Office: | Member of Bihar Legislative Council |
Term Start: | 24 May 2014 |
Term End: | 24 May 2020 |
Constituency: | Nominated by the Governor |
Office1: | Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly |
Term Start1: | 2010 |
Term End1: | 2014 |
Predecessor1: | Ram Niwas Prasad |
Successor1: | Rishi Mishra |
Constituency1: | Jale |
Term Start2: | 2000 |
Term End2: | 2005 |
Predecessor2: | Abdul Salam |
Successor2: | Ram Niwas Prasad |
Constituency2: | Jale |
Term Start3: | 1990 |
Term End3: | 1995 |
Predecessor3: | Lokesh Nath Jha |
Successor3: | Abdul Salam |
Constituency3: | Jale |
Office4: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Term Start4: | 1984 |
Term End4: | 1989 |
Predecessor4: | Hari Nath Mishra |
Successor4: | Shakeelur Rehman |
Constituency4: | Darbhanga |
Birth Date: | 1946 1, df=y |
Birth Place: | Saharsa district, Bihar Province |
Party: | Janata Dal (United) |
Children: | 3 sons, 1 daughter |
Father: | Lalit Narayan Mishra |
Education: | Bachelor of Arts |
Alma Mater: | Bihar University |
Profession: | Agriculturist |
Vijay Kumar Mishra is an Indian politician from the state of Bihar who was the Member of Bihar Legislative Council from 2014-20.[1]
He is the eldest son of former Railway Minister of India, Lalit Narayan Mishra, and the nephew of the former Chief Minister of Bihar, Jagannath Mishra.
Mishra had represented Jale Assembly constituency in the Bihar Legislative Assembly, being first elected for a five-year term in 1990, then again in 2000 and for the years 2010-2014.[2] He had also represented Darbhanga as a Member of Parliament in the 8th Lok Sabha (1984–1989) after defeating Pandit Harinath Mishra, former Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.
Mishra has been Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and chairman of the government machinery committee in the Bihar Legislative Assembly.
He is married to Meena Mishra and has three sons and a daughter. His second son, Rishi Mishra, has also been a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Jale constituency.