Nitin Nabin

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Nitin Nabin
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Nitin Nabin In 2025
11th National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 January 2026
OccupationPolitician

Nitin Nabin (born 23 May 1980) is an Indian politician, political organiser, and activist who has been serving as the 16th national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since January 2026. [2] He was the national working president of the Bharatiya Janata Party from December 2025 to January 2026. [3] [4] He is the youngest president of the party, rising to the post at the age of 45. He also served as a minister in the Nitish Kumar–led Government of Bihar, holding the Ministry of Road Construction portfolio from 2024 to 2025 and Ministry of Urban housing and development and Ministry of Law and Justice. He currently represents the Bankipur constituency in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. [5]

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Early life and education

Nitin Nabin Sinha was born on 23 May 1980 in Ranchi, Jharkhand in a Hindu Chitraguptavanshi Kayastha family. He is the son of veteran BJP leader and former MLA Nabin Kishore Prasad Sinha. Following his father's death in 2006, he entered active electoral politics. [6]

He completed his intermediate education in 1998 from C. S. K. M. Public School, Delhi.

Political career

Nabin won his first election in a by-election from Patna West in 2006 and became a Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. [7]

After constituency delimitation, he began representing the Bankipur seat. He has been re-elected in the 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections. In the 2025 election, he secured 98,299 votes and defeated Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Rekha Kumari by a margin of 51,936 votes. [8]

Nabin has held multiple ministerial portfolios in the Government of Bihar. He served as Minister of Road Construction from February 2021 to August 2022 and was reappointed to the same portfolio in February 2025 and served till December 2025. Between March 2024 and February 2025, he served as Minister of Urban Development & Housing and Minister of Law & Justice. His tenure had included initiatives related to road infrastructure, urban housing and welfare measures such as support for journalists and incentives for ASHA and Mamta workers.

Party organisation roles

Nabin has held several organisational positions within the BJP. He has served as National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) and State President of BJYM Bihar. [9] During his association with BJYM, he participated in youth mobilisation campaigns, including the National Unity Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir and a tribute march from Guwahati to Tawang commemorating the martyrs of the 1965 war. He has also served as BJP in-charge for Sikkim and as co-in-charge for Chhattisgarh, contributing to organisational activities and electoral campaigns in those states. [10]

National President of BJP

In December 2025, the BJP parliamentary board appointed Nabin as the National Working President of the party. He succeed J. P. Nadda as national president in January 2026. [11] [12]

Political timeline

References

  1. ↑ "बिहार विधान सभा सचिवालय - सप्तदश बिहार विधान सभा मे माननीय सदस्यों की जन्म तिथि एवं टर्मवार सूची" (PDF). Bihar Vidhan Sabha (in Hindi). Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "Nitin Nabin elected national BJP president unopposed: To take charge January 20; PM Modi to attend event". Times of India. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Bihar minister Nitin Nabin appointed BJP's National Working President". India Today. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.[ dead link ]
  4. ↑ "BJP gets new chief: Bihar minister Nitin Nabin appointed national working president; to replace JP Nadda". The Times of India. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Who is Nitin Nabin: 45 year old leader takes charge as the youngest ever BJP chief - BusinessToday". Business Today. 20 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "BJP leader Navin Kishore dead". The Times of India. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "BJP's Nitin Navin wins Patna West seat". The Times of India. 27 April 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  8. ↑ "Bankipur Assembly election result 2025: Nitin Nabin wins by over 51,000 votes". India Today. November 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  9. ↑ "BJP MLA Nitin Nabin appointed BJYM Bihar president". News18 Hindi. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  10. ↑ "Nitin Nabin takes charge of Chhattisgarh BJP, replaces Om Mathur". The Statesman. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  11. ↑ "Nitin Nabin Becomes BJP National President, Succeeds JP Nadda". Bru Times News.
  12. ↑ "Nitin Nabin elected BJP national president unopposed in move seen as generational shift". telegraphindia. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  13. ↑ "BJP gets new chief: Bihar minister Nitin Nabin appointed national working president; to replace JP Nadda". The Times of India. 14 December 2025. Archived from the original on 16 December 2025. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  14. ↑ "Nitin Nabin takes charge as BJP working president". The Hindu. 15 December 2025. Archived from the original on 16 December 2025. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
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