Santosh Kumar Suman | |
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| Cabinet Minister, Government of Bihar | |
| Assumed office 28 January 2024 | |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
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| In office 16 November 2020 –9 August 2022 | |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
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| Preceded by | Narendra Narayan Yadav Ratnesh Sada Vijay Kumar Mandal Krishna Kumar Mantoo |
| Member of the Bihar Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2018 | |
| President,Hindustani Awam Morcha | |
| Assumed office 26 April 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Jitan Ram Manjhi |
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| Born | 10 February 1975 |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Political party | Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) |
| Children | 2 |
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Santosh Kumar Suman (born 10 February 1975) is an Indian politician from Bihar. He is a member of the Bihar Legislative Council representing the Hindustani Awam Morcha,and was elected unopposed in the elections in March 2023. [1] [2] [3] He is the son of former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi. [4]
Santosh served as the minister of information technology,disaster management,and minor water resources in the Ninth Nitish Kumar ministry from 28 January 2024 to 20 November 2025,the minister of SC/ST welfare in the Eighth Nitish Kumar ministry from 16 August 2022 to 13 June 2023,and the minister of minor irrigation and SC/ST welfare in the Seventh Nitish Kumar ministry from 16 November 2020 to 9 August 2022. [5]