List of chairpersons of the Bihar Legislative Council

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Chairman of the Bihar Legislative Council
Seal of Bihar.svg
Seal of Bihar
since 20 June 2024
Bihar Legislative Council
Style The Hon’ble (formal)
Mr. Chairman (informal)
Member of Bihar Legislative Council
Residence Patna
AppointerMembers of the Legislative Council
Term length 6 years

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.

List

NoPortraitNameConstituencyTerm [2] Party
*Umeshwar Prasad Verma4 October 198618 January 19907 years, 214 days Indian National Congress
819 January 19906 May 1994
* Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (1).jpg Raghuvansh Prasad Singh 7 May 19945 April 1995333 days Janata Dal
* Jabir Husain 6 April 199525 July 199611 years, 9 days
926 July 19966 May 2000
*7 May 200029 June 2000 Rashtriya Janata Dal
30 June 200015 April 2006
*Arun KumarGaya Teachers16 April 20064 August 20093 years, 110 days Indian National Congress
10 Tarakant Jha elected by MLA's4 August 20096 May 20122 years, 276 days Bharatiya Janata Party
11 Awadhesh Narayan Singh (cropped).jpg Awadhesh Narain Singh Gaya Graduates8 August 20128 May 20174 years, 273 days
* Haroon Rashid elected by MLA's9 May 20176 May 20202 years, 363 days Janata Dal (United)
* Awadhesh Narayan Singh (cropped).jpg Awadhesh Narain Singh Gaya Graduates16 June 202025 August 20222 years, 70 days Bharatiya Janata Party
12 Devesh Chandra Thakur (cropped).jpg Devesh Chandra Thakur Tirhut Graduates25 August 202224 July 20241 year, 294 days Janata Dal (United)
* Awadhesh Narayan Singh (cropped).jpg Awadhesh Narain Singh Gaya Graduates20 June 202424 July 2024337 days Bharatiya Janata Party
(11)24 July 2024Incumbent

References

  1. ↑ "Chairmen List". www.biharvidhanparishad.gov.in.
  2. ↑ "Bihar Vidhan Sabha/Speaker". vidhansabha.bih.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
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