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{{Short description|Finance ministers of Bihar}}
{{unreferenced|date=March 2026}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2013}}
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'''[[Finance minister]]s of [[Bihar]], [[India]]'''

{| class="wikitable"
! #
!Portrait
! Name
! colspan="3" | Tenure
![[Chief Minister of Bihar|Chief Minister]] 
! colspan="2" |Party
|- align="center"
| 1
|[[File:Bihar Vibhuti Dr Anugrah Narayan Sinha,first Bihar Dy Chief Minister.jpg|100x100px]]
| [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]]
| 2 April 1946
| 5 July 1957
|
| rowspan="2" |[[Shri Krishna Sinha]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|- align="center"
| 2
|[[File:Shri Krishna Singh 2016 stamp of India.jpg|101x101px]]
| [[Shri Krishna Sinha]]
| 5 July 1957
| 31 January 1961
|
|- align="center"
| 3
|
| [[Deep Narayan Singh]]
| 1 February 1961
| 18 February 1961
|
|[[Deep Narayan Singh]]
|- align="center"
| 4
|
| Beer Chand Patel
| 1963
| 1967
|
|
|- align="center"
| 5
|[[File:Karpoori Thakur 1991 stamp of India.jpg|99x99px]]
| [[Karpoori Thakur]]
| 5 March 1967
| 28 January 1968
|
|[[Mahamaya Prasad Sinha]]
|[[Socialist Party (India, 2011)|Socialist Party]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (India)}}" |
|- align="center"
| 6
|
| [[Satish Prasad Singh]]
| 28 January 1968
| 1 February 1968
|
|[[Satish Prasad Singh]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|- align="center"
| 7
|
| Krishna Kant Singh
| 22 March 1968
| 29 June 1968
|
|[[Bhola Paswan Shastri]]
|- align="center"
| 8
|[[File:NitishKumarPayingTributeToDPRai.jpg|84x84px]]
| [[Daroga Prasad Rai]]
| March 1972
| April 1975
|
|
|- align="center"
| 9
|
| Zawar Hussain
| April 1975
| November 1975
|
|
|- align="center"
| 10
|[[File:Kailashpati Mishra 2016 stamp of India.jpg|101x101px]]
| [[Kailashpati Mishra]]
| April 1977
| April 1979
|
|[[Karpuri Thakur]]
|[[Janata Party]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
|- align="center"
| 11
| [[File:Jagannath Mishra.jpg|93x93px]]
| [[Jagannath Mishra]]
| June 1980
| April 1983
|
|[[Jagannath Mishra]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|- align="center"
| 12
|[[File:B.dubey(3).jpg|94x94px]]
| [[Bindeshwari Dubey]]
| March 1985
| Feb 1988
|
|[[Bindeshwari Dubey]]
|- align="center"
| (11)
| [[File:Jagannath Mishra.jpg|93x93px]]
| [[Jagannath Mishra]]
| December 1989
| March 1990
|
|[[Jagannath Mishra]]
|- align="center"
| rowspan="2" | 13
| rowspan="2" |[[File:The Union Minister for Railways, Shri Lalu Prasad addressing the Media to announce a policy matter in New Delhi on September 12, 2004.jpg|94x94px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
| March 1990
| March 1995
|
| rowspan="2" |[[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
|[[Janata Dal]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
|- align="center"
| April 1995
| July 1997
|
| rowspan="3" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |
|- align="center"
| rowspan="2" | 14
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Rabri Devi presenting a cheque for Rs. 10 crore on behalf of the State Government to the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh for the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, in New Delhi on January 04, 2005 (cropped).jpg|94x94px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Rabri Devi]]
| July 1997
| February 1999
|
| rowspan="2" |[[Rabri Devi]]
|- align="center"
| March 1999
| March 2000
|
|- align="center"
| 15
|[[File: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|99x99px]]
| [[Nitish Kumar]]
| 3 March 2000
| 10 March 2000
|
|[[Nitish Kumar]]
|[[Samata Party]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Samata Party}}" |
|- align="center"
| (14)
|[[File:Rabri Devi presenting a cheque for Rs. 10 crore on behalf of the State Government to the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh for the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, in New Delhi on January 04, 2005 (cropped).jpg|94x94px]]
| [[Rabri Devi]]
| March 2000
| February 2005
|
|[[Rabri Devi]]
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |
|- align="center"
| 16
|[[File:The Leader of Opposition, Bihar, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi in New Delhi on January 08 (cropped).jpg|127x127px]]
| [[Sushil Kumar Modi]]
| 24 November 2005
| 16 June 2013
|{{Age in years and days|24 November 2005|16 June 2013}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Nitish Kumar]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|- align="center"
| (15)
|[[File: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|99x99px]]
| [[Nitish Kumar]]
| 17 June 2013
| 20 May 2014
|{{Age in years and days|17 June 2013|20 May 2014}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Janata Dal (United)]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|- align="center"
| 17
|[[File:The Director (Commercial), NTPC, Shri A.K. Gupta and the MD, South Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd. (SBPDCL) (cropped).JPG|75x75px]]
| [[Bijendra Prasad Yadav]]
| 20 May 2014
| 20 November 2015
|{{Age in years and days|20 May 2014|20 November 2015}}
|[[Jitan Ram Manjhi]]
|- align="center"
| 18
|
| [[Abdul Bari Siddiqui]]
| 20 November 2015
| 27 July 2017
|{{Age in years and days|20 November 2015|27 July 2017}}
| rowspan="6" |[[Nitish Kumar]]
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |
|- align="center"
| (16)
|[[File:The Leader of Opposition, Bihar, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi in New Delhi on January 08 (cropped).jpg|127x127px]]
| [[Sushil Kumar Modi]]
| 27 July 2017
| 16 November 2020
|{{Age in years and days|27 July 2017|16 November 2020}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|- align="center"
| 19
|[[File:Tarkishore Prasad.jpeg|75x75px]]
| [[Tarkishore Prasad]]
| 16 November 2020
| 9 August 2022
|{{Age in years and days|16 November 2020|9 August 2022}}
|- align="center"
| 20
| [[File:Vijay Kumar Chaudhary with Umesh kushwaha, khiru Mahto, Nitish Kumar (cropped).jpeg|80x80px]]
| [[Vijay Kumar Chaudhary]]
| 16 August  2022
| 28 January 2024
|{{Age in years and days|16 August 2022|28 January 2024}}
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|-align="center"
| 21
| [[File:Nitish Kumar, Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Sinha boarding on Patna Metro (cropped).jpg|103x103px]]
| [[Samrat Chaudhary]]
| 28 January 2024
| 20 November 2025
|{{Age in years and days|28 January 2024|20 November 2025}}
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|- align="center"
| (17)
|[[File:The Director (Commercial), NTPC, Shri A.K. Gupta and the MD, South Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd. (SBPDCL) (cropped).JPG|75x75px]]
| [[Bijendra Prasad Yadav]]
| 20 November 2025
| Incumbent
|{{Age in years and days|20 November 2025}}
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|- align="center"
|}

==See also==
* [[List of chief ministers of Bihar]]
*[[List of ministers of home of Bihar]]
*[[List of ministers of law of Bihar]]
*[[List of ministers of panchayati raj of Bihar]]
*[[List of ministers of health of Bihar]]
*[[List of ministers of sports of Bihar]]
*[[List of ministers of education of Bihar]]
*[[List of ministers of transport of Bihar]]
*[[List of ministers of co-operatives of Bihar]]
*[[List of ministers of science and technology of Bihar]]

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