List of politicians from Bihar

This is a list of politicians from Bihar, India. It includes leaders from different political parties.


Name	Image	Association	Constituency	Positions/Offices/Roles
Rajendra Prasad		Indian National Congress		First President of India.
Shri Krishna Sinha		Indian National Congress	Sheikhpura	First Chief Minister of Bihar Second Finance Minister of Bihar
Jagjivan Ram		Indian National Congress	Sasaram	Former Deputy Prime Minister of India Former Minister of Defence (India)
Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra		Indian National Congress, Congress (O), Janata Party	Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency	Former Minister of External Affairs (India) Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Anugrah Narayan Sinha		Indian National Congress	Aurangabad	Constituent Assembly of India, Finance Minister Bihar, deputy chief ministers of Bihar
Jagdeo Prasad		Shoshit Samaj Da Samyukta Socialist Party		Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar
Lalit Narayan Mishra		Indian National Congress		Former Minister of Railways (India)
Abdul Ghafoor (politician)		Indian National Congress & Samata Party	Siwan & Gopalganj	Former Chief Minister of Bihar
Jagannath Mishra		Indian National Congress		Former Chief Minister of Bihar (14th)^[1]
Karpoori Thakur		Socialist Party Janta Party	Tajpur Samastipur	Former Chief Minister of Bihar (11th)^[2]
Bali Ram Bhagat		Indian National Congress	Arrah Lok Sabha constituency	13th External Affairs Minister 11th Governor of Rajasthan 8th Governor of Himachal Pradesh 6th Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Tariq Anwar		India National Congress	Katihar Lok Sabha Constituency	Minister of State of Agriculture and Food Processing Industries
Meira Kumar		Indian National Congress	Bijnor (Lok Sabha constituency)	Ex. Lok-Sabha Speaker^[3]
Nitish Kumar		Janata Dal (United)	Harnaut	Chief Minister of Bihar^[4]
Lalu Prasad Yadav		Janata Dal Rashtriya Janata Dal	Saran	Ex Chief Minister of Bihar^[5] (10 March 1990 – 3 March 1995) (4 April 1995 – 25 July 1997) Ex Minister of Railways (2004–2009)
Gopal Jee Thakur^[6]		Bhartiya Janta Party-BJP	Darbhanga	Member Of Parliament
Ram Vilas Paswan		Samyukta Socialist Party Bharatiya Lok Dal Janata Party Janata Dal (United) Lok Janshakti Party		Former Union Railways Minister
Nand Kishore Yadav		Bhartiya Janta Party- BJP	Patna Sahib^[7]	Minister Road Construction Department - Government of Bihar^[8]
Sushil Kumar Modi		Bhartiya Janata Party	Bhagalpur (Lok Sabha constituency)	4th Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Onkarnath Baranwal	–	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)	Chakai
Ravi Shankar Prasad^[9]		Bharatiya Janata Party	Patna Sahib	Former Union Cabinet Minister
Bhola Singh	–	Bharatiya Janata Party	Nawada^[10]
Radha Mohan Singh^[11]		Bharatiya Janata Party	Purvi Champaran	Former Union Cabinet Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh^[12]		Janata Party Rashtriya Janata Dal	Vaishali	Ex Minister of Rural Development
Shatrughan Sinha^[13]		All India Trinamool Congress	Asansol Loksabha	Member of Parliament
Shivanand Tiwari^[14]	–	Janata Dal (United)
Shakeel Ahmad		Indian National Congress		Spokesman for the All India Congress Committee^[15]
Ashok Kumar^[16]	–	Indian National Congress		CLP leader in the BLA 2009
Gauri Shankar Pandey		Indian National Congress	Bettiah	Ex Minister of Transport, Industry, Forest
Krishna Kumar Mishra		Bharatiya Janata Party	Chanpatia	Ex Minister, Revenue & Land Reforms (Bihar)
Upendra Kushwaha		Rashtriya Lok Morcha	Karakat	Ex member of Rajya Sabha Chairperson of Rashtriya Lok Samata Party ≥ Ex Minister of State In Rural development GOVt. of INDIA Minister of state in HRD Govt. of India (at present)
Radhanandan Jha		Indian National Congress		Ex Speaker Bihar Vidhan Sabha
Abdul Bari Siddiqui		Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)	Alinagar, Darbhanga	Former Finance Minister of Bihar^[17]
Giriraj Singh	Giriraj Singh	Bhartiya Janta Party	Begusarai	Union Cabinet Minister for Rural Development & Panchayati Raj
Brahmanand Mandal^[18]		Samata Party	Munger	Ex M.P.
Nityanand Rai		Bhartiya Janta Party	Ujiarpur	Union Minister of State for Home Affairs
Tejashwi Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal	Raghopur, Vaishali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)	Ex Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar
Awadh Bihari Choudhary		Rashtriya Janata Dal	Siwan Assembly constituency	Speaker of the Bihar Legislarive Assembly
Deo Narayan Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal	Babubarhi Assembly constituency	12th Speaker of the Bihar Legislarive Assembly
Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav		Janata Dal	Arrah Lok Sabha constituency	Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain		Bharatiya Janata Party	Kishanganj district	Former Minister of Industries, Govt of Bihar Former Minister of Textiles (India) Former Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)

References

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^ Singh, Aastha (24 January 2019). "Karpoori Thakur, the other Bihar CM who banned alcohol". ThePrint. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
^ "Detailed Profile: Smt. Meira Kumar". India.gov.in. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
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[1] Thakur, Rajesh Kumar (19 August 2019). "Former Bihar CM Jagannath Mishra to be cremated on Wednesday with full state honours". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 3 August 2024.

[2] Singh, Aastha (24 January 2019). "Karpoori Thakur, the other Bihar CM who banned alcohol". ThePrint. Retrieved 6 December 2023.

[3] "Detailed Profile: Smt. Meira Kumar". India.gov.in. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

[4] Narayana Kumar, K.P. (3 January 2011). "A Person of the Year: Nitish Kumar". Forbes Magazine. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

[5] "More charges framed against Lalu Yadav". The Tribune. 18 May 2005. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

[6] "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabha.nic.in. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[7] Myneta.info. (2017). Nand Kishor Yadav (Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)): Constituency - PATNA SAHIB (PATNA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:. [online] Available at: http://myneta.info/bihar2015/candidate.php?candidate_id=1393 [Accessed 22 Sep. 2017].

[8] Gov.bih.nic.in. (2017). Bihar: Cabinet Ministers. [online] Available at: http://www.gov.bih.nic.in/Governance/Ministers.htm [Accessed 22 Sep. 2017]

[9] Outlook. Outlook. 8 April 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

[10] "Lok Sabha Members". Government of India. Retrieved 8 March 2012.

[11] "Fifteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha website. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

[12] "Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh". India.gov.in. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

[13] "Shatrughan Sinha finally gets his due". The Times of India. 1 July 2002. Archived from the original on 24 December 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2009.

[14] "Detailed Profile: Shri Shivanand Tiwari". India.gov.in. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

[15] "Probe sought into Congress bid to buy JVM votes". The Times of India. 25 April 2012. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

[16] "Opp readies for fight". The Telegraph. 26 June 2009. Archived from the original on 1 July 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2009.

[17] "Wayback Machine" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2023.

[18] Prasad, Kashi (18 April 2002). "PM calls meeting over Munger bridge". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 May 2022.

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