STATE PROFILE
Chief Ministers of Bihar
Capital: Patna
CURRENT CHIEF MINISTER
Samrat Choudhary
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
StateBihar
CapitalPatna
First recorded term15 April 2026
Current & Former Chief Ministers
23 profilesComplete Tenure Timeline
| # | Chief Minister | Party | Tenure period(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sri Krishna Sinha | 1937–1939; 1946–1961 | |
| 2 | Deep Narayan Singh | 1961 | |
| 3 | Binodanand Jha | 1961–1963 | |
| 4 | K. B. Sahay | 1963–1967 | |
| 5 | Mahamaya Prasad Sinha | 1967 | |
| 6 | Satish Prasad Singh | 1968 | |
| 7 | B. P. Mandal | 1968 | |
| 8 | Bhola Paswan Shastri | 1968; 1969; 1971 | |
| 9 | Harihar Singh | 1969 | |
| 10 | Daroga Prasad Rai | 1970–1971 | |
| 11 | Karpoori Thakur | 1970–1971; 1977–1979 | |
| 12 | Kedar Pandey | 1972–1973 | |
| 13 | Abdul Ghafoor | 1973–1975 | |
| 14 | Jagannath Mishra | 1975–1977; 1980–1983; 1989–1990 | |
| 15 | Ram Sundar Das | 1979–1980 | |
| 16 | Chandrasekhar Singh | 1983–1985 | |
| 17 | Bindeshwari Dubey | 1985–1988 | |
| 18 | Bhagwat Jha Azad | 1988–1989 | |
| 19 | Lalu Prasad Yadav | 1990–1997 | |
| 20 | Rabri Devi | 1997–2005 | |
| 21 | Nitish Kumar | 2005–2014; 2015–2026 | |
| 22 | Jitan Ram Manjhi | 2014–2015 | |
| 23 | Samrat Choudhary | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 2026–Present |