Chairperson of the Bihar Legislative Council
Indian state government official
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The Chair of the Bihar Legislative Council[1] is the presiding officer of the Legislative Council of Bihar, the main law-making body for the Indian 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.
StyleThe Hon’ble (formal)
Mr. Chairman (informal)
Mr. Chairman (informal)
Member ofBihar Legislative Council
ResidencePatna
AppointerMembers of the Legislative Council
| Chairperson of the Bihar Legislative Council | |
|---|---|
Seal of Bihar | |
| Bihar Legislative Council | |
| Style | The Hon’ble (formal) Mr. Chairman (informal) |
| Member of | Bihar Legislative Council |
| Residence | Patna |
| Appointer | Members of the Legislative Council |
| Term length | 6 years |
| Deputy | Ram Bachan Rai |
List
- * represents acting chairmen
List of Prisedents of the Bihar and Orissa Legislative Council
| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term | 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
| No | Portrait | Name[2] | Constituency | Term[3] | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rajiv Ranjan Prasad | 23 July 1937 | 6 September 1948 | 11 years, 45 days | ||||
| 2 | Shyama Prasad Singh | 7 September 1948 | 11 May 1952 | 3 years, 247 days | ||||
| * | Naima Khatoon Haider | 12 May 1952 | 15 May 1952 | 3 days | ||||
| (2) | Shyama Prasad Singh | 15 May 1952 | 6 May 1958 | 5 years, 356 days | ||||
| * | Rameshwar Prasad Singh | 4 April 1959 | 7 April 1959 | 3 days | ||||
| * | Rai Braj Raj Krishna | 7 April 1959 | 6 May 1959 | 29 days | ||||
| * | Radha Govind Prasad | 7 May 1959 | 10 September 1962 | 3 years, 126 days | ||||
| 3 | Ravaneshwar Mishra | 11 September 1962 | 6 May 1964 | 1 year, 238 days | ||||
| * | Kumar Ganga Nand Singh | 7 May 1964 | 24 September 1964 | 140 days | ||||
| * | Theodore Bodra | 24 September 1964 | 30 August 1965 | 340 days | ||||
| 4 | Devsharan Singh | 30 August 1965 | 6 May 1968 | 2 years, 250 days | ||||
| * | Theodore Bodra | 7 May 1968 | 16 May 1972 | 4 years, 9 days | ||||
| * | Rampyari Devi | 17 March 1972 | 6 May 1972 | 50 days | ||||
| * | Anil Kumar Sen | 7 May 1972 | 5 June 1972 | 29 days | ||||
| 5 | Abdul Ghafoor | 5 June 1972 | 2 July 1973 | 1 year, 27 days | ||||
| * | Ram Govind Singh | 2 July 1973 | 5 January 1975 | 1 year, 187 days | ||||
| * | Mahendra Prasad | 5 January 1975 | 18 March 1975 | 72 days | ||||
| * | Ram Govind Singh | 7 January 1975 | 18 March 1975 | 70 days | ||||
| * | Krishna Kant Singh | 18 March 1975 | 19 March 1975 | 1 day | ||||
| * | Ram Govind Singh | 19 March 1975 | 6 May 1976 | 1 year, 48 days | ||||
| * | Rajeshwari Saroj Das | 7 May 1976 | 6 May 1980 | 3 years, 365 days | ||||
| Vacant from 7 May 1980 to 13 June 1980 | ||||||||
| * | Shamu Charan Tuvid | 14 June 1980 | 24 July 1980 | 40 days | ||||
| 6 | Prithvi Chand Kisku | 25 July 1980 | 12 January 1985 | 4 years, 171 days | ||||
| Vacant from 13 January 1985 to 17 January 1985 | ||||||||
| * | Rajeshwari Saroj Das | 18 January 1985 | 29 January 1985 | 11 days | ||||
| 7 | Arun Kumar | 5 July 1985 | 3 October 1986 | 1 year, 90 days | ||||
| * | Umeshwar Prasad Verma | 4 October 1986 | 18 January 1990 | 7 years, 214 days | Indian National Congress | |||
| 8 | 19 January 1990 | 6 May 1994 | ||||||
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Raghuvansh Prasad Singh | 7 May 1994 | 5 April 1995 | 333 days | Janata Dal | ||
| * | Jabir Husain | 6 April 1995 | 25 July 1996 | 11 years, 9 days | ||||
| 9 | 26 July 1996 | 6 May 2000 | ||||||
| * | 7 May 2000 | 29 June 2000 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |||||
| (9) | 30 June 2000 | 15 April 2006 | ||||||
| * | Arun Kumar | Gaya Teachers | 16 April 2006 | 4 August 2009 | 3 years, 110 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| 10 | Tarakant Jha | elected by MLA's | 4 August 2009 | 6 May 2012 | 2 years, 276 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
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Awadhesh Narain Singh | Gaya Graduates | 8 August 2012 | 8 May 2017 | 4 years, 273 days | ||
| * | Haroon Rashid | elected by MLA's | 9 May 2017 | 6 May 2020 | 2 years, 363 days | Janata Dal (United) | ||
| * | |
Awadhesh Narain Singh | Gaya Graduates | 16 June 2020 | 25 August 2022 | 2 years, 70 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
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Devesh Chandra Thakur | Tirhut Graduates | 25 August 2022 | 24 July 2024 | 1 year, 294 days | Janata Dal (United) | |
| * | |
Awadhesh Narain Singh | Gaya Graduates | 20 June 2024 | 24 July 2024 | 2 years, 76 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| (11) | 24 July 2024 | Incumbent | ||||||