| Post: | Chairman |
| Body: | the Bihar Legislative Council |
| Insignia: | File:Seal of Bihar.svg |
| Insigniacaption: | Seal of Bihar |
| Department: | Bihar Legislative Council |
| Member Of: | Bihar Legislative Council |
| Appointer: | Members of the Legislative Council |
| Incumbent: | Awadhesh Narain Singh |
| Incumbentsince: | 20 June 2024 |
| Termlength: | 6 years |
| Residence: | Patna |
The Chairman of the Bihar Legislative Council[1] is the presiding officer of the Legislative Council of Bihar, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Bihar. Chairmen hold office until ceasing to be a member of the council or resigning from the office. The chairman can be removed from office by a resolution passed in the council by an effective majority of its members. In the absence of chairman, the meeting is presided by the deputy chairman.
| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term[2] | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umeshwar Prasad Verma | 4 October 1986 | 18 January 1990 | Indian National Congress | |||||
| 8 | 19 January 1990 | 6 May 1994 | ||||||
| Raghuvansh Prasad Singh | 7 May 1994 | 5 April 1995 | Janata Dal | |||||
| Jabir Husain | 6 April 1995 | 25 July 1996 | ||||||
| 9 | 26 July 1996 | 6 May 2000 | ||||||
| 7 May 2000 | 29 June 2000 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | ||||||
| 30 June 2000 | 15 April 2006 | |||||||
| Arun Kumar | Gaya Teachers | 16 April 2006 | 4 August 2009 | Indian National Congress | ||||
| 10 | Tarakant Jha | elected by MLA's | 4 August 2009 | 6 May 2012 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 11 | Awadhesh Narain Singh | Gaya Graduates | 8 August 2012 | 8 May 2017 | ||||
| Haroon Rashid | elected by MLA's | 9 May 2017 | 6 May 2020 | Janata Dal (United) | ||||
| Awadhesh Narain Singh | Gaya Graduates | 16 June 2020 | 25 August 2022 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
| 12 | Devesh Chandra Thakur | Tirhut Graduates | 25 August 2022 | 24 July 2024 | Janata Dal (United) | |||
| Awadhesh Narain Singh | Gaya Graduates | 20 June 2024 | 24 July 2024 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
| (11) | 24 July 2024 | Incumbent | ||||||