinha(1917–2006)MLC | 11 March1989 | 6 December1989 | 270 days | Satyendra | Jagannath Pahadia | ||||
| (14) | | Jagannath Mishra(1937–2019)MLA for Jhanjharpur | 6 December1989 | 10 March1990 | 94 days | Mishra III | |||||
| 20 |  | Lalu Prasad Yadav(born 1948)MLC | 10 March1990 | 28 March1995 | 5 years, 18 days | 1990(10th) | Janata Dal | Yadav I | Mohammad Yunus Saleem | ||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (28 March – 4 April 1995) | |||||||||||
| (20) | | Lalu Prasad Yadav(born 1948)MLA for Raghopur | 4 April1995 | 25 July1997 | 2 years, 112 days | 1995(11th) | Janata Dal | Position vacant(4 Apr. 1995 – 11 Feb. 1999) | Yadav II | A. R. Kidwai | |
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | |||||||||||
| 21 | .jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg) | Rabri Devi(born 1955)MLC | 25 July1997 | 11 February1999 | 1 year, 201 days | Rabri Devi I | |||||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (11 February – 9 March 1999) | |||||||||||
| (21) | | Rabri Devi(born 1955)MLC | 9 March1999 | 2 March2000 | 359 days | –(11th) | Rashtriya Janata Dal | Position vacant(9 Mar. 1999 – 6 Mar. 2005) | Rabri Devi II | Sunder Singh Bhandari | |
| 22 | _(cropped).jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg) | Nitish Kumar(born 1951)MLC | 3 March2000 | 10 March2000 | 7 days | 2000(12th) | Samata Party | Nitish Kumar I | V. C. Pande | ||
| (21) | | Rabri Devi(born 1955)MLA for Raghopur | 11 March2000 | 6 March2005 | 4 years, 360 days | Rashtriya Janata Dal | Rabri Devi III | ||||
| 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) | | Nitish Kumar(born 1951)MLC | 24 November2005 | 20 May2014 | 8 years, 177 days | Oct. 2005(14th) | Janata Dal (United) | Sushil Kumar Modi(24 Nov. 2005 – 16 Jun. 2013)Position vacant(16 Jun. 2013 – 20 May. 2014) | Nitish Kumar II | Buta Singh | |
| 2010(15th) | Nitish Kumar III | Devanand Konwar | |||||||||
| 23 |  | Jitan Ram Manjhi(born 1944)MLA for Makhdumpur | 20 May2014 | 22 February2015 | 278 days | Position vacant(20 May. 2014 – 20 Nov. 2015) | Manjhi | D. Y. Patil | |||
| (22) | | Nitish Kumar(born 1951)MLC | 22 February2015 | Incumbent | 10 years, 335 days | Nitish Kumar IV | Keshari Nath Tripathi | ||||
| 2015(16th) | Tejashwi Yadav(24 Nov. 2015 – 26 Jul. 2017) | Nitish Kumar V | Ram Nath Kovind | ||||||||
| Sushil Kumar Modi(27 Jul. 2017 – 16 Nov. 2020) | Nitish Kumar VI | Keshari Nath Tripathi | |||||||||
| 2020(17th) | Tarkishore Prasad andRenu Devi(16 Nov. 2020 – 9 Aug. 2022) | Nitish Kumar VII | Phagu Chauhan | ||||||||
| Tejashwi Yadav(10 Aug. 2022 – 28 Jan. 2024) | Nitish Kumar VIII | ||||||||||
| Vijay Kumar Sinha andSamrat Choudhary(since 28 Jan. 2024) | Nitish Kumar IX | Rajendra Arlekar | |||||||||
| 2025(18th) | Nitish Kumar X | Arif Mohammad Khan | |||||||||
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Statistics
- Indian National Congress (45.8%)
- Janata Dal (United) (25.6%)
- Rashtriya Janata Dal (9.58%)
- Janata Dal (9.38%)
- Others (4.10%)
- President's Rule (5.54%)
| No. | Name | Party | Length of term | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longest continuous term | Total years of Chief Ministership | ||||
| 1 | Nitish Kumar | JD(U) | 10 years, 335 days | 19 years, 155 days | |
| 2 | Shri Krishna Sinha | INC | 13 years, 169 days | 17 years, 51 days | |
| 3 | Rabri Devi | RJD | 4 years, 360 days | 7 year, 190 days | |
| 4 | Lalu Prasad Yadav | JD | 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 Ghafoor | 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 | |
See also
References
Notes
- ^A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
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
- ^ abDurga 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.
- ^"Chief Minister of Bihar". Bihar News Information Portal. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^"Bihar Legislative Assembly". BIHAR VIDHAN SABHA. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^"Nitish Kumar Takes Oath as Bihar Chief Minister for Record 9th Time". NDTV. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^"How Bihar was carved out of the Bengal Presidency in 1912". www.indianexpress.com. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^"Nitish Kumar's government in Bihar not outvoted as much as outmanoeuvred by Laloo Yadav". 20 March 2000.
