Bihar's longest serving CM Nitish Kumar starts another term today: Check full list of past chief ministers

JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar is set to take oath as the chief minister of Bihar for a record 10th time at Patna's historic Gandhi Maidan on Thursday.

Along with him, 19 ministers are expected to take oath.

The swearing-in ceremony will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president J P Nadda and several other top leaders of NDA. The event will also be attended by chief ministers of several NDA ruled states.

When did Nitish Kumar became CM again?

Nitish Kumar has served as Bihar’s Chief Minister nine times, including a brief seven-day stint in 2000 — from March 3 to March 10 — which ended due to a lack of majority.

Full list of Bihar CMs

Chief Minister	Term of Office	Total Duration	Election (Term)
Krishna Sinha	15 Aug 1947 – 31 Jan 1961	13 years, 169 days	1946 (Interim), 1952 (1st), 1957 (3rd)
Deep Narayan Singh	1 Feb 1961 – 18 Feb 1961	17 days	–
Binodanand Jha	18 Feb 1961 – 2 Oct 1963	2 years, 226 days	1962 (3rd)
Krishna Ballabh Sahay	2 Oct 1963 – 5 Mar 1967	3 years, 154 days	–
Mahamaya Prasad Sinha	5 Mar 1967 – 28 Jan 1968	329 days	1967 (4th)
Satish Prasad Singh	28 Jan 1968 – 1 Feb 1968	4 days	–
B. P. Mandal	1 Feb 1968 – 22 Mar 1968	50 days	–
Bhola Paswan Shastri	22 Mar 1968 – 29 Jun 1968	99 days	–
President’s Rule	29 Jun 1968 – 26 Feb 1969	–	–
Harihar Singh	26 Feb 1969 – 22 Jun 1969	116 days	1969 (5th)
Bhola Paswan Shastri	22 Jun 1969 – 4 Jul 1969	12 days	–
President’s Rule	6 Jul 1969 – 16 Feb 1970	–	–
Daroga Prasad Rai	16 Feb 1970 – 22 Dec 1970	309 days	– (5th)
Karpoori Thakur	22 Dec 1970 – 2 Jun 1971	162 days	–
Bhola Paswan Shastri	2 Jun 1971 – 9 Jan 1972	221 days	–
President’s Rule	9 Jan 1972 – 19 Mar 1972	–	–
Kedar Pandey	19 Mar 1972 – 2 Jul 1973	1 year, 105 days	1972 (6th)
Abdul Ghafoor	2 Jul 1973 – 11 Apr 1975	1 year, 283 days	–
Jagannath Mishra	11 Apr 1975 – 30 Apr 1977	2 years, 19 days	–
President’s Rule	30 Apr 1977 – 24 Jun 1977	–	–
Karpoori Thakur	24 Jun 1977 – 21 Apr 1979	1 year, 301 days	1977 (7th)
Ram Sundar Das	21 Apr 1979 – 17 Feb 1980	302 days	–
President’s Rule	14 Feb 1980 – 8 Jun 1980	–	–
Jagannath Mishra	8 Jun 1980 – 14 Aug 1983	3 years, 67 days	1980 (8th)
Chandrashekhar Singh	14 Aug 1983 – 12 Mar 1985	1 year, 210 days	–
Bindeshwari Dubey	12 Mar 1985 – 13 Feb 1988	2 years, 338 days	1985 (9th)
Bhagwat Jha Azad	13 Feb 1988 – 10 Mar 1989	1 year, 25 days	–
Satyendra Narayan Sinha	11 Mar 1989 – 6 Dec 1989	270 days	–
Jagannath Mishra	6 Dec 1989 – 10 Mar 1990	94 days	–
Lalu Prasad Yadav	10 Mar 1990 – 28 Mar 1995	5 years, 18 days	1990 (10th)
President’s Rule	28 Mar 1995 – 4 Apr 1995	–	–
Lalu Prasad Yadav	4 Apr 1995 – 25 Jul 1997	2 years, 112 days	1995 (11th)
Rabri Devi	25 Jul 1997 – 11 Feb 1999	1 year, 201 days	–
President’s Rule	11 Feb 1999 – 9 Mar 1999	–	–
Rabri Devi	9 Mar 1999 – 2 Mar 2000	359 days	– (11th)
Nitish Kumar	3 Mar 2000 – 10 Mar 2000	7 days	2000 (12th)
Rabri Devi	11 Mar 2000 – 6 Mar 2005	4 years, 360 days	–
President’s Rule	7 Mar 2005 – 24 Nov 2005	–	–
Nitish Kumar	24 Nov 2005 – 20 May 2014	8 years, 177 days	Oct. 2005 (14th), 2010 (15th)
Jitan Ram Manjhi	20 May 2014 – 22 Feb 2015	278 days	–
Nitish Kumar	22 Feb 2015 – Incumbent	10 years, 265 days	2015 (16th), 2020 (17th), 2025 (18th)