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.
| 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
edit- * represents acting chairmen
List of Prisedents of the Bihar and Orissa Legislative Council
edit| 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
edit| 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, 10 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| (11) | 24 July 2024 | Incumbent | ||||||
References
edit- ↑ "Chairmen List". www.biharvidhanparishad.gov.in.
- ↑ "पूर्व सभापतियों की सूची" [List of former chairmen]. vidhanparishad.bihar.gov.in (in Hindi). Retrieved 29 April 2026.
- ↑ "Bihar Vidhan Sabha/Speaker". vidhansabha.bih.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.