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List of deputy chief ministers of Bihar

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

Keys:   Indian National Congress   bharatiya janata party   rashtriya janata party

# Portrait Name Term of office Premier Party
1 Anugrah Narayan Sinha 20 July 1937 31 October 1939 2 years, 103 days Shri Krishna Sinha Indian National Congress

Deputy chief ministers of Bihar

# Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[1] Chief Minister Assembly

(Election)

Party
1 Anugrah Narayan Sinha 2 April 1946 5 July 1957 11 years, 94 days Shri Krishna Sinha 1st

(1952)

Indian National Congress
2nd

(1957)

2 Karpoori Thakur Tajpur 5 March 1967 28 January 1968 329 days Mahamaya Prasad Sinha 4th

(1967)

Socialist Party
3 Jagdeo Prasad Kurtha 28 January 1968 1 February 1968 4 days Satish Prasad Singh Shoshit Samaj Dal
4 Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav Sonpur 3 June 1971 9 January 1972 220 days Bhola Paswan Shastri 5th

(1969)

Indian National Congress
5 Sushil Kumar Modi MLC 24 November 2005 16 June 2013 7 years, 204 days Nitish Kumar 14th

(2005)

Bharatiya Janata Party
15th

(2010)

6 Tejashwi Yadav Raghopur 20 November 2015 26 July 2017 1 year, 248 days 16th

(2015)

Rashtriya Janata Dal
(5) Sushil Kumar Modi MLC 27 July 2017 16 November 2020 3 years, 112 days Bharatiya Janata Party
7 Tarkishore Prasad Katihar 16 November 2020 9 August 2022 1 year, 266 days 17th

(2020)

Renu Devi Bettiah
(6) Tejashwi Yadav Raghopur 10 August 2022 28 January 2024 1 year, 171 days Rashtriya Janata Dal
8 Vijay Sinha Lakhisarai 28 January 2024 Incumbent 1 year, 105 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Samrat Choudhary MLC

Statistics

List by deputy chief minister

# Deputy Chief Minister Party Term of office
Longest continuous term Total duration of deputy chief ministership
1 Anugrah Narayan Sinha INC 11 years, 94 days 11 years, 94 days
2 Sushil Kumar Modi BJP 7 years, 204 days 10 years, 316 days
3 Tejashwi Yadav RJD 1 year, 248 days 3 years, 54 days
4 Tarkishore Prasad BJP 1 year, 266 days 1 year, 266 days
5 Renu Devi BJP 1 year, 266 days 1 year, 266 days
6 Samrat Choudhary* BJP* 1 year, 105 days* 1 year, 105 days*
7 Vijay Kumar Sinha* BJP* 1 year, 105 days* 1 year, 105 days*
8 Karpoori Thakur SCP 0 year, 329 days 0 year, 329 days
9 Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav INC 0 year, 220 days 0 year, 220 days
10 Jagdeo Prasad SSD 0 year, 4 days 0 year, 4 days

See also

References

  1. ^ Bihar Deputy CMs List