List of Chief Ministers of Bihar

The state of Bihar in India

The following are the Chief Ministers of Bihar state in India:^[1]

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Political Party
1	Sri Krishna Sinha [3]	2 April 1946	31 January 1961	Indian National Congress
2	Deep Narayan Singh	1 February 1961	18 February 1961	Indian National Congress
3	Binodanand Jha	18 February 1961	2 October 1963	Indian National Congress
4	Krishana Ballabh Sahay	2 October 1963	5 March 1967	Indian National Congress
5	Mahamaya Prasad Sinha	5 March 1967	28 January 1968	Jana Kranti Dal1
6	Satish Prasad Singh	28 January 1968	1 February 1968	Indian National Congress
7	B. P. Mandal	1 February 1968	2 March 1968	Indian National Congress
8	Bhola Paswan Shashtri	22 March 1968	29 June 1968	Indian National Congress (O)
	President's rule	29 June 1968	26 February 1969
9	Harihar Singh	26 February 1969	22 June 1969	Indian National Congress
10	Bhola Paswan Shashtri [2]	22 June 1969	4 July 1969	Indian National Congress (O)
	President's rule	6 July 1969	16 February 1970
11	Daroga Prasad Rai	16 February. 1970	22 December 1970	Indian National Congress
12	Karpuri Thakur	22 December 1970	2 June 1971	Socialist Party
13	Bhola Paswan Shashtri [3]	2 June 1971	9 January 1972	Indian National Congress
	President's rule	9 January 1972	19 March 1972
14	Kedar Pandey	19 March 1972	2 July 1973	Indian National Congress
15	Abdul Gafoor	2 July 1973	11 April 1975	Indian National Congress
16	Dr.Jagannath Mishra	11 April 1975	30 April 1977	Indian National Congress
	President's rule	30 April 1977	24 June 1977
17	Karpuri Thakur	24 June 1977	21 April 1979	Janata Party
18	Ram Sunder Das	21 April 1979	17 February 1980	Janata Party
	President's rule	17 February 1980	8 June 1980
19	Dr.Jagannath Mishra [2]	8 June 1980	14 August 1983	Indian National Congress (I)
20	Chandrashekhar Singh	14 August 1983	12 March 1985	Indian National Congress (I)
21	Bindeshwari Dubey	12 March 1985	13 February 1988	Indian National Congress (I)
22	Bhagwat Jha Azad	14 February 1988	10 March 1989	Indian National Congress (I)
23	Satyendra Narayan Singh	11 March 1989	6 December 1989	Indian National Congress (I)
24	Dr.Jagannath Mishra	6 December 1989	10 March 1990	Indian National Congress (I)
25	Laloo Prasad Yadav	10 March 1990	3 March 1995	Janata Dal
26	Laloo Prasad Yadav [2]	4 April 1995	25 July 1997	Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal
27	Rabri Devi	25 July 1997	11 February 1999	Rashtriya Janata Dal
28	Rabri Devi [2]	9 March 1999	2 March 2000	Rashtriya Janata Dal
29	Nitish Kumar	3 March 2000	10 March 2000	Janata Dal (United)
30	Rabri Devi [3]	11 March 2000	6 March 2005	Rashtriya Janata Dal
	President's rule	7 March 2005	24 November 2005
31	Nitish Kumar [2]	24 November 2005	24 November 2010	Janata Dal (United)
32	Nitish Kumar [3]	26 November 2010	Present	Janata Dal (United)

See also

• List of Chief Ministers in India

Notes

1. ^ "Chief Ministers of Bihar". Bihar Chief Minister's website. http://cm.bih.nic.in/formercm-bihar.htm.