List of Chief Ministers of Bihar

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The following table lists the Chief Ministers of Bihar with terms of office and party affiliation.

# Surname Taking office Term expires Political party
1 Srikrishna Sinha August 15, 1947 January 30, 1961 Indian National Congress
2 Deep Narayan Singh January 31, 1961 17th February 1961 Indian National Congress
3 Binodananda Jha February 18, 1961 September 30, 1963 Indian National Congress
4th Krishna Ballabh Sahay October 1, 1963 March 4th 1967 Indian National Congress
5 Mahamaya Prasad Sinha March 5th 1967 January 27, 1968 Soshit Dal
6th Satish Prasad Sinha January 28, 1968 January 31, 1968 Soshit Dal
7th Bindeyyeshwari Prasad Mandal 1st February 1968 February 22, 1968 Soshit Dal
8th Bhola Paswan Shastri February 23, 1968 June 28, 1968 Indian National Congress
( President's rule ) June 29, 1968 February 28, 1969
9 Harihar Prasad Singh March 1, 1969 June 21, 1969 Indian National Congress
10 Bhola Paswan Shastri June 22, 1969 3rd July 1969 Indian National Congress
( President's rule ) 4th July 1969 February 15, 1970
11 Daroga Prasad Rai February 16, 1970 December 21, 1970 Indian National Congress
12 Karpoori Thakur December 22, 1970 June 1, 1971 Bharatiya Kranti Dal
13 Bhola Paswan Shastri 2nd June 1971 January 8, 1972 Indian National Congress
( President's rule ) January 9, 1972 March 18, 1972
14th Kedar Pandey March 19, 1972 July 1, 1973 Indian National Congress
15th Abdul Ghafoor 2nd July 1973 April 10, 1975 Indian National Congress
16 Jagannath Mishra April 11, 1975 April 29, 1977 Indian National Congress
( President's rule ) April 30, 1977 June 23, 1977
17th Karpoori Thakur June 24, 1977 April 20, 1979 Janata party
18th Ram Sundar Das April 21, 1979 February 16, 1980 Janata party
( President's rule ) 17th February 1980 June 7, 1980
19th Jagannath Mishra June 8, 1980 August 13, 1983 Indian National Congress (Indira)
20th Chandra Shekhar Singh August 14, 1983 March 24, 1985 Indian National Congress
21st Bindeshwari Dubey March 25, 1985 February 13, 1988 Indian National Congress
22nd Bhagwat Jha Azad February 14, 1988 March 10, 1989 Indian National Congress
23 Satyendra Narayan Sinha March 11, 1989 5th December 1989 Indian National Congress
24 Jagannath Mishra December 6, 1989 March 9, 1990 Indian National Congress
25th Lalu Prasad Yadav March 10, 1990 March 27, 1995 Janata Dal
( President's rule ) March 28, 1995 April 3, 1995
26th Lalu Prasad Yadav April 4, 1995 July 24, 1997 Janata Dal
27 Rabri Devi Yadav July 25, 1997 February 11, 1999 Rashtriya Janata Dal
( President's rule ) February 12, 1999 March 8, 1999
28 Rabri Devi Yadav March 9, 1999 March 2, 2000 Rashtriya Janata Dal
29 Nitish Kumar March 1, 2000 9th of March 2000 Samata party
30th Rabri Devi Yadav March 10, 2000 March 6, 2005 Rashtriya Janata Dal
( President's rule ) March 7, 2005 November 23, 2005
31 Nitish Kumar November 24, 2005 19th May 2014 Janata Dal (United)
32 Jitan Ram Manjhi May 20, 2014 February 20, 2015 Janata Dal (United)
33 Nitish Kumar February 22, 2015 in office Janata Dal (United)

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