Santosh Kumar Suman (born 10 February 1975) is an Indian politician from Bihar. He is a member of the Bihar Legislative Council representing the Hindustani Awam Morcha, and was elected unopposed in the elections in March 2023.[1][2][3] He is the son of former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi.[4]He is currently serving as the Minister of Miner Water Irrigation of Bihar.
Santosh Kumar Suman | |
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| Cabinet Minister, Government of Bihar | |
| Assumed office 07 May 2026 | |
Chief Minister | Samrat Choudhary |
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| Preceded by | Samrat Choudhary |
| In office 28 January 2024 – 15 April 2026 | |
Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
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| Succeeded by | Samrat Choudhary |
| In office 16 November 2020 – 9 August 2022 | |
Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
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| Preceded by | Narendra Narayan Yadav Ratnesh Sada Vijay Kumar Mandal Krishna Kumar Mantoo |
| Member of the Bihar Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Jitan Ram Manjhi |
| President, Hindustani Awam Morcha | |
| Assumed office 26 April 2022 | |
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| Born | 10 February 1975 |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Party | Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) |
| Children | 2 |
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Santosh served as the minister of information technology, disaster management, and minor water resources in the Ninth Nitish Kumar ministry from 28 January 2024 to 20 November 2025, the minister of SC/ST welfare in the Eighth Nitish Kumar ministry from 16 August 2022 to 13 June 2023, and the minister of minor irrigation and SC/ST welfare in the Seventh Nitish Kumar ministry from 16 November 2020 to 9 August 2022.[5]
References
edit- ↑ Zee News. "Bihar Legislative Council elections 2018: Nitish Kumar, Rabri Devi, 9 others elected unopposed". Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ↑ "Six new faces besides Nitish Kumar, Rabri Devi and Sushil Kumar Modi elected to Bihar Council". Daily News & Analysis. 20 April 2018.
- ↑ "CM Nitish Kumar, RJD leader Rabri Devi among 11 elected unopposed to Bihar Legislative Council". The Hindu. 14 March 2024. Archived from the original on 25 November 2025. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ↑ "Nitish Kumar Oath Ceremony: Santosh Suman becomes minister". News Nation English. 16 November 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "Nitish Kumar Oath Ceremony: Santosh Suman becomes minister". News Nation English. 16 November 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2020.