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{{Short description|Indian state government official}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Chairperson
| body = the Bihar Legislative Council
| insignia = File:Seal of Bihar.svg
| insigniacaption = Seal of Bihar
| department = [[Bihar Legislative Council]]
| member_of = [[Bihar Legislative Council]]
| appointer = Members of the [[Bihar Legislative Council|Legislative Council]]
| incumbent = [[Awadhesh Narain Singh]]
| inaugural =
| incumbentsince = 20 June 2024
| termlength = 6 years
| image = File:Awadhesh Narayan Singh (cropped).jpg
| style = [[The Honourable|The Hon’ble]] {{small|(formal)}}<br />[[Mister|Mr. Chairman]] {{small|(informal)}}
| reports_to =
| residence = Patna
| deputy = [[Ram Bachan Rai]]
}}

The '''Chair of the Bihar Legislative Council'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chairmen List |url=https://www.biharvidhanparishad.gov.in/ExChairmen.htm |access-date= |website=www.biharvidhanparishad.gov.in}}</ref> is the presiding officer of the Legislative Council of Bihar, the main law-making body for the [[India]]n state of [[Bihar]]. Chairmen hold office until ceasing to be a member of the council or resigning from the office. The chairmen can be removed from office by a resolution passed in the council by an effective majority of its members. In the absence of chairman, the meeting is presided by the deputy chairmen.

==List==
* {{legend inline|#DBD7D2|text={{asterisk}}}} represents acting chairmen

=== List of Prisedents of the [[Bihar and Orissa Province|Bihar and Orissa]] Legislative Council ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! No
! Portrait
! Name
!Constituency
! colspan="3" | Term
! colspan="2" | Party
|-
|1
|Sir Walton Maude
|
|
|1921
|
|
|
|
|-
|2
|Sachchidanand Sinha
|
|
|July 1921
|November 1922
|
|
|
|-
|3
|Khawaja M. Noorie
|
|
|1922
|1929
|
|
|
|-
|4
|Babu Nirsu Narayan Singh
|
|
|1930
|1932
|
|
|
|-
|5
|Babu Rajandhari Singh
|
|
|1933
|1936
|
|
|
|}

=== List of Prisedents/Chairpersons of the Bihar Legislative Council ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! No
! Portrait
! Name<ref>{{Cite web |title=पूर्व सभापतियों की सूची |trans-title=List of former chairmen |url=https://vidhanparishad.bihar.gov.in/Ex-Chairman_list |access-date=29 April 2026 |website=vidhanparishad.bihar.gov.in |language=hi}}</ref>
!Constituency
! colspan="3" | Term<ref name="nic">{{cite web|url=https://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/Speaker.html|website=vidhansabha.bih.nic.in|title=Bihar Vidhan Sabha/Speaker|access-date=24 September 2022|archive-date=9 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909102629/https://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/Speaker.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
! colspan="2" | Party
|-
|1
|
|Rajiv Ranjan Prasad
|
|23 July 1937
|6 September 1948
|{{Ayd|23 July 1937|6 September 1948}}
|
|
|-
|2
|
|Shyama Prasad Singh
|
|7 September 1948
|11 May 1952
|{{Ayd|7 September 1948|11 May 1952}}
|
|
|-
|*
|
|Naima Khatoon Haider
|
|12 May 1952
|15 May 1952
|{{Ayd|12 May 1952|15 May 1952}}
|
|
|-
|(2)
|
|Shyama Prasad Singh
|
|15 May 1952
|6 May 1958
|{{Ayd|15 May 1952|6 May 1958}}
|
|
|-
|*
|
|Rameshwar Prasad Singh
|
|4 April 1959
|7 April 1959
|{{Ayd|4 April 1959|7 April 1959}}
|
|
|-
|*
|
|Rai Braj Raj Krishna
|
|7 April 1959
|6 May 1959
|{{Ayd|7 April 1959|6 May 1959}}
|
|
|-
|*
|
|Radha Govind Prasad
|
|7 May 1959
|10 September 1962
|{{Ayd|7 May 1959|10 September 1962}}
|
|
|-
|3
|
|Ravaneshwar Mishra
|
|11 September 1962
|6 May 1964
|{{Ayd|11 September 1962|6 May 1964}}
|
|
|-
|*
|
|Kumar Ganga Nand Singh
|
|7 May 1964
|24 September 1964
|{{Ayd|7 May 1964|24 September 1964}}
|
|
|-
|*
|
|[[Theodore Bodra]]
|
|24 September 1964
|30 August 1965
|{{Ayd|24 September 1964|30 August 1965}}
|
|
|-
|4
|
|Devsharan Singh
|
|30 August 1965
|6 May 1968
|{{Ayd|30 August 1965|6 May 1968}}
|
|
|-
|*
|
|[[Theodore Bodra]]
|
|7 May 1968
|16 May 1972
|{{Ayd|7 May 1968|16 May 1972}}
|
|
|-
|*
|
|Rampyari Devi
|
|17 March 1972
|6 May 1972
|{{Ayd|17 March 1972|6 May 1972}}
|
|
|-
|*
|
|Anil Kumar Sen
|
|7 May 1972
|5 June 1972
|{{Ayd|7 May 1972|5 June 1972}}
|
|
|-
|5
|
|Abdul Ghafoor
|
|5 June 1972
|2 July 1973
|{{Ayd|5 June 1972|2 July 1973}}
|
|
|-
|*
|
|Ram Govind Singh
|
|2 July 1973
|5 January 1975
|{{Ayd|2 July 1973|5 January 1975}}
|
|
|-
|*
|
|Mahendra Prasad
|
|5 January 1975
|18 March 1975
|{{Ayd|5 January 1975|18 March 1975}}
|
|
|-
|*
|
|Ram Govind Singh
|
|7 January 1975
|18 March 1975
|{{Ayd|7 January 1975|18 March 1975}}
|
|
|-
|*
|
|Krishna Kant Singh
|
|18 March 1975
|19 March 1975
|{{Ayd|18 March 1975|19 March 1975}}
|
|
|-
|*
|
|Ram Govind Singh
|
|19 March 1975
|6 May 1976
|{{Ayd|19 March 1975|6 May 1976}}
|
|
|-
|*
|
|Rajeshwari Saroj Das
|
|7 May 1976
|6 May 1980
|{{Ayd|7 May 1976|6 May 1980}}
|
|
|-
| colspan="9" |''Vacant from 7 May 1980 to 13 June 1980''
|-
|*
|
|Shamu Charan Tuvid
|
|14 June 1980
|24 July 1980
|{{Ayd|14 June 1980|24 July 1980}}
|
|
|-
|6
|
|[[Prithvi Chand Kisku]]
|
|25 July 1980
|12 January 1985
|{{Ayd|25 July 1980|12 January 1985}}
|
|
|-
| colspan="9" |''Vacant from 13 January 1985 to 17 January 1985''
|-
|*
|
|Rajeshwari Saroj Das
|
|18 January 1985
|29 January 1985
|{{Ayd|18 January 1985|29 January 1985}}
|
|
|-
|7
|
|Arun Kumar
|
|5 July 1985
|3 October 1986
|{{Ayd|5 July 1985|3 October 1986}}
|
|
|-
|*
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Umeshwar Prasad Verma]]
| rowspan="2" |
|4 October 1986
|18 January 1990
| rowspan="2" |{{Ayd|4 october 1986|6 may 1994}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|-
|8
|19 January 1990
|6 May 1994
|-
|*
|[[File:Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (1).jpg|107x107px]]
|[[Raghuvansh Prasad Singh]]
|
|7 May 1994
|5 April 1995
|{{Ayd|7 may 1994|5 april 1995}}
| rowspan="3" |[[Janata Dal]]
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
|-
|*
| rowspan="4" |
| rowspan="4" |[[Jabir Husain]]
| rowspan="4" |
|6 April 1995
|25 July 1996
| rowspan="4" |{{Ayd|6 april 1995|15 april 2006}}
|-
|9
|26 July 1996
|6 May 2000
|-
|*
|7 May 2000
|29 June 2000
| rowspan="2" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |
|-
|(9)
|30 June 2000
|15 April 2006
|-
|*
|
|[[Arun Kumar (Bihar INC politician)|Arun Kumar]]
|Gaya Teachers
|16 April 2006
|4 August 2009
|{{ayd|16 april 2006|4 august 2009}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|-
|10
|
|[[Tarakant Jha]]
|elected by MLA's
|4 August 2009
|6 May 2012
|{{ayd|4 august 2009|6 may 2012}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|-
|11
|[[File:Awadhesh Narayan Singh (cropped).jpg|120x120px]]
|[[Awadhesh Narain Singh]]
|Gaya Graduates
|8 August 2012
|8 May 2017
|{{ayd|8 august 2012|8 may 2017}}
|-
|*
|
|[[Mohammad Haroon Rashid|Haroon Rashid]]
|elected by MLA's
|9 May 2017
|6 May 2020
|{{ayd|9 may 2017|6 may 2020}}
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|-
|*
|[[File:Awadhesh Narayan Singh (cropped).jpg|120x120px]]
|[[Awadhesh Narain Singh]]
|Gaya Graduates
|16 June 2020
|25 August 2022
|{{ayd|16 june 2020|25 August 2022}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|-
|12
|[[File:Devesh Chandra Thakur (cropped).jpg|96x96px]]
|[[Devesh Chandra Thakur]]
|Tirhut Graduates
|25 August 2022
|24 July 2024
|{{Ayd|25 august 2022|14 June 2024}}
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|-
|*
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Awadhesh Narayan Singh (cropped).jpg|120x120px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Awadhesh Narain Singh]]
| rowspan="2" | Gaya Graduates
|20 June 2024
|24 July 2024
| rowspan="2" |{{ayd|20 June 2024|}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|-
|(11)
|24 July 2024
|'''Incumbent'''
|}

== Deputy ==
== Protem ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons}}

{{Bihar}}

[[Category:Chairs of the Bihar Legislative Council| ]]
[[Category:Lists of legislative speakers in India|B]]
[[Category:Bihar-related lists]]

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