List of deputy chief ministers of Bihar

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Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar
Seal of Bihar.svg
Government of Bihar
Samratchoudhary.jpg
Shri Vijay Kumar Sinha.jpg
since 28 January 2024
Government of Bihar
Style The Honourable (Formal)
Mr. Deputy Chief Minister (Informal)
Type Deputy Head of Government
StatusDeputy Leader of the Executive
AbbreviationDy CM
Member of
Reports to
Residence 208, Kautilya Nagar, MP MLA Colony, Patna
Seat Patna Secretariat
NominatorMembers of the Government of Bihar in Bihar Legislative Assembly
Appointer Governor of Bihar on the advice of the Chief Minister of Bihar
Term length At the confidence of the assembly
Deputy Chief minister's term is for 5 years and is subject to no term limits.
Inaugural holder Anugrah Narayan Sinha
Formation2 April 1946;79 years ago (2 April 1946)
Website official website

The deputy chief minister of Bihar is the second highest ranking member 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.

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Deputy premiers of Bihar

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#PortraitNameTerm of office Premier Party
1 Bihar Vibhuti Dr Anugrah Narayan Sinha,first Bihar Dy Chief Minister.jpg Anugrah Narayan Sinha 20 July 193731 October 19392 years, 103 days Shri Krishna Sinha Indian National Congress

Deputy chief ministers of Bihar

#PortraitName Constituency Term of office [1] Chief Minister Assembly

(Election)

Party
1 Bihar Vibhuti Dr Anugrah Narayan Sinha,first Bihar Dy Chief Minister.jpg Anugrah Narayan Sinha 2 April 19465 July 195711 years, 94 days Shri Krishna Sinha 1st

(1952)

Indian National Congress
2nd

(1957)

2 Karpoori Thakur 1991 stamp of India.jpg Karpoori Thakur Tajpur5 March 196728 January 1968329 days Mahamaya Prasad Sinha 4th

(1967)

Socialist Party
3 Jagdev Prasad Statue.jpg Jagdeo Prasad Kurtha 28 January 19681 February 19684 days Satish Prasad Singh Shoshit Samaj Dal
4 Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav Sonpur 3 June 19719 January 1972220 days Bhola Paswan Shastri 5th

(1969)

Indian National Congress
5 The Leader of Opposition, Bihar, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi in New Delhi on January 08 (cropped2).jpg Sushil Kumar Modi MLC 24 November 200516 June 20137 years, 204 days Nitish Kumar 14th

(2005)

Bharatiya Janata Party
15th

(2010)

6 Tejaswi Yadav 2023.jpg Tejashwi Yadav Raghopur 20 November 201526 July 20171 year, 248 days 16th

(2015)

Rashtriya Janata Dal
(5) The Leader of Opposition, Bihar, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi in New Delhi on January 08 (cropped2).jpg Sushil Kumar Modi MLC 27 July 201716 November 20203 years, 112 days Bharatiya Janata Party
7 Tarkishore Prasad.jpeg Tarkishore Prasad Katihar 16 November 20209 August 20221 year, 266 days 17th

(2020)

Renu Devi Deputy CM.jpg Renu Devi Bettiah
(6) Tejaswi Yadav 2023.jpg Tejashwi Yadav Raghopur 10 August 202228 January 20241 year, 171 days Rashtriya Janata Dal
8 Samratchoudhary.jpg Samrat Choudhary Tarapur 28 January 2024Incumbent1 year, 298 days 17th

(2020)

18th

(2025)

Bharatiya Janata Party
Shri Vijay Kumar Sinha.jpg Vijay Sinha Lakhisarai

Statistics

List by deputy chief minister

#Deputy Chief MinisterPartyTerm of office
Longest continuous termTotal duration of deputy chief ministership
1 Anugrah Narayan Sinha INC 11 years, 94 days11 years, 94 days
2 Sushil Kumar Modi BJP 7 years, 204 days10 years, 316 days
3 Tejashwi Yadav RJD 1 year, 248 days3 years, 54 days
4 Samrat Choudhary * BJP*1 year, 298 days*1 year, 298 days*
5 Vijay Kumar Sinha * BJP*1 year, 298 days*1 year, 298 days*
6 Tarkishore Prasad BJP 1 year, 266 days1 year, 266 days
7 Renu Devi BJP 1 year, 266 days1 year, 266 days
8 Karpoori Thakur SCP 0 year, 329 days0 year, 329 days
9 Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav INC 0 year, 220 days0 year, 220 days
10 Jagdeo Prasad SSD0 year, 4 days0 year, 4 days

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