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	File:Rajendra Prasad (Indian President), signed image for Walter Nash (NZ Prime Minister), 1958 (16017609534).jpg	Indian National Congress	Siwan	First President of India.
Shri Krishna Sinha	File:Shri Krishna Singh 2016 stamp of India.jpg	Indian National Congress	Sheikhpura	Member Constituent Assembly of India, Premier and First Chief Minister of Bihar Second Finance Minister of Bihar
Jagjivan Ram	File:Jagjivan Ram stamp (cropped).jpg	Indian National Congress, Janata Party	Sasaram	Former Deputy Prime Minister of India Former Minister of Defence (India)
Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra	File:Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra portrait.gif	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	File:Bihar Vibhuti Dr Anugrah Narayan Sinha,first Bihar Dy Chief Minister.jpg	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	Shoshit Samaj Da Samyukta Socialist Party		Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar
Lalit Narayan Mishra	File:Lalit Narayan Mishra 1976 stamp of India.jpg	Indian National Congress		Former Minister of Railways (India)
Rameshwar Sahu	Rameshwar Sahu	Indian National Congress & Samata Party	Rosera	Former Deputy Finance ministerof India
Jagannath Mishra		Indian National Congress		Former Chief Minister of Bihar (14th)^[1]
Karpoori Thakur	File:Karpoori Thakur 2016 stamp of India.jpg	Socialist Party Janta Party	Tajpur Samastipur	Former Chief Minister of Bihar (11th)^[2]
Bali Ram Bhagat	File:B.R. Bhagat in a meeting (cropped).png	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	File:Meira Kumar.jpg	Indian National Congress	Bijnor (Lok Sabha constituency)	Ex. Lok-Sabha Speaker^[3]
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	Janata Dal (United)	Harnaut	Chief Minister of Bihar^[4]
Lalu Prasad Yadav	File:Lalu Prasad Yadav addressing the EEC - 2006 (cropped).jpg	File:Janata Dal symbol.svg Janata Dal File:RJD Flag.svg 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]	File:Gopal Jee Thakur.jpg	Bhartiya Janta Party-BJP	Darbhanga	Member Of Parliament
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	Samyukta Socialist Party Bharatiya Lok Dal Janata Party File:JanataDalUnitedFlag.PNG 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	File:The Leader of Opposition, Bihar, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi in New Delhi on January 08 (cropped).jpg	Bhartiya Janata Party	Bhagalpur (Lok Sabha constituency)	4th Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Onkarnath Baranwal	Template:Dash	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)	Chakai
Ravi Shankar Prasad^[9]	File:Ravi Shankar Prasad At Office.jpg	Bharatiya Janata Party	Patna Sahib	Former Union Cabinet Minister
Bhola Singh	Template:Dash	Bharatiya Janata Party	Nawada^[10]
Radha Mohan Singh^[11]	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	Bharatiya Janata Party	Purvi Champaran	Former Union Cabinet Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh^[12]	File:Raghuvansh Prasad Singh.jpg	Janata Party File:RJD Flag.svg Rashtriya Janata Dal	Vaishali	Ex Minister of Rural Development
Shatrughan Sinha^[13]	File:Shatrughan Sinha 00451.JPG	All India Trinamool Congress	Asansol Loksabha	Member of Parliament
Shivanand Tiwari^[14]	Template:Dash	File:JanataDalUnitedFlag.PNG Janata Dal (United)
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	Indian National Congress		Spokesman for the All India Congress Committee^[15]
Ashok Kumar^[16]	Template:Dash	Indian National Congress		CLP leader in the BLA 2009
Gauri Shankar Pandey	File:Gauri Shanker Pandey.jpg	Indian National Congress	Bettiah	Ex Minister of Transport, Industry, Forest
Krishna Kumar Mishra	File:Krishna Kumar Mishra, Kehunia.png	Bharatiya Janata Party	Chanpatia	Ex Minister, Revenue & Land Reforms (Bihar)
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	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	Giriraj Singh 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	File:Shri Nityanand Rai taking charge as the Minister of State for Home Affairs, in New Delhi on June 01, 2019.jpg	Bhartiya Janta Party	Ujiarpur	Union Minister of State for Home Affairs
Tejashwi Yadav	File:Tejaswi Yadav 2023.jpg	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	File:RLSY Potrait.jpg	Janata DalFile:Janata Dal symbol.svg	Arrah Lok Sabha constituency	Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain	File:Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (cropped).jpg	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]	File:SPSingh.jpg	Janata Dal United	Goriakothi	Former Member Bihar Legislative Assembly

References

↑ Former Bihar CM Jagannath Mishra to be cremated on Wednesday with full state honours. The New Indian Express(19 August 2019). Retrieved 2024-08-03.
↑ Karpoori Thakur, the other Bihar CM who banned alcohol, Singh, Aastha. ThePrint(2019-01-24). Retrieved 2023-12-06.
↑ Detailed Profile: Smt. Meira Kumar. India.gov.in.
↑ Template:Cite magazine
↑ More charges framed against Lalu Yadav. The Tribune(18 May 2005).
↑ Members : Lok Sabha. loksabha.nic.in. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
↑ Myneta.info. (2017). Nand Kishor Yadav (Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)): Constituency - PATNA SAHIB (PATNA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:. online [Accessed 22 Sep. 2017].
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↑ Outlook{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Outlook(2008-04-08)
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↑ Fifteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile. Lok Sabha website.
↑ Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh. India.gov.in.
↑ Shatrughan Sinha finally gets his due. The Times of India(1 July 2002). Retrieved 2009-05-17.
↑ Detailed Profile: Shri Shivanand Tiwari. India.gov.in.
↑ Probe sought into Congress bid to buy JVM votes. The Times of India(25 April 2012).
↑ Opp readies for fight. The Telegraph(26 June 2009).
↑ Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
↑ PM calls meeting over Munger bridge. The Times of India(18 Apr 2002). Retrieved 2022-05-01.
↑ Satyadeo Prasad Singh. prsindia.org. Retrieved 2025-06-20.
↑ Two Bihar MLAs make shocking allegation of cops planning to kill them. newindianexpress.com(2017-11-24). Retrieved 2025-06-20.

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[1] Former Bihar CM Jagannath Mishra to be cremated on Wednesday with full state honours. The New Indian Express(19 August 2019). Retrieved 2024-08-03.

[2] Karpoori Thakur, the other Bihar CM who banned alcohol, Singh, Aastha. ThePrint(2019-01-24). Retrieved 2023-12-06.

[3] Detailed Profile: Smt. Meira Kumar. India.gov.in.

[4] Template:Cite magazine

[5] More charges framed against Lalu Yadav. The Tribune(18 May 2005).

[6] Members : Lok Sabha. loksabha.nic.in. Retrieved 2023-03-01.

[7] Myneta.info. (2017). Nand Kishor Yadav (Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)): Constituency - PATNA SAHIB (PATNA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:. online [Accessed 22 Sep. 2017].

[8] Gov.bih.nic.in. (2017). Bihar: Cabinet Ministers. [online] Available at: http://www.gov.bih.nic.in/Governance/Ministers.htm [Accessed 22 Sep. 2017]

[9] Outlook{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Outlook(2008-04-08)

[10] Lok Sabha Members.

[11] Fifteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile. Lok Sabha website.

[12] Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh. India.gov.in.

[13] Shatrughan Sinha finally gets his due. The Times of India(1 July 2002). Retrieved 2009-05-17.

[14] Detailed Profile: Shri Shivanand Tiwari. India.gov.in.

[15] Probe sought into Congress bid to buy JVM votes. The Times of India(25 April 2012).

[16] Opp readies for fight. The Telegraph(26 June 2009).

[17] Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2023-12-06.

[18] PM calls meeting over Munger bridge. The Times of India(18 Apr 2002). Retrieved 2022-05-01.

[19] Satyadeo Prasad Singh. prsindia.org. Retrieved 2025-06-20.

[20] Two Bihar MLAs make shocking allegation of cops planning to kill them. newindianexpress.com(2017-11-24). Retrieved 2025-06-20.

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