List of Chief Ministers of Bihar (1950-2023): Bihar CM List, First Female CM of Bihar, First Chief Minister of Bihar

Sri Krishna Sinha was the first chief minister of Bihar served from 26th January 1950 to 31^st January 1961. Rabri Devi was the first female chief minister of Bihar. Let’s uncover the list of all chief ministers of Bihar starting from 1950 to 2023.

Nitish Kumar took the oath as the Chief Ministers of Bihar on 10th August 2022, while Tejashwi Yadav took oath as the Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar. We are listing below all chief ministers of Bihar starting from 1950 to 2023.

List of Chief Ministers of Bihar (1950-2023)

Check below Bihar CM list for the period 1950-2023:

SL. No	Name of CM	Period	Party
1.	Sri Krishna Sinha	26 January 1950 to 31 January 1961	Indian National Congress
2.	Deep Narayan Singh	1 February 1961 to 18 February 1961	Indian National Congress
3.	Binodanand Jha	18 February 1961 to 2 October 1963	Indian National Congress
4.	Krishna Ballabh Sahay	2 October 1963 to 5 March 1967	Indian National Congress
5.	Mahamaya Prasad Sinha	5 March 1967 to 28 January 1968	Jana Kranti Dal
6.	Satish Prasad Singh	28 January 1968 to 1 February 1968	Shoshit Dal
7.	Bindheshwari Prasad Mandal	1 February 1968 to 22 March 1968	Shoshit Dal
8.	Bhola Paswan Shastri	22 March 1968 to 29 June 1968	Indian National Congress
9.	Harihar Singh	26 February 1969 to 22 June 1969	Indian National Congress
10.	Daroga Prasad Rai	16 February 1970 to 22 December 1970	Indian National Congress
11.	Karpoori Thakur	22 December 1970 to 2 June 1971	Socialist Party
12.	Kedar Pandey	19 March 1972 to 2 July 1973	Indian National Congress
13.	Abdul Gafoor	2 July 1973 to 11 April 1975	Indian National Congress
14.	Jagannath Mishra	11 April 1975 to 30 April 1977	Indian National Congress
15.	Ram Sundar Das	21 April 1979 to 17 February 1980	Janata Party
16.	Chandrashekhar Singh	14 August 1983 to 12 March 1985	Indian National Congress (I)
17.	Bindeshwari Dubey	12 March 1985 to 13 February 1988	Indian National Congress (I)
18.	Bhagwat Jha Azad	14 February 1988 to 10 March 1989	Indian National Congress (I)
19.	Satyendra Narayan Sinha	11 March 1989 to 6 December 1989	Indian National Congress (I)
20.	Lalu Prasad Yadav	10 March 1990 to 28 March 1995	Janata Dal
21.	Rabri Devi	25 July 1997 to 11 February 1999	Rashtriya Janata Dal
22.	Nitish Kumar	3 March 2000 to 10 March 2000	Samta Party
		24 November 2005 to 26 November 2010	Janata Dal (United)
		26 November 2010 to 20 May 2014	Janata Dal (United)
23.	Jitan Ram Manjhi	20 May 2014 to 22 February 2015	Janata Dal (United)
(22)	Nitish Kumar	22 February 2015 to 20 November 2015	Janata Dal (United)
		20 November 2015 to 16 November 2020	Janata Dal (United)
		16 November 2020 9th August 2022 10th August to —	Janata Dal (United)

*We have prepared the table of Chief Ministers of Bihar with utmost care. If we have committed certain mistakes then let us know through the comment box below. We’ll verify and update it no time.

GK Questions on Chief Ministers of Bihar

Question 1: Who was the first chief minister of Bihar?

Answer: Sri Krishna Sinha

Question 2: Who was the first female chief minister of Bihar?

Answer: Rabri Devi

Question 3: Who is current chief minister of Bihar?

Answer: Nitish Kumar from Janata Dal (United)

Question 4: How many members are in Bihar Legislative Council?

Answer: 75 out of which 63 are elected and 12 are nominated

Question 5: Who is the chairman of Bihar Legislative Council?

Answer: Awadhesh Narain Singh, BJP is the chairman of Bihar Legislative Council since June 2020.

Question 6: How many members are there in Bihar Legislative Assembly?

Answer: 243

Question 7: Who is the speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly?

Answer: Awadh Bihari Chaudhary

Question 8: Who is the Governor of Bihar?

Answer: Rajendra Viswanath Arlekar since 14th February 2023

Current Cabinet Ministers of Bihar

Shri Nitish Kumar	Chief Minister
Tejashwi Yadav	Deputy Chief Minister
Sumit Kumar Singh	Science and Technology
Santosh Kumar Suman	SC/ST Welfare
Murari Prasad Gautam	Panchayati Raj
Md Afaque Alam	Animal husbandry and Fisheries
Sunil Kumar Singh	Excise & Prohibition
Madan Sahni	Social Welfare
Jayant Raj Kushwaha	Minor Water Resources
Mohd Zama Khan	Minority welfare
Leshi Singh	Food & Consumer Protection Department
Sanjay Kumar Jha	Water Resources Information & Public Relations
Shrawan Kumar	Rural Development
Sheela Kumari Mandal	Transport
Ashok Choudhary	Building Construction
Bijendra Prasad Yadav	Energy Planning & Development
Vijay Kumar Chaudhary	Finance, Commercial Tax, Parliamentary affairs
Samir Kumar Mahaseth	Industries
Mohammad Israil Mansuri	Information Technology
Mohammed Shahnawaz Alam	Disaster Management
Surendra Ram	Labour resources
Rama Nand Yadav	Mines and Geology
Jitendra Kumar Ray	Art, Culture & Youth Affairs
Lalit Kumar Yadav	Public Health Engineering department
Chandra Shekhar	Education
Surendra Prasad Yadav	Co-operative
Anita Devi	BC & EBC Welfare
Kumar Sarvajeet	Tourism
Alok Kumar Mehta	Revenue and Land reforms