List of Chief Ministers of Bihar
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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