List of chief ministers of Bihar
| Chief Minister of Bihar | |
|---|---|
| File:Seal of Bihar.svg | |
| 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 |
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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
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.[lower-alpha 1] | Portrait | Name | Term of Office | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Tenure | ||||
| 1 | File:Mohammad Yunus, First Premier of Bihar.jpg | Mohammad Yunus | 1 April 1937 | 19 July 1937 | 109 days | Muslim Independent Party |
| 2 | File:Shri Krishna Singh 2016 stamp of India.jpg | Shri Krishna Sinha | 20 July 1937 | 31 October 1939 | 2 years, 103 days | Indian National Congress |
| (2) | File:Shri Krishna Singh 2016 stamp of India.jpg | Shri Krishna Sinha | 23 March 1946 | 14 August 1947 | 1 year, 144 days | Indian National Congress |
Chief Ministers of Bihar
- [†] Assassinated or died in office
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Statistics
Fraction of time of holding CMO by party (as of October 2024)
| No. | Name | Party | Length of term | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longest continuous term | Total years of premiership | ||||
| 1 | Nitish Kumar | JD(U) | 9 years, 339 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 | |
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See also
References
Notes
- ↑ 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.[4]
- ↑ On 15 November 2000, the new state of Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar.
Citations
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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".
