List of politicians from Bihar

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

Name Image Association Constituency Positions/Offices/Roles
Rajendra Prasad Indian National Congress Siwan First President of India.
Shri Krishna Sinha Indian National Congress Sheikhpura Member Constituent Assembly of India, Premier and

First Chief Minister of Bihar Second Finance Minister of Bihar

Jagjivan Ram Indian National Congress,
Janata Party 		Sasaram Former Deputy Prime Minister of India

Former Minister of Defence (India)

Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra 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 Indian National Congress Aurangabad Constituent Assembly of India, Finance Minister Bihar, deputy chief ministers of Bihar
Jagdeo Prasad Shoshit Samaj Da

Samyukta Socialist Party

Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar
Lalit Narayan Mishra 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 Socialist Party

Janta Party

Tajpur

Samastipur

Former Chief Minister of Bihar (11th)[2]
Bali Ram Bhagat 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 Indian National Congress Bijnor (Lok Sabha constituency) Ex. Lok-Sabha Speaker[3]
Nitish Kumar Janata Dal (United) Harnaut Chief Minister of Bihar[4]
Lalu Prasad Yadav Janata Dal
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] Bhartiya Janta Party-BJP Darbhanga Member Of Parliament
Ram Vilas Paswan Samyukta Socialist Party
Bharatiya Lok Dal
Janata Party
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 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] Bharatiya Janata Party Patna Sahib Former Union Cabinet Minister
Bhola Singh  – Bharatiya Janata Party Nawada[10]
Radha Mohan Singh[11] Bharatiya Janata Party Purvi Champaran Former Union Cabinet Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh[12] Janata Party
Rashtriya Janata Dal		 Vaishali Ex Minister of Rural Development
Shatrughan Sinha[13] All India Trinamool Congress Asansol Loksabha Member of Parliament
Shivanand Tiwari[14]  – Janata Dal (United)
Shakeel Ahmad 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 Indian National Congress Bettiah Ex Minister of Transport, Industry, Forest
Krishna Kumar Mishra Bharatiya Janata Party Chanpatia Ex Minister, Revenue & Land Reforms (Bihar)
Upendra Kushwaha 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 Bhartiya Janta Party Begusarai Union Cabinet Minister for Rural Development & Panchayati Raj
Brahmanand Mandal[18] Samata Party Munger Ex M.P.
Nityanand Rai Bhartiya Janta Party Ujiarpur Union Minister of State for Home Affairs
Tejashwi Yadav 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 Janata Dal Arrah Lok Sabha constituency Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain 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] Janata Dal United Goriakothi Former Member Bihar Legislative Assembly

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  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.
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