List of politicians from Bihar

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

NameImageAssociationConstituencyPositions/Offices/Roles
Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (Indian President), signed image for Walter Nash (NZ Prime Minister), 1958 (16017609534).jpg Indian National Congress Siwan First President of India.
Shri Krishna Sinha Shri Krishna Singh 2016 stamp of India.jpg Indian National Congress Sheikhpura Member Constituent Assembly of India, Premier and

First Chief Minister of Bihar Second Finance Minister of Bihar

Jagjivan Ram
Jagjivan Ram stamp (cropped).jpg
Indian National Congress,
Janata Party 		Sasaram Former Deputy Prime Minister of India

Former Minister of Defence (India)

Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra portrait.gif 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 Bihar Vibhuti Dr Anugrah Narayan Sinha,first Bihar Dy Chief Minister.jpg Indian National Congress Aurangabad Constituent Assembly of India, Finance Minister Bihar, deputy chief ministers of Bihar
Jagdeo Prasad
Stamp of India - 2001 - Colnect 160767 - Jagdeo Prasad.jpeg
Shoshit Samaj Da

Samyukta Socialist Party

Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar
Lalit Narayan Mishra
Lalit Narayan Mishra 1976 stamp of India.jpg
Indian National Congress Former Minister of Railways (India)
Abdul Ghafoor 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
Karpoori Thakur 2016 stamp of India.jpg
Socialist Party

Janta Party

Tajpur

Samastipur

Former Chief Minister of Bihar (11th) [2]
Bali Ram Bhagat
B.R. Bhagat in a meeting (cropped).png
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 Meira Kumar.jpg Indian National Congress Bijnor (Lok Sabha constituency) Ex. Lok-Sabha Speaker [3]
Nitish Kumar The Chief Minister of Bihar, Shri Nitish Kumar meeting with the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize Annual Plan 2007-08 of the State, in New Delhi on February 14, 2007 (Nitish Kumar) (cropped).jpg Janata Dal (United) Harnaut Chief Minister of Bihar [4]
Lalu Prasad Yadav Lalu Prasad Yadav addressing the EEC - 2006 (cropped).jpg Janata Dal symbol.svg Janata Dal
RJD Flag.svg 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] Gopal Jee Thakur.jpg Bhartiya Janta Party-BJP Darbhanga Member Of Parliament
Ram Vilas Paswan Ram Vilas Paswan addressing at the press conference on the conclusion of the Second Meeting of the Fertiliser Advisory Forum comprising delegates from States, Industry representatives.jpg Samyukta Socialist Party
Bharatiya Lok Dal
Janata Party
JanataDalUnitedFlag.PNG 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 The Leader of Opposition, Bihar, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi in New Delhi on January 08 (cropped).jpg 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] Ravi Shankar Prasad At Office.jpg Bharatiya Janata Party Patna Sahib Former Union Cabinet Minister
Bhola Singh  – Bharatiya Janata Party Nawada [10]
Radha Mohan Singh [11]
The Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Radha Mohan Singh briefing the media on Project Chaman, in New Delhi on October 16, 2017.jpg
Bharatiya Janata Party Purvi Champaran Former Union Cabinet Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh [12] Raghuvansh Prasad Singh.jpg Janata Party
RJD Flag.svg Rashtriya Janata Dal 		Vaishali Ex Minister of Rural Development
Shatrughan Sinha [13] Shatrughan Sinha 00451.JPG All India Trinamool Congress Asansol LoksabhaMember of Parliament
Shivanand Tiwari [14]  – JanataDalUnitedFlag.PNG Janata Dal (United)
Shakeel Ahmad Shri Shaqeel Ahmed in his office after taking over the charge as the Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology in New Delhi on May 24, 2004.jpg 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 Gauri Shanker Pandey.jpg Indian National Congress Bettiah Ex Minister of Transport, Industry, Forest
Krishna Kumar Mishra Krishna Kumar Mishra, Kehunia.png Bharatiya Janata Party Chanpatia Ex Minister, Revenue & Land Reforms (Bihar)
Upendra Kushwaha The Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Shri Upendra Kushwaha addressing at the inauguration of the "Summer Fiesta", in New Delhi on May 22, 2018.JPG 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 Giriraj Singh assuming charge as Minister of State (Independent Charge) in 2017.jpg
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
Shri Nityanand Rai taking charge as the Minister of State for Home Affairs, in New Delhi on June 01, 2019.jpg
Bhartiya Janta Party Ujiarpur Union Minister of State for Home Affairs
Tejashwi Yadav
Tejaswi Yadav 2023.jpg
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 Legislative Assembly
Deo Narayan Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal Babubarhi Assembly constituency 12th Speaker of the Bihar Legislarive Assembly
Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav
RLSY Potrait.jpg
Janata Dal Janata Dal symbol.svg Arrah Lok Sabha constituency Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (cropped).jpg Bharatiya Janata Party Kishanganj Former Minister of Industries, Govt of Bihar

Former Minister of Textiles (India) Former Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)

Satyadeo Prasad Singh [19] [20] SPSingh.jpg Janata Dal United Goriakothi Former Member Bihar Legislative Assembly

References

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  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 [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.
  19. ↑ "Satyadeo Prasad Singh". prsindia.org. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  20. ↑ "Two Bihar MLAs make shocking allegation of cops planning to kill them". newindianexpress.com. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
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