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 Chief Minister of Bihar | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
| Website | official website |
Deputy premiers of Bihar
editKeys: Indian National Congress
| # | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Premier | Party | |||
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Anugrah Narayan Sinha | 20 July 1937 | 31 October 1939 | 2 years, 103 days | Shri Krishna Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
Deputy chief ministers of Bihar
edit| # | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of office[1] | Chief Minister | Assembly
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Anugrah Narayan Sinha | 2 April 1946 | 5 July 1957 | 11 years, 94 days | Shri Krishna Sinha | 1st | Indian National Congress | ||
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Karpoori Thakur | Tajpur | 5 March 1967 | 28 January 1968 | 329 days | Mahamaya Prasad Sinha | 4th | Socialist Party | |
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Jagdeo Prasad | Kurtha | 28 January 1968 | 1 February 1968 | 4 days | Satish Prasad Singh | Shoshit Samaj Dal | ||
| 4 | Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav | Sonpur | 3 June 1971 | 9 January 1972 | 220 days | Bhola Paswan Shastri | 5th | Indian National Congress | ||
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Sushil Kumar Modi | MLC | 24 November 2005 | 16 June 2013 | 7 years, 204 days | Nitish Kumar | 14th | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
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| 6 | Tejashwi Yadav | Raghopur | 20 November 2015 | 26 July 2017 | 1 year, 248 days | 16th | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |||
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Sushil Kumar Modi | MLC | 27 July 2017 | 16 November 2020 | 3 years, 112 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
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Tarkishore Prasad | Katihar | 16 November 2020 | 9 August 2022 | 1 year, 266 days | 17th | |||
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| (6) | Tejashwi Yadav | Raghopur | 10 August 2022 | 28 January 2024 | 1 year, 171 days | Rashtriya Janata Dal | ||||
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Vijay Sinha | Lakhisarai | 28 January 2024 | Incumbent | 298 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
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Samrat Choudhary | MLC | ||||||||