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Chairmen of the Bihar Legislative Council From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Chairman 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 chairman 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 chairman.
Chairman of the Bihar Legislative Council | |
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since 25 August 2022 | |
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 |
No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term[2] | Party | |||
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* | Umeshwar Prasad Verma | 4 October 1986 | 18 January 1990 | 7 years, 214 days | Indian National Congress | |||
8 | 19 January 1990 | 6 May 1994 | ||||||
* | 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 | |||||
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 | ||
11 | 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 | ||
12 | Devesh Chandra Thakur | Tirhut Graduates | 25 August 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 25 days | Janata Dal (United) |
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