List of deputy chief ministers of Bihar

Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar
Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar
	Government of Bihar
	Incumbent; Vijay Kumar Sinha; and; Samrat Choudhary; since 28 January 2024
	Government of Bihar
Style	The Honourable (Formal); Mr. Deputy Chief Minister (Informal)
Type	Deputy Head of Government
Status	Deputy Leader of the Executive
Abbreviation	Dy CM
Member of	Cabinet; Bihar Legislature;
Reports to	Chief Minister of Bihar; Bihar Legislature;
Residence	208, Kautilya Nagar, MP MLA Colony, Patna
Seat	Patna Secretariat
Nominator	Members of the Government of Bihar in Bihar Legislative Assembly
Appointer	Governor of Bihar on the advice of the Chief Minister of Bihar
Term length	At the confidence of the assembly; Deputy Chief minister's term is for 5 years and is subject to no term limits.
Inaugural holder	Anugrah Narayan Sinha
Formation	2 April 1946; 78 years ago
Website	official website

The deputy chief minister of Bihar is the seniormost cabinet member of the state government who serves as the de facto second head of the state. He is the second highest ranking executive authority of the state's council of ministers. The current deputy chief ministers of Bihar are Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha serving in office since 28 January 2024.

Deputy premiers of Bihar

Keys: Indian National Congress

#	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Premier	Party
1		Anugrah Narayan Sinha	20 July 1937	31 October 1939	2 years, 103 days	Shri Krishna Sinha	Indian National Congress

Deputy chief ministers of Bihar

#	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[1]			Chief Minister	Assembly (Election)	Party
1	Anugrah Narayan Sinha		2 April 1946	5 July 1957	11 years, 94 days	Shri Krishna Sinha	1st (1952)	Indian National Congress
1	Anugrah Narayan Sinha		2 April 1946	5 July 1957	11 years, 94 days	Shri Krishna Sinha	2nd (1957)	Indian National Congress
2	Karpoori Thakur	Tajpur	5 March 1967	28 January 1968	329 days	Mahamaya Prasad Sinha	4th (1967)	Socialist Party
3	Jagdeo Prasad	Kurtha	28 January 1968	1 February 1968	4 days	Satish Prasad Singh	4th (1967)	Shoshit Samaj Dal
4	Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav	Sonpur	3 June 1971	9 January 1972	220 days	Bhola Paswan Shastri	5th (1969)	Indian National Congress
5	Sushil Kumar Modi	MLC	24 November 2005	16 June 2013	7 years, 204 days	Nitish Kumar	14th (2005)	Bharatiya Janata Party
5	Sushil Kumar Modi	MLC	24 November 2005	16 June 2013	7 years, 204 days		15th (2010)	Bharatiya Janata Party
6	Tejashwi Yadav	Raghopur	20 November 2015	26 July 2017	1 year, 248 days		16th (2015)	Rashtriya Janata Dal
(5)	Sushil Kumar Modi	MLC	27 July 2017	16 November 2020	3 years, 112 days		16th (2015)	Bharatiya Janata Party
7	Tarkishore Prasad	Katihar	16 November 2020	9 August 2022	1 year, 266 days		17th (2020)
7	Renu Devi	Bettiah	16 November 2020	9 August 2022	1 year, 266 days
(6)	Tejashwi Yadav	Raghopur	10 August 2022	28 January 2024	1 year, 171 days			Rashtriya Janata Dal
8	Vijay Sinha	Lakhisarai	28 January 2024	Incumbent	285 days			Bharatiya Janata Party
8	Samrat Choudhary	MLC	28 January 2024	Incumbent	285 days			Bharatiya Janata Party

References

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Deputy premiers of Bihar

Deputy chief ministers of Bihar

See also

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