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{{Short description|Politicians From Bihar, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}

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

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! Name !! Image !! Association !! Constituency

| '''Positions/Offices/Roles'''
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|[[Rajendra Prasad]]
|[[File:Rajendra Prasad (Indian President), signed image for Walter Nash (NZ Prime Minister), 1958 (16017609534).jpg|200px]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| [[Siwan, Bihar|Siwan]]
|First [[President of India]].
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|[[Shri Krishna Sinha]]
|[[File:Shri_Krishna_Singh_2016_stamp_of_India.jpg|200px]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Sheikhpura]]
|Member Constituent Assembly of India, Premier and
First [[Chief Minister of Bihar]]
Second Finance Minister of Bihar
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|[[Jagjivan Ram]]
|[[File:Jagjivan Ram stamp (cropped).jpg|left|frameless|200px]]
|[[Indian National Congress]], [[Janata Party]]
|[[Sasaram]]
|Former [[Deputy Prime Minister of India]]
Former [[Minister of Defence (India)]]
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|[[Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra]]
|[[File:Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra portrait.gif| 200px]]
|[[Indian National Congress]], [[Congress (O)]], [[Janata Party]]
|[[Begusarai|Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency]]
|Former [[Minister of External Affairs (India)]]
[[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
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| [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]]
|[[File:Bihar Vibhuti Dr Anugrah Narayan Sinha,first Bihar Dy Chief Minister.jpg|200px]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|Aurangabad
| [[Constituent Assembly of India]], Finance Minister Bihar, deputy chief ministers of Bihar
|-
|[[Jagdeo Prasad]]
|[[File:Stamp of India - 2001 - Colnect 160767 - Jagdeo Prasad.jpeg|left|frameless|200px]]
|[[Samyukta Socialist Party|Shoshit Samaj Da]]
[[Samyukta Socialist Party]]
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|Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar
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|[[Lalit Narayan Mishra]]
|[[File:Lalit Narayan Mishra 1976 stamp of India.jpg|left|frameless|200px]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
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|Former [[Minister of Railways (India)]]
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|Rameshwar Sahu
|[[Rameshwar Sahu]]
|[[Indian National Congress]] & [[Samata Party]]
|[[Siwan, Bihar|Rosera]]
|Former Deputy Finance minister[[Chief Minister of Bihar|of India]]
|-
|[[Jagannath Mishra]]
|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|
|Former Chief Minister of Bihar (14th)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Former Bihar CM Jagannath Mishra to be cremated on Wednesday with full state honours |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/aug/19/former-bihar-cm-jagannath-mishra-to-be-cremated-on-wednesday-with-full-state-honours-2021205.html |access-date=2024-08-03 |newspaper=The New Indian Express | first=Rajesh Kumar | last=Thakur | date=19 August 2019}}</ref>
|-
|[[Karpoori Thakur]]
|[[File:Karpoori Thakur 2016 stamp of India.jpg|left|frameless|200px]]
|[[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist Party]]
[[Janata Party|Janta Party]]
|Tajpur
[[Samastipur district|Samastipur]]
|Former Chief Minister of Bihar (11th)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Aastha |date=2019-01-24 |title=Karpoori Thakur, the other Bihar CM who banned alcohol |url=https://theprint.in/theprint-profile/karpoori-thakur-the-other-bihar-cm-who-banned-alcohol/182593/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[Bali Ram Bhagat]]
|[[File:B.R. Bhagat in a meeting (cropped).png|left|200px]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Arrah Lok Sabha constituency]]
|[[Minister of External Affairs (India)|13th External Affairs Minister]] [[List of governors of Rajasthan|11th Governor of Rajasthan]] [[List of governors of Himachal Pradesh|8th Governor of Himachal Pradesh]] [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha|6th Speaker of the Lok Sabha]]
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|Tariq Anwar
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|[[Indian National Congress|India]]
[[Indian National Congress|National]]
[[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
|[[Katihar Lok Sabha constituency|Katihar Lok]]
[[Katihar Lok Sabha constituency|Sabha]]
[[Katihar Lok Sabha constituency|Constituency]]
|[[Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare|Minister of State of Agriculture and Food Processing Industries]]
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| [[Meira Kumar]] || [[File:Meira Kumar.jpg|200px]]||[[Indian National Congress]]||[[Bijnor (Lok Sabha constituency)]]||Ex. Lok-Sabha Speaker<ref>{{cite web | url=http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=3066 | title=Detailed Profile: Smt. Meira Kumar | publisher=India.gov.in | accessdate=3 May 2012}}</ref>
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| [[Nitish Kumar]] |||[[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|200px]] ||[[Janata Dal (United)]] || [[Harnaut]]|| [[Chief Minister of Bihar]]<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.forbes.com/2011/01/03/forbes-india-person-of-the-year-nitish-kumar.html | title=A Person of the Year: Nitish Kumar | magazine=Forbes Magazine | date=3 January 2011 | accessdate=3 May 2012 | author=Narayana Kumar, K.P.}}</ref>
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| [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]] ||[[File:Lalu Prasad Yadav addressing the EEC - 2006 (cropped).jpg|200px]] || [[File:Janata Dal symbol.svg|30px]] [[Janata Dal]] [[File:RJD Flag.svg|30px]] [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] || [[Saran district|Saran]] || [[Chief Minister of Bihar|Ex Chief Minister of Bihar]]<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050518/main1.htm | title=More charges framed against Lalu Yadav | newspaper=The Tribune | date=18 May 2005 | accessdate=3 May 2012}}</ref> (10 March 1990 – 3 March 1995) (4 April 1995 – 25 July 1997) [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ex Minister of Railways]] (2004–2009)
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|[[Gopal Jee Thakur]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members : Lok Sabha |url=https://loksabha.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5176 |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=loksabha.nic.in}}</ref>||[[File:Gopal Jee Thakur.jpg|200px]]|| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bhartiya Janta Party-BJP]]
|[[Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency|Darbhanga]]
|Member Of Parliament
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| [[Ram Vilas Paswan]] || [[File:Ram Vilas Paswan addressing at the press conference on the conclusion of the Second Meeting of the Fertiliser Advisory Forum comprising delegates from States, Industry representatives.jpg|100px]] || [[Samyukta Socialist Party]] [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]] [[Janata Party]] [[File:JanataDalUnitedFlag.PNG|30px]] [[Janata Dal (United)]] [[Lok Janshakti Party]] || || Former Union Railways Minister
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| [[Nand Kishore Yadav]] || || [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bhartiya Janta Party- BJP]] || [[Patna Sahib]]<ref>Myneta.info. (2017). Nand Kishor Yadav (Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)): Constituency - PATNA SAHIB (PATNA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:. [http://myneta.info/bihar2015/candidate.php?candidate_id=1393 online] [Accessed 22 Sep. 2017].</ref> || Minister Road Construction Department - Government of Bihar<ref>Gov.bih.nic.in. (2017). Bihar: Cabinet Ministers. [online] Available at: http://www.gov.bih.nic.in/Governance/Ministers.htm [Accessed 22 Sep. 2017]</ref>
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| [[Sushil Kumar Modi]] || [[File:The Leader of Opposition, Bihar, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi in New Delhi on January 08 (cropped).jpg|100px]] || [[Bhartiya Janata Party]] ||[[Bhagalpur (Lok Sabha constituency)]] || 4th [[List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar|Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar]]
[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
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|[[Onkarnath Baranwal]]
|{{Dash}}
|[[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)]]
|Chakai
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| [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Outlook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OzEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52|accessdate=28 September 2011|date=2008-04-08| publisher=Outlook }}</ref> || [[File:Ravi Shankar Prasad At Office.jpg|100px]]|| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || [[Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency)|Patna Sahib]] ||Former Union Cabinet Minister
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| [[Bhola Singh]] || {{dash}} || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || [[Nawada (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nawada]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Lok Sabha Members| work = Government of India| url = http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4475| accessdate = 8 March 2012 }}</ref> ||
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| [[Radha Mohan Singh]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=451 | title=Fifteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile | publisher=Lok Sabha website | accessdate=3 May 2012}}</ref> ||[[File:The Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Radha Mohan Singh briefing the media on Project Chaman, in New Delhi on October 16, 2017.jpg|left|thumb|111x111px]]|| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || [[Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency)|Purvi Champaran]] ||Former Union Cabinet Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
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| [[Raghuvansh Prasad Singh]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampdetail.php?mpcode=430 | title=Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh | publisher=India.gov.in | accessdate=3 May 2012}}</ref> || [[File:Raghuvansh Prasad Singh.jpg|100px]] || [[Janata Party]] [[File:RJD Flag.svg|30px]] [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]|| [[Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vaishali]] || [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|Ex Minister of Rural Development]]
|-
| [[Shatrughan Sinha]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Shatrughan-Sinha-finally-gets-his-due/articleshow/14679246.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224181008/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-07-01/india/27289811_1_shatrughan-sinha-union-cabinet-bjp|url-status=live|archive-date=24 December 2011|title=Shatrughan Sinha finally gets his due|access-date=2009-05-17|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=1 July 2002}}</ref> || [[File:Shatrughan Sinha 00451.JPG|100px]] || [[All India Trinamool Congress]] ||[[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)|Asansol]] Loksabha||Member of Parliament
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| [[Shivanand Tiwari]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2077 | title=Detailed Profile: Shri Shivanand Tiwari | publisher=India.gov.in | accessdate=3 May 2012}}</ref> || {{dash}}|| [[File:JanataDalUnitedFlag.PNG|30px]] [[Janata Dal (United)]] || ||
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| [[Shakeel Ahmad]] || [[File:Shri Shaqeel Ahmed in his office after taking over the charge as the Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology in New Delhi on May 24, 2004.jpg|100px]] ||[[Indian National Congress]] || || Spokesman for the [[All India Congress Committee]]<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-25/ranchi/31398223_1_jvm-p-jharkhand-vikas-morcha-prajatantrik-rajya-sabha-election | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724053513/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-25/ranchi/31398223_1_jvm-p-jharkhand-vikas-morcha-prajatantrik-rajya-sabha-election | url-status=dead | archive-date=24 July 2012 | title=Probe sought into Congress bid to buy JVM votes | date=25 April 2012 | newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | accessdate=3 May 2012}}</ref>
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| Ashok Kumar<ref>{{cite news|newspaper = The Telegraph|title = Opp readies for fight |url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090626/jsp/nation/story_11158040.jsp|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090701002735/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090626/jsp/nation/story_11158040.jsp|url-status = dead|archive-date = 1 July 2009|date =26 June 2009|accessdate = 2009-06-26}}</ref> || {{dash}} ||[[Indian National Congress]] || || CLP leader in the BLA 2009
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| [[Gauri Shankar Pandey]] || [[File:Gauri Shanker Pandey.jpg|100px]] ||[[Indian National Congress]]|| [[West Champaran district|Bettiah]]|| Ex Minister of Transport, Industry, Forest
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| [[Krishna Kumar Mishra]] ||[[File:Krishna Kumar Mishra, Kehunia.png|100px]]||[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|| [[West Champaran district|Chanpatia]]|| Ex Minister, Revenue & Land Reforms (Bihar)
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|[[Upendra Kushwaha]]
|[[File:The Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Shri Upendra Kushwaha addressing at the inauguration of the “Summer Fiesta”, in New Delhi on May 22, 2018.JPG|110px]]
|[[Rashtriya Lok Morcha]]
|[[Karakat Lok Sabha constituency|Karakat]]
|Ex member of Rajya Sabha
Chairperson of Rashtriya Lok Samata Party
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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]]
|Madhepur(Jhanjarpur)|
|Ex Speaker Bihar Vidhan Sabha
|-
|[[Abdul Bari Siddiqui]]
|
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] ([[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]])
|Alinagar, [[Darbhanga]]
|Former [[Finance Minister of Bihar]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wayback Machine |url=http://csd.bih.nic.in/Upload/Circulars/5812015.pdf |access-date=2023-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110518/http://csd.bih.nic.in/Upload/Circulars/5812015.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Giriraj Singh]]
|[[File:Giriraj Singh assuming charge as Minister of State (Independent Charge) in 2017.jpg|120x120px|Giriraj Singh|left|frameless]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bhartiya Janta Party]]
|[[Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency|Begusarai]]
|Union Cabinet Minister for Rural Development & Panchayati Raj
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| [[Brahmanand Mandal]]<ref>{{Cite news |first=Kashi | last=Prasad|date=18 Apr 2002 |title=PM calls meeting over Munger bridge |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/pm-calls-meeting-over-munger-bridge/articleshow/7205537.cms |access-date=2022-05-01 |newspaper=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Samata Party]]
|[[Munger]]
|Ex M.P.
|-
|[[Nityanand Rai]]
|[[File:Shri Nityanand Rai taking charge as the Minister of State for Home Affairs, in New Delhi on June 01, 2019.jpg|left|143x143px]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bhartiya Janta Party]]
|[[Ujiarpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ujiarpur]]
|Union Minister of State for Home Affairs
|-
| [[Tejashwi Yadav]]
| [[File:Tejaswi Yadav 2023.jpg|143x143px|left|frameless]]
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|[[Raghopur, Vaishali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
|Ex [[Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar]]
|-
|[[Awadh Bihari Choudhary]]
|
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|[[Siwan Assembly constituency]]
|[[List of speakers of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|[[Deo Narayan Yadav]]
|
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|[[Babubarhi Assembly constituency]]
|[[List of speakers of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|12th Speaker of the Bihar Legislarive Assembly]]
|-
|[[Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav]]
|[[File:RLSY Potrait.jpg|left|150x150px]]
|[[Janata Dal]][[File:Janata Dal symbol.svg|30px]]
|[[Arrah Lok Sabha constituency]]
|[[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers|Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers]]
|-
|[[Syed Shahnawaz Hussain]]
|[[File:Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (cropped).jpg|140x140px]]
|[[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]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://prsindia.org/mlatrack/satyadeo-prasad-singh |title=Satyadeo Prasad Singh |website=prsindia.org |access-date=2025-06-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/Nov/24/two-bihar-mlas-make-shocking-allegation-of-cops-planning-to-kill-them-1710192.html |title=Two Bihar MLAs make shocking allegation of cops planning to kill them |website=newindianexpress.com |date=2017-11-24 |access-date=2025-06-20}}</ref>
| [[File:SPSingh.jpg|100px|]]
|[[Janata Dal United]]
|[[Goriakothi]]
|Former Member [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
|-

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