List of Chief Ministers of Bihar

No	Name	Took office	Left office	Party		Tenure
1	Krishna Singh	2 April 1946	31 January 1961	Indian National Congress		5419 days
2	Deep Narayan Singh	1 February 1961	18 February 1961			18 days
3	Binodanand Jha	18 February 1961	2 October 1963			926 days
4	K. B. Sahay	2 October 1963	5 March 1967			1250 days
5	Mahamaya Prasad Sinha	5 March 1967	28 January 1968	Jana Kranti Dal		330 days
6	Satish Prasad Singh	28 January 1968	1 February 1968	Indian National Congress		5 days
7	B. P. Mandal	1 February 1968	2 March 1968			31 days
8	Bhola Paswan Shastri	22 March 1968	29 June 1968	Indian National Congress (O)		100 days
–	Vacant (President's rule)	29 June 1968	26 February 1969	N/A
9	Harihar Singh	26 February 1969	22 June 1969	Indian National Congress		117 days
(8)	Bhola Paswan Shastri	22 June 1969	4 July 1969	Indian National Congress (O)		13 days
–	Vacant (President's rule)	6 July 1969	16 February 1970	N/A
10	Daroga Prasad Rai	16 February. 1970	22 December 1970	Indian National Congress		310 days
11	Karpoori Thakur	22 December 1970	2 June 1971	Socialist Party		163 days
(8)	Bhola Paswan Shastri [3]	2 June 1971	9 January 1972	Indian National Congress		222 days (total 335 days)
–	Vacant (President's rule)	9 January 1972	19 March 1972	N/A
12	Kedar Pandey	19 March 1972	2 July 1973	Indian National Congress		471 days
13	Abdul Gafoor	2 July 1973	11 April 1975			649 days
14	Jagannath Mishra	11 April 1975	30 April 1977			750 days
–	Vacant (President's rule)	30 April 1977	24 June 1977	N/A
(11)	Karpoori Thakur	24 June 1977	21 April 1979	Janata Party		668 days
15	Ram Sundar Das	21 April 1979	17 February 1980			303 days
–	Vacant (President's rule)	17 February 1980	8 June 1980	N/A
(14)	Jagannath Mishra [2]	8 June 1980	14 August 1983	Indian National Congress (I)		1133 days
16	Chandrashekhar Singh	14 August 1983	12 March 1985			577 days
17	Bindeshwari Dubey	12 March 1985	13 February 1988			1068 days
18	Bhagwat Jha Azad	14 February 1988	10 March 1989			391 days
19	Satyendra Narayan Sinha	11 March 1989	6 December 1989			271 days
(14)	Jagannath Mishra	6 December 1989	10 March 1990			95 days (total 1978 days)
20	Lalu Prasad Yadav	10 March 1990	28 March 1995	Janata Dal		1845 days
–	Vacant (President's rule)	28 March 1995	4 April 1995	N/A
(20)	Lalu Prasad Yadav	4 April 1995	25 July 1997	Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal		844 days (total 2689 days)
21	Rabri Devi	25 July 1997	11 February 1999	Rashtriya Janata Dal		538 days
–	Vacant (President's rule)	11 February 1999	9 March 1999	N/A
(21)	Rabri Devi [2]	9 March 1999	2 March 2000	Rashtriya Janata Dal		359 days
22	Nitish Kumar	3 March 2000	10 March 2000	Janata Dal (United)		8 days
(21)	Rabri Devi	11 March 2000	6 March 2005	Rashtriya Janata Dal		1821 days (total 2718 days)
–	Vacant (President's rule)	7 March 2005	24 November 2005	N/A
22	Nitish Kumar	24 November 2005	Incumbent	Janata Dal (United)		1827 days