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Are you looking for the Bihar CM names? Here is the list of present and all the Chief Ministers (CM) of Bihar with their party names tenure periods.
All Bihar Chief Ministers List
Here is a list of Chief Ministers of Bihar by Party Name and Tenure Periods.
Sr.No.
Name of Chief Minister
From
To
Party
1
Krishna Singh
Apr 2, 1946
Jan 31, 1961
INC
2
Deep Narayan Singh
Feb 1, 1961
Feb 18, 1961
INC
3
Binodanand Jha
Feb 18, 1961
Oct 2, 1963
INC
4
K. B. Sahay
Oct 2, 1963
Mar 5, 1967
INC
5
Mahamaya Prasad Sinha
Mar 5, 1967
Jan 28, 1968
JKD
6
Satish Prasad Singh
Jan 28, 1968
Feb 1, 1968
INC
7
B. P. Mandal
Feb 1, 1968
Mar 2, 1968
INC
8
Bhola Paswan Shastri
Mar 22, 1968
Jun 29, 1968
INC (O)
President’s rule
Jun 29, 1968
Feb 26, 1969
N/A
9
Harihar Singh
Feb 26, 1969
Jun 22, 1969
INC
10
Bhola Paswan Shastri
Jun 22, 1969
Jul 4, 1969
INC (O)
President’s rule
Jul 6, 1969
Feb 16, 1970
N/A
11
Daroga Prasad Rai
16 February. 1970
Dec 22, 1970
INC
12
Karpoori Thakur
Dec 22, 1970
Jun 2, 1971
Socialist Party
13
Bhola Paswan Shastri
Jun 2, 1971
Jan 9, 1972
INC
President’s rule
Jan 9, 1972
Mar 19, 1972
N/A
14
Kedar Pandey
Mar 19, 1972
Jul 2, 1973
INC
15
Abdul Gafoor
Jul 2, 1973
Apr 11, 1975
INC
16
Jagannath Mishra
Apr 11, 1975
Apr 30, 1977
INC
President’s rule
Apr 30, 1977
Jun 24, 1977
N/A
17
Karpoori Thakur
Jun 24, 1977
Apr 21, 1979
JNP
18
Ram Sundar Das
Apr 21, 1979
Feb 17, 1980
JNP
President’s rule
Feb 17, 1980
Jun 8, 1980
N/A
19
Jagannath Mishra
Jun 8, 1980
Aug 14, 1983
INC (I)
20
Chandrashekhar Singh
Aug 14, 1983
Mar 12, 1985
INC (I)
21
Bindeshwari Dubey
Mar 12, 1985
Feb 13, 1988
INC (I)
22
Bhagwat Jha Azad
Feb 14, 1988
Mar 10, 1989
INC (I)
23
Satyendra Narayan Sinha
Mar 11, 1989
Dec 6, 1989
INC (I)
24
Jagannath Mishra
Dec 6, 1989
Mar 10, 1990
INC (I)
25
Lalu Prasad Yadav
Mar 10, 1990
Mar 28, 1995
JD
President’s rule
Mar 28, 1995
Apr 4, 1995
26
Lalu Prasad Yadav
Apr 4, 1995
Jul 25, 1997
JD, RJD
27
Rabri Devi
Jul 25, 1997
Feb 11, 1999
RJD
President’s rule
Feb 11, 1999
Mar 9, 1999
28
Rabri Devi
Mar 9, 1999
Mar 2, 2000
RJD
29
Nitish Kumar
Mar 3, 2000
Mar 10, 2000
JD(U)
30
Rabri Devi
Mar 11, 2000
Mar 6, 2005
RJD
President’s rule
Mar 7, 2005
Nov 24, 2005
31
Nitish Kumar
Nov 24, 2005
May 20, 2014
JD(U)
32
Jitan Ram Manjhi
May 20, 2014
Feb 22, 2015
JD(U)
33
Nitish Kumar
Feb 22, 2015
Nov 20, 2015
JD(U)
34
Nitish Kumar
Nov 20, 2015
Nov 16, 2020
JD(U)
35
Nitish Kumar
Nov 16, 2020
Present
JD(U)
FAQs: Chief Ministers of Bihar
Q. Who was the first Chief Minister of Bihar?
Shri Krishna Sinha (21 October 1887 – 31 January 1961, also spelt Singh), also known as Shri Babu, was the first chief minister of the Indian state of Bihar (1946–61).
Q. Who was the first women chief minister of Bihar?
Rabri Devi Yadav (born 1956) is an Indian politician who served three terms as the Chief Minister of Bihar, the first and only woman till date to have held the office.
Q. Who was the first male chief minister of Bihar?
Shri Krishna Sinha
Q. Who is the youngest Chief Minister of Bihar?
NA
Q. Who is the longest-serving chief minister in Bihar?
Nitish Kumar
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