Know the Details of Bihar Chief Minister

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Who is the Chief Minister of Bihar?

The Bihar Chief Minister is acknowledged as the chief executive of Bihar. According to the Indian Constitution, the Bihar Governor is the de jure head of this state, though the authority of the de facto executive lies with the CM of Bihar. When the Bihar Legislative Assembly elections get over, the governor commonly invites the party and, at times, the coalition that has managed to get the maximum number of seats for forming the government. It is the governor who does appoint the CM and his council of ministers remains collectively liable to the assembly. When he gets the confidence to run the assembly, then the term of the chief minister remains for 5 years. Again, it remains subject to no-term limits, too.

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From the year 1946, there have been 23 people who have turned into the CM of Bihar. Many people aren’t aware of “Who is the first Chief Minister of Bihar”? The first Chief Minister of Bihar was Sri Krishna Sinha, who belonged to the Indian National Congress and happened to be the inaugural holder. Additionally, he had the longest incumbency too. The present incumbent of Bihar is Nitish Kumar, and he is enjoying occupancy since the 22^nd of February 2015.

The Premiers of Bihar:

Bihar has got its province that is headquartered in Patna and it encompasses the present-day Jharkhand and Bihar. On the 1st of April, 1936, Orissa and Bihar began to have separate provinces due to the division of the Orissa and Bihar province. Under the Govt. of India Act 1935, the legislative council and the legislative assembly set up a bicameral legislature with the govt. that the Premier heads.

List of all Chief Ministers of Bihar:

No.	Name	Term From To		Days in office	Party
1.	Sri Krishna Sinha	26^th January 1950	31^st January 1961	11 years, 5 days	Indian National Congress
2.	Deep Narayan Singh	1^st February 1961	18^thFebruary 1961	17 days	Indian National Congress
3.	Binodanand Jha	18^th February 1961	2^nd October 1963	2 years, 226 days	Indian National Congress
4.	Krishna Ballabh Sahay	2^nd October 1963	5^th March 1967	3 years, 154 days	Indian National Congress
5.	Mahamaya Prasad Sinha	5^th March 1967	28^th January 1968	330 days	Jana Kranti Dal
6.	Satish Prasad Singh	28^th January 1968	1^st February 1968	5 days	Shoshit Dal
7.	Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal	1^st February 1968	22^nd March 1968	51 days	Shoshit Dal
8.	Bhola Paswan Shastri	22^nd March 1968	29^th June 1968	100 days	Indian National Congress
-	President’s Rule	29^th June 1968	26^th February 1969
9.	Harihar Singh	26^th February 1969	22^nd June 1969	117 days	Indian National Congress
(8)	Bhola Paswan Shastri	22^nd June 1969	4^th July 1969	13 days	Indian National Congress (O)
-	Vacant President’s Rule	6^th July 1969	16^th February 1970
10.	Daroga Prasad Rai	16^th February 1970	22^nd December 1970	310 days	Indian National Congress
11.	Karpoori Thakur	22^nd December 1970	2^nd June 1971	163 days	Socialist Party
(8)	Bhola Paswan Shastri	2^nd June 1971	9^th January 1972	222 days	Indian National Congress
-	Vacant President’s Rule	9^th January 1972	19^th March 1972
12.	Kedar Pandey	19^th March 1972	2^nd July 1973	1 year, 105 days	Indian National Congress
13.	Abdul Gafoor	2^nd July 1973	11^th April 1975	1 year, 283 days	Indian National Congress
14.	Jagannath Mishra	11^th April 1975	30^th April 1977	2 years, 19 days	Indian National Congress
-	President’s Rule	30^th April 1977	24^th June 1977
(11)	Karpoori Thakur	24^th June 1977	21^st April 1979	1 year, 301 days	Janata Party
15	Ram Sundar Das	21^st April 1979	17^th February 1980	302 days	Janata Party
-	President’s Rule	17^th February 1980	8^th June 1980
(14)	Jagannath Mishra	8th June 1980	14th August 1983	3 years, 67 days	Indian National Congress (I)
16.	Chandrasekhar Singh	14^th August 1983	12^th March 1985	1 year, 210 days	Indian National Congress (I)
17.	Bindeshwari Dubey	12^th March 1985	13^th February 1988	2 years, 338 days	Indian National Congress (I)
18.	Bhagwat Jha Azad	14^th February 1988	10^th March 1989	1 year, 24 days	Indian National Congress (I)
19.	Satyendra Narayan Sinha	11^th March 1989	6^th December 1989	270 days	Indian National Congress (I)
(14)	Jagannath Mishra	6^th December 1989	10^th March 1990	94 days	Indian National Congress (I)
20.	Lalu Prasad Yadav	10^th March 1990	28^th March 1995	5 years, 18 days	Janata Dal
-	President’s Rule	28^th March 1995	4^th April 1995
(20)	Lalu Prasad Yadav	4^th April 1995	25^th July 1997	2 years, 112 days	Janata Dal
21.	Rabri Devi	25^th July 1997	11^th February 1999	1 year, 201 days	Rashtriya Janata Dal
-	President’s Rule	11^th February 1999	9^th March 1999
(21)	Rabri Devi	9^th March 1999	2^nd March 2000	359 days	Rashtriya Janata Dal
22.	Nitish Kumar	3^rd March 2000	10^th March 2000	7 days	Samta Party
(21)	Rabri Devi	11^th March 2000	6^th March 2005	4 years, 360 days	Rashtriya Janata Dal
-	President’Rule	7^th March 2005	24^th November 2005
(22)	Nitish Kumar	24^th November 2005	26^th November 2010	8 years, 177 days	Janata Dal (United)
(22)	Nitish Kumar	26^th November 2010	20^th May 2014	8 years, 177 days	Janata Dal (United)
23.	Jitan Ram Manjhi	20^th May 2014	22^nd February 2015	278 days	Janata Dal (United)
(22)	Nitish Kumar	22^nd February 2015	20^th November 2015	6 years, 179 days	Janata Dal (United)
		20^th November 2015	16^th November 2020
		16^th November 2020	Incumbent

Some Vital Facts About the all Chief Minister of Bihar:

Who is the CM of Bihar? Nitish Kumar has been sworn in as the present Bihar Chief Minister for the 7^th time whereas Renu Devi and Tarkishore Prasad took the oath in the form of the Bihar Deputy Chief Minister. If you go through the list of all Chief Minister of Bihar, you will find that Sri Krishna Sinha was the longest-serving and also the first Chief Minister of Bihar. The first CM of Bihar ruled the state of Bihar for 11 years and 5 days! Contrarily, Satish Prasad Singh was the one who served the state of Bihar as the shortest-serving Chief Minister.
On the 16^th of November 2020, Nitish Kumar took the oath to serve the state of Bihar as Chief Minister for the 7^th time. According to the Indian Constitution, the Governor acts as Bihar’s de jure head whereas the executive authority of de facto lies with this state’s Chief Minister. The Bihar Governor appoints Bihar Chief Minister for 5 years while the Council of Ministers remains liable to the Assembly collectively.
The Bihar Chief Minister List states that till date, there have been twenty-three Chief Ministers who ruled the state of Bihar. In the year 1997, the then Bihar Chief Minister, Lalu Prasad Yadav got convicted in the infamous Fodder Scam. After this incident, Rabri Devi turned into the Bihar Chief Minister. Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi together governed this state for nearly fifteen years.
On 28^th October 2020, the election for the Bihar Legislative Assembly started and it ended on 7^th November 2020 for electing Bihar Legislative Assembly members. This election was held in 3 phases on 243 seats. On the 11^th of November, 2020 the results were declared. On the 16th November 2020, Nitish Kumar became the Bihar Chief Minister for the 4^th term.
Nitish Kumar was elected as the Bihar Chief Minister for the 7^th time in 20 years where the topmost leaders of the NDA party that includes Amit Shah, Union Home Minister, and Jagat Prakash Nadda, the BJP National President were present. Nitish Kumar who is the head of the JD(U) administered the oath at Raj Bhavan and it was a day after Kumar staked a claim to form a new government equipped with the unanimous support of every legislator despite the plummeted tally of his party.

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FAQs on Know the Details of Bihar Chief Minister

1. Who is the first woman chief minister of Bihar?

Rabri Devi Yadav is the first woman CM of Bihar. She is a politician of India who served 3 terms in the form of the Bihar Chief Minister. She is the only and first woman till today who held the office of the CM. She is also a member of the Bihar Legislative Council. She is the better half of Lalu Prasad Yadav, an Indian politician and a former Chief Minister of Bihar. Lalu Prasad Yadav is also the former Indian Railway Minister. Rabri Devi Yadav is the mother of Tejaswi Yadav who is the leader of Opposition and former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister.

2. What is the journey of Nitish Kumar as the Bihar CM?

The current CM of Bihar, Nitish Kumar was sworn in as the CM in the year 2000. This term lasted not more than one week because he could not muster a majority. 5 years later, Kumar came back with the alliance of BJP-JD(U) where he won a majority. When he finished his tenure he came back in the year 2010 when the party’s coalition turned victorious in the assembly polls. In May 2014, Kumar stepped down due to moral responsibility for the debacle of the JD(U) in the Lok Sabha polls. However, in February 2015, he returned when Manjhi got elbowed out.

The Grand Alliance fought and won the assembly polls in November 2015 and it comprised JD(U), Congress, and Lalu Prasad Yadav’s RJD party. Then too, Nitish Kumar became the CM of Bihar.Kumar exited the alliance in July 2017 due to some conflicting opinions with the RJD and this time, he resigned from the post of the CM. However, within 24 hours he returned because of the support that he got from the BJP. He continues to be the present Chief Minister of Bihar.