The chief minister of Bihar is the chief executive of the Indian stateofBihar. 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]
| Chief Minister of Bihar | |
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Nitish 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 |
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| Reports to | |
| Residence | 1, Aney Marg, Patna |
| Seat | Patna Secretariat |
| Nominator | Members of the Government of BiharinBihar Legislative Assembly |
| Appointer | Governor of Biharbyconvention 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 (74 years ago) (1950-01-26) |
| Deputy | Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar |
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| Website | cm |
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.
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 | 
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Mohammad Yunus | 1 April 1937 | 19 July 1937 | 109 days | Muslim Independent Party |
| 2 | 
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Shri Krishna Sinha | 20 July 1937 | 31 October 1939 | 2 years, 103 days | Indian National Congress |
| (2) |
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Shri Krishna Sinha | 23 March 1946 | 14 August 1947 | 1 year, 144 days | Indian National Congress |
Colour key for political parties
| # | Portrait | Chief Minister (Lifespan) Constituency |
Term of office | Election (Term) |
Party | Deputy Chief Minister(s) (Term in office) |
Government | Appointed by (Governor) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Shri Krishna Sinha (1887–1961) Member, Interim Assembly (until 1952) MLA for Basantpur (1952–1957) MLA Sheikhpura (from 1957) |
15 August 1947 | 31 January 1961[†] |
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 February 1961 |
18 February 1961 |
17 days | Position vacant (31 Jan. 1961 – 5 Mar. 1967) |
Deep Narayan | Zakir Husain | |||
| 3 | 
|
Binodanand Jha (1900–1971) MLA for Rajmahal |
18 February 1961 |
2 October 1963 |
2 years, 226 days | Jha I | |||||
| 1962 (3rd) |
Jha II | ||||||||||
| 4 | 
|
Krishna Ballabh Sahay (1898–1974) MLA for Patna West |
2 October 1963 |
5 March 1967 |
3 years, 154 days | Sahay | M. A. Ayyangar | ||||
| 5 | 
|
Mahamaya Prasad Sinha (1909–1987) MLA for Patna West |
5 March 1967 |
28 January 1968 |
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 January 1968 |
1 February 1968 |
4 days | Shoshit Dal | Jagdeo Prasad (28 Jan. 1968 – 1 Feb. 1968) |
Satish Prasad | Nityanand Kanungo | ||
| 7 | 
|
B. P. Mandal (1918–1982) MLC |
1 February 1968 |
22 March 1968 |
50 days | Position vacant (1 Feb. 1968 – 29 Jun. 1968) |
Mandal | ||||
| 8 | 
|
Bhola Paswan Shastri (1914–1984) MLA for Korha |
22 March 1968 |
29 June 1968 |
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 February 1969 |
22 June 1969 |
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 June 1969 |
4 July 1969 |
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 February 1970 |
22 December 1970 |
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 December 1970 |
2 June 1971 |
162 days | Socialist Party | Thakur I | ||||
| (8) |
|
Bhola Paswan Shastri (1914–1984) MLA for Korha |
2 June 1971 |
9 January 1972 |
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 March 1972 |
2 July 1973 |
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 July 1973 |
11 April 1975 |
1 year, 283 days | Ghafoor | R. D. Bhandare | ||||
| 14 | 
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Jagannath Mishra (1937–2019) MLA for Jhanjharpur |
11 April 1975 |
30 April 1977 |
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 June 1977 |
21 April 1979 |
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 April 1979 |
17 February 1980 |
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 June 1980 |
14 August 1983 |
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 August 1983 |
12 March 1985 |
1 year, 210 days | Chandrashekhar | |||||
| 17 | 
|
Bindeshwari Dubey (1921–1993) MLA for Shahpur |
12 March 1985 |
13 February 1988 |
2 years, 338 days | 1985 (9th) |
Dubey | ||||
| 18 | 
|
Bhagwat Jha Azad (1922–2011) MLC |
13 February 1988 |
10 March 1989 |
1 year, 25 days | Azad | P. Venkatasubbaiah | ||||
| 19 | 
|
Satyendra Narayan Sinha (1917–2006) MLC |
11 March 1989 |
6 December 1989 |
270 days | Satyendra | Jagannath Pahadia | ||||
| (14) |
|
Jagannath Mishra (1937–2019) MLA for Jhanjharpur |
6 December 1989 |
10 March 1990 |
94 days | Mishra III | |||||
| 20 | 
|
Lalu Prasad Yadav (born 1948) MLC |
10 March 1990 |
28 March 1995 |
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 April 1995 |
25 July 1997 |
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 | 
|
Rabri Devi (born 1955) MLC |
25 July 1997 |
11 February 1999 |
1 year, 201 days | Rabri I | |||||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (11 February – 9 March 1999) | |||||||||||
| (21) |
|
Rabri Devi (born 1955) MLC |
9 March 1999 |
2 March 2000 |
359 days | – (11th) |
Rashtriya Janata Dal | Position vacant (9 Mar. 1999 – 6 Mar. 2005) |
Rabri II | Sunder Singh Bhandari | |
| 22 | 
|
Nitish Kumar (born 1951) MLC |
3 March 2000 |
10 March 2000 |
7 days | 2000 (12th) |
Samata Party | Kumar I | V. C. Pande | ||
| (21) |
|
Rabri Devi (born 1955) MLC |
11 March 2000 |
6 March 2005 |
4 years, 360 days | Rashtriya Janata Dal | Rabri 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 November 2005 |
20 May 2014 |
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) |
Kumar II | Buta Singh | |
| 2010 (15th) |
Kumar III | Devanand Konwar | |||||||||
| 23 | 
|
Jitan Ram Manjhi (born 1944) MLA for Makdumpur |
20 May 2014 |
22 February 2015 |
278 days | Position vacant (20 May. 2014 – 20 Nov. 2015) |
Manjhi | D. Y. Patil | |||
| (22) |
|
Nitish Kumar (born 1951) MLC |
22 February 2015 |
Incumbent | 9 years, 140 days | Kumar IV | Keshari Nath Tripathi | ||||
| 2015 (16th) |
Tejashwi Yadav (24 Nov. 2015 – 26 Jul. 2017) |
Kumar V | Ram Nath Kovind | ||||||||
| Sushil Kumar Modi (27 Jul. 2017 – 16 Nov. 2020) |
Kumar VI | Keshari Nath Tripathi | |||||||||
| 2020 (17th) |
Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi (16 Nov. 2020 – 9 Aug. 2022) |
Kumar VII | Phagu Chauhan | ||||||||
| Tejashwi Yadav (10 Aug. 2022 – 28 Jan. 2024) |
Kumar VIII | ||||||||||
| Vijay Kumar Sinha and Samrat Choudhary (since 28 Jan. 2024) |
Kumar IX | Rajendra Arlekar | |||||||||
| No. | Name | Party | Length of term | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longest continuous term | Total years of premiership | ||||
| 1 | Nitish Kumar | JD(U) | 9 years, 140 days | 17 years, 320 days | |
| 2 | Shri Krishna Sinha | INC | 14 years, 314 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 | |
| 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, 320 days | 18 years, 52days |
| 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 |
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.
