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Chief Ministers of Bihar Chief Ministers of Bihar S. No Name of Chief From To Party Minister 1 Krishna Singh 2-Apr-1946 31-Jan-1961 INC 2 Deep Narayan Singh 1-Feb-1961 18-Feb-1961 INC 3 Binodanand Jha 18-Feb-1961 2-Oct-1963 INC 4 K. B. Sahay 2-Oct-1963 5-Mar-1967 INC 5 Mahamaya Prasad Sinha 5-Mar-1967 28-Jan-1968 JKD 6 Satish Prasad Singh 28-Jan-1968 1-Feb-1968 INC 7 B. P. Mandal 1-Feb-1968 2-Mar-1968 INC 8 Bhola Paswan Shastri 22-Mar-1968 29-Jun-1968 INC (O) President's rule 29-Jun-1968 26-Feb-1969 N/A 9 Harihar Singh 26-Feb-1969 22-Jun-1969 INC 10 Bhola Paswan Shastri 22-Jun-1969 4-Jul-1969 INC (O) President's rule 6-Jul-1969 16-Feb-1970 N/A 11 Daroga Prasad Rai 16 February. 1970 22-Dec-1970 INC 12 Karpoori Thakur 22-Dec-1970 2-Jun-1971 Socialist Party 13 Bhola Paswan Shastri 2-Jun-1971 9-Jan-1972 INC President's rule 9-Jan-1972 19-Mar-1972 N/A 14 Kedar Pandey 19-Mar-1972 2-Jul-1973 INC 15 Abdul Gafoor 2-Jul-1973 11-Apr-1975 INC 16 Jagannath Mishra 11-Apr-1975 30-Apr-1977 INC President's rule 30-Apr-1977 24-Jun-1977 N/A 17 Karpoori Thakur 24-Jun-1977 21-Apr-1979 JNP 18 Ram Sundar Das 21-Apr-1979 17-Feb-1980 JNP Page 1 Chief Ministers of Bihar President's rule 17-Feb-1980 8-Jun-1980 N/A 19 Jagannath Mishra 8-Jun-1980 14-Aug-1983 INC (I) 20 Chandrashekhar Singh 14-Aug-1983 12-Mar-1985 INC (I) 21 Bindeshwari Dubey 12-Mar-1985 13-Feb-1988 INC (I) 22 Bhagwat Jha Azad 14-Feb-1988 10-Mar-1989 INC (I) 23 Satyendra Narayan Sinha 11-Mar-1989 6-Dec-1989 INC (I) 24 Jagannath Mishra 6-Dec-1989 10-Mar-1990 INC (I) 25 Lalu Prasad Yadav 10-Mar-1990 28-Mar-1995 JD President's rule 28-Mar-1995 4-Apr-1995 26 Lalu Prasad Yadav 4-Apr-1995 25-Jul-1997 JD, RJD 27 Rabri Devi 25-Jul-1997 11-Feb-1999 RJD President's rule 11-Feb-1999 9-Mar-1999 28 Rabri Devi 9-Mar-1999 2-Mar-2000 RJD 29 Nitish Kumar 3-Mar-2000 10-Mar-2000 JD(U) 30 Rabri Devi 11-Mar-2000 6-Mar-2005 RJD President's rule 7-Mar-2005 24-Nov-2005 31 Nitish Kumar 24-Nov-2005 20-May-2014 JD(U) 32 Jitan Ram Manjhi 20-May-2014 22-Feb-2015 JD(U) 33 Nitish Kumar 22-Feb-2015 Present JD(U) Page 2 .

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