List of deputy chief ministers of Bihar explained

Border:parliamentary
Minister:not_prime
Style:The Honourable (Formal)
Mr. Deputy Chief Minister (Informal)
Post:Deputy Chief Minister
Body:Bihar
Incumbent:Vijay Kumar Sinha
and
Samrat Choudhary
Incumbentsince:28 January 2024
Seat:Patna Secretariat
Head:Nitish Kumar
Insignia:Seal of Bihar.svg
Insigniacaption:Government of Bihar
Status:Deputy Leader of the Executive
Type:Deputy Head of Government
Abbreviation:Dy CM
Department:Government of Bihar
Inaugural:Anugrah Narayan Sinha
Termlength:At the confidence of the assembly
Termlength Qualified:Deputy Chief minister's term is for 5 years and is subject to no term limits.
Appointer:Governor of Bihar on the advice of the Chief Minister of Bihar
Reportsto:
Nominator:Members of the Government of Bihar in Bihar Legislative Assembly
Residence:208, Kautilya Nagar, MP MLA Colony, Patna
Website:official website

The deputy chief minister of Bihar is the seniormost cabinet member of the state government who serves as the de facto second head of the state. He is the second highest ranking executive authority of the state's council of ministers. The current deputy chief ministers of Bihar are Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha serving in office since 28 January 2024.

Deputy premiers of Bihar

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Deputy chief ministers of Bihar

PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office[1] Chief MinisterAssemblyParty
1Anugrah Narayan Sinha2 April 19465 July 1957Shri Krishna Sinha1st

(1952)

Indian National Congress
2nd

(1957)

2Karpoori ThakurTajpur5 March 196728 January 1968Mahamaya Prasad Sinha4th

(1967)

Socialist Party
3Jagdeo PrasadKurtha28 January 19681 February 1968Satish Prasad SinghShoshit Samaj Dal
4Ram Jaipal Singh YadavSonpur3 June 19719 January 1972Bhola Paswan Shastri5th

(1969)

Indian National Congress
5Sushil Kumar ModiMLC24 November 200516 June 2013 Nitish Kumar14th(2005)Bharatiya Janata Party
15th

(2010)

6Tejashwi YadavRaghopur20 November 201526 July 201716th

(2015)

Rashtriya Janata Dal
(5)Sushil Kumar ModiMLC27 July 201716 November 2020Bharatiya Janata Party
7Tarkishore PrasadKatihar16 November 20209 August 202217th

(2020)

Renu DeviBettiah
(6)Tejashwi YadavRaghopur10 August 202228 January 2024Rashtriya Janata Dal
8Vijay SinhaLakhisarai28 January 2024IncumbentBharatiya Janata Party
Samrat ChoudharyMLC

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/dy_cm.html Bihar Deputy CMs List