List of chief ministers of Bihar
Chief Minister of Bihar | |
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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 | 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 current incumbent is Nitish Kumar who is having incumbency since 22 February 2015. The longest incumbent chief minister of Bihar held to Nitish Kumar.
Prime Ministers from 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][3]
No.[a] | 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 Congress | |
(2) | Shri Krishna Sinha | 23 March 1946 | 14 August 1947 | 1 year, 144 days | Indian National Congress |
Chief Ministers of Bihar
[edit]- [†] Assassinated or died in office
# | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Assembly (Election) | Party[b] | |||
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1 | Shri Krishna Sinha | Kharagpur | 26 January 1950 | 29 April 1952 | 11 years, 5 days | Provincial (1946 election) |
Indian National Congress | ||
29 April 1952 | 5 May 1957 | 1st (1952 election) | |||||||
Sheikhpura | 5 May 1957 | 31 January 1961[†] | 2nd (1957 election) | ||||||
2 | Deep Narayan Singh | Hajipur | 1 February 1961 | 18 February 1961 | 17 days | ||||
3 | Binodanand Jha | Rajmahal | 18 February 1961 | 15 March 1962 | 2 years, 226 days | ||||
15 March 1962 | 2 October 1963 | 3rd (1962 election) | |||||||
4 | Krishna Ballabh 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 | Jana Kranti Dal | ||
6 | Satish Prasad Singh | Parbatta | 28 January 1968 | 1 February 1968 | 4 days | Shoshit Dal | |||
7 | B. P. Mandal | MLC | 1 February 1968 | 22 March 1968 | 50 days | ||||
8 | Bhola Paswan Shastri | Korha | 22 March 1968 | 29 June 1968 | 99 days | Loktantrik Congress | |||
– | Vacant[c] | N/A | 29 June 1968 | 26 February 1969 | 242 days | Dissolved | N/A | ||
9 | Harihar Singh | Nayagram | 26 February 1969 | 22 June 1969 | 116 days | 5th | Indian National Congress | ||
(8) | Bhola Paswan Shastri | Korha | 22 June 1969 | 4 July 1969 | 12 days | Loktantrik Congress | |||
– | Vacant[c] | N/A | 4 July 1969 | 16 February 1970 | 227 days | N/A | |||
10 | Daroga Prasad Rai | Parsa | 16 February 1970 | 22 December 1970 | 309 days | Indian National Congress (R) | |||
11 | Karpoori Thakur | Tajpur | 22 December 1970 | 2 June 1971 | 162 days | Samyukta Socialist Party | |||
(8) | Bhola Paswan Shastri | Korha | 2 June 1971 | 9 January 1972 | 221 days | Loktantrik Congress | |||
– | Vacant[c] | 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 | 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[c] | 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 | Janata Party | ||
15 | Ram Sundar Das | Sonepur | 21 April 1979 | 17 February 1980 | 302 days | ||||
– | Vacant[c] | 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 | Indian National Congress | ||
16 | Chandrashekhar Singh | MLC | 14 August 1983 | 12 March 1985 | 1 year, 210 days | ||||
17 | Bindeshwari Dubey | Shahpur | 12 March 1985 | 14 February 1988 | 2 years, 339 days | 9th | |||
18 | Bhagwat Jha Azad | MLC | 14 February 1988 | 11 March 1989 | 1 year, 25 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 | Janata Dal | ||
– | Vacant[c] | 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 | Janata Dal | ||
Rashtriya Janata Dal | |||||||||
21 | Rabri Devi | MLC | 25 July 1997 | 11 February 1999 | 1 year, 201 days | ||||
– | Vacant[c]) | N/A | 11 February 1999 | 9 March 1999 | 26 days | N/A | |||
(21) | Rabri Devi | MLC | 9 March 1999 | 3 March 2000 | 360 days | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |||
22 | Nitish Kumar | unelected | 3 March 2000 | 11 March 2000[5] | 8 days | 12th | Samata Party | ||
(21) | Rabri Devi [d] | Raghopur | 11 March 2000 | 7 March 2005 | 4 years, 361 days | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |||
– | Vacant[c] | N/A | 7 March 2005 | 24 November 2005 | 262 days | 13th | N/A | ||
(22) | Nitish Kumar | MLC | 24 November 2005 | 26 November 2010 | 8 years, 177 days | 14th | Janata Dal (United) | ||
26 November 2010 | 20 May 2014 | 15th | |||||||
23 | Jitan Ram Manjhi | Makhdumpur | 20 May 2014 | 22 February 2015 | 278 days | ||||
(22) | Nitish Kumar | MLC | 22 February 2015 | 20 November 2015 | 9 years, 286 days | ||||
20 November 2015 | 16 November 2020 | 16th | |||||||
16 November 2020 | Incumbent | 17th |
Statistics
[edit]No. | Name | Party | Length of term | ||
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Longest continuous term | Total years of premiership | ||||
1 | Nitish Kumar | JD(U) | 9 years, 286 days | 18 years, 90 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 |
Timeline
[edit]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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h 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.[4]
- ^ On 15 November 2000, the new state of Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar.
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "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".
- ^ "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".