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Shri
Nitish Kumar
Hon'ble
Chief Minister, Bihar |
| Visit
Governor's Secretariat |
| E-mail:
cmbihar-bih@nic.in |
| Tel:
(0612) 2223886,
2224784 (Office). |
| Tel:
(0612) 2222079
(Residence). |
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| Father's
Name: |
Late
Shri Kaviraj Ram Lakhan Singh |
| Mother's
Name: |
Smt.
Parmeshwari Devi |
| Date
of Birth: |
1st March,
1951. |
| Place
of Birth: |
Bakhtiarpur,
District - Patna, State - Bihar. |
| Marital
Status: |
Married. |
| Date
of Marriage |
22nd
February, 1973. |
| Spouse's
Name: |
Late
Smt. Manju Kumari Sinha |
| No.
of Children |
One |
| Education: |
B.Sc.
(Engineering) |
| Qualifications |
Educated
at Bihar College of Engineering, Patna,
Bihar. |
| Profession |
Political
& Social Worker, Agriculturist,
Engineer. |
| Permanent
Address |
Village
- Hakikatpur, PO - Bakhtiarpur, District
- Patna, Bihar |
| Present
Address |
Patna,
Bihar |
| Position
Held |
| 1985-89
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Member,
Bihar Legislative Assembly. |
| 1986-87
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Member,
Committee on Petitions, Bihar
Legislative Assembly. |
| 1987-88
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President,
Yuva Lok Dal, Bihar. |
| 1987-89
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Member,
Committee on Public Undertakings,
Bihar Legislative Assembly. |
| 1989
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Secretary-General,
Janata Dal, Bihar. |
| 1989
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Elected
to 9th Lok Sabha. |
| 1989-16/7/1990
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Member,
House Committee (Resigned). |
| 4/1990-11/1990
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Union
Minister of State, Agriculture
and Co-operation |
| 1991
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Re-elected
to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term). |
| 1991-93
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General-Secretary,
Janata Dal. Deputy Leader of Janata
Dal in Parliament. |
| 17/12/91-10/5/96
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Member,
Railway Convention Committee.
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| 8/4/93-10/5/96
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Chairman,
Committee on Agriculture. |
| 1996
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Re-elected
to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term).
Member, Committee on Estimates.
Member, General Purposes Committee.
Member, Joint Committee on the
Constitution (Eighty-first Amendment
Bill, 1996). |
| 1996-98
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Member,
Committee on Defence. |
| 1998
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Re-elected
to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term). |
| 19/3/98-5/8/99
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Union
Cabinet Minister, Railways. |
| 14/4/98-5/8/99
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Union
Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport
(additional charge). |
| 1999
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Re-elected
to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term).
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| 13/10/99-22/11/99
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Union
Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport. |
| 22/11/99-3/3/00
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Union
Cabinet Minister, Agriculture. |
| 3/3/00-10/3/00
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Chief
Minister, Bihar. |
| 27/5/00-20/3/01
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Union
Cabinet Minister, Agriculture.
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| 20/3/01-21/7/01
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Union
Cabinet Minister, Agriculture
with additional charge of Railways
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| 22/7/01-21/5/04
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Union
Cabinet Minister, Railways. |
| 2004
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Re-elected
to 14th Lok Sabha (6th term).
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Member, Committee
on Coal & Steel.
Member, General Purposes Committee.
Member, Committee of Privileges.
Leader Janata Dal (U) Parliamentary
Party, Lok Sabha.
From
24/11/2005 Chief Minister, Bihar.
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| Countries
Visited |
- Singapore, Thailand.
- Havana (Cuba) and Moscow (Russia)
- as a member of Indian Delegation
to the World Youth Festival in 1978.
- Australia and France - as a Member
of Indian Parliamentary Delegation
to the IPU Conference.
- France, Switzerland and UK - as
the Railway Minister.
Japan - as the Agriculture Minister
to attend Regional Conference of FAO
in Yokohama. |
| Other
Information |
| Activist
of J.P. Movement (1974-77); was detained
in 1974 under the Maintenance of Internal
Security Act (M.I.S.A.) and also during
Emergency in 1975; Founder-member, Samata
Party Movement. |
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