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 |
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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 | 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 | Tajpur | 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 | Katihar Lok | 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 | |
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 | 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) | |
Aditya Pratap Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | Raghopur | A young and educated leader, has a vision to develop Raghopur area. BJP may announce him as the candidate from Raghopur in the 2025 Bihar Vidhan Sabha Chunav |
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