Who is the Present Chief Minister (CM) of Bihar State?

April 26, 2019 By Altaf

Nitish Kumar, the 22nd and the Present Chief Minister of Bihar. The current Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar, was sworn in on 26 February 2015. The first Chief Minister of Bihar was Shri Krishna Sinha, who served from 1951 to 1961.

Chief Minister of Bihar Details:

Name:- Nitish Kumar

From:- 22nd February 2015

Number:- 22nd CM of Bihar State

Political Party Name:- Janata Dal Party (United)

State:- Bihar State

Official Website:- cms.bih.nic.in

Contact Number: +91-612-2223886

Fax Number: +91-612-2205800

Email ID: cmbihar@nic.in

About Nitish Kumar:

Nitish Kumar is an Indian politician. Born in the year 1951 in Bakhtiarpur, Bihar. He is the present Chief Minister of Bihar, since 2017 and has served in that role on five previous occasions. He has also served as a minister in the Union Government of India.

Present Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh

Education Qualifications:

Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bihar College of Engineering.

Political Career:

Nitish Kumar started his political career in the year 1974 with the Janata party.
In 1985 he won the assembly election from Harnaut and in the year 1989, he was appointed as Secretary-General of Janata Dal.
In 1990 he served as Union Minister of Agriculture. After serving in different ministries he was appointed as the Union Minister of Railways in 1999.
He was later appointed as Union Cabinet Minister of Surface Transport and Agriculture.
Kumar Got the ticket for CM candidate in 2000 and was able to secure his position.
From 2000 to now he is the CM of Bihar for the 5th time.

List of Chief Ministers of Bihar:

S. No.	CM’s Name:	Constituency:	Time Period:	Party:
1.	Sri Krishna Sinha	Basantpur	1950 – 1961	Indian National Congress (INC)
2.	Deep Narayan Singh	Hajipur	1961 – 1961	Indian National Congress (INC)
3.	Binodanand Jha	Rajmahal	1961 – 1963	Indian National Congress (INC)
4.	K. B. Sahay	Patna West	1963 – 1967	Indian National Congress (INC)
5.	Mahamaya Prasad Sinha	Patna West	1967 – 1968	Jana Kranti Dal
6.	Satish Prasad Singh	Parbatta	1968 – 1968	Shoshit Dal
7.	B. P. Mandal	MLC	1968 – 1968	Shoshit Dal
8.	Bhola Paswan Shastri	Korha	1968 – 1968	Indian National Congress (INC)
9.	President’s Rule	N/A	1968 – 1969	N/A
10.	Harihar Singh	Nayagram	1969 – 1969	Indian National Congress (INC)
11.	Bhola Paswan Shastri	Korha	1969 – 1969	Indian National Congress (INC)
12.	Daroga Prasad Rai	Parsa	1970 – 1970	Indian National Congress (INC)
13.	Karpoori Thakur	Samastipur	1970 – 1971	Socialist Party
14.	Bhola Paswan Shastri	Korha	1971 – 1972	Indian National Congress (INC)
15.	Kedar Pandey	Nautan	1972 – 1973	Indian National Congress (INC)
16.	Abdul Ghafoor	MLC	1973 – 1975	Indian National Congress (INC)
17.	Jagannath Mishra	Jhanjharpur	1975 – 1977	Indian National Congress (INC)
18.	Karpoori Thakur	Phulparas	1977 – 1979	Janata Party
19.	Ram Sundar Das	Sonepur	1979 – 1980	Janata Party
20.	Jagannath Mishra	Jhanjharpur	1980 – 1983	Indian National Congress (INC)
21	Chandrashekhar Singh	MLC	1983 – 1985	Indian National Congress (INC)
21	Bindeshwari Dubey	Shahpur	1985 – 1988	Indian National Congress (INC)
21	Bhagwat Jha Azad	MLC	1988 – 1989	Indian National Congress (INC)
21	Satyendra Narayan Sinha	MLC	1989 – 1989	Indian National Congress (INC)
21	Jagannath Mishra	Jhanjharpur	1989 – 1990	Indian National Congress (INC)
21	Lalu Prasad Yadav	MLC	1990 – 1995	Janata Dal
21	Lalu Prasad Yadav	Raghopur	1995 – 1997	Janata Dal
21	Rabri Devi	MLC	1997 – 1999	Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)
21	Rabri Devi	MLC	1999 – 2000	Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)
21	Nitish Kumar	MLC	2000 – 2000	Samta Party
21	Rabri Devi	Raghopur	2000 – 2005	Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)
21	Nitish Kumar	MLC	2005 – 2014	Janata Dal (JDU)
21	Jitan Ram Manjhi	Makhdumpur	2014 – 2015	Janata Dal (JDU)
21	Nitish Kumar	MLC	2015 – 2022	Janata Dal (JDU)
21	Nitish Kumar	MLC	From 2022 to Present	Janata Dal (JDU)