Jibesh Kumar

Jibesh Kumar (born 25 July 1973) is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is currently a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Jale constituency and currently serving as Minister of Urban Development & Housing Department in Bihar Government.

Jibesh Kumar Mishra
Minister of Urban Development & Housing Government of Bihar
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 February 2025
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	Nitin Nabin
Minister of Labour Resources Government of Bihar
In office 16 November 2020 – 9 August 2022
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	Vijay Kumar Sinha
Minister of Information & Technology Government of Bihar
In office 9 February 2021 – 9 August 2022
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	Sushil Kumar Modi
Succeeded by	Mohammad Israil Mansuri
Minister of Mines & Geology Government of Bihar
In office 16 November 2020 – 9 February 2021
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	Brij Kishor Bind
Succeeded by	Janak Ram
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2015
Preceded by	Rishi Mishra
Constituency	Jale
Personal details
Born	(1973-07-25) 25 July 1973 (age 51) Bihar
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Suchita Mishra
Children	1 son and 1 daughter
Parent	Late Ram Kripal Mishra
Education	BSC, LLB, MA
Alma mater	Lalit Narayan Mithila University

Jibesh Kumar was Minister of Labour Resources Department and Information Technology in Bihar Government^{[1][2][3][4][5]} in Seventh Nitish Kumar ministry from 16 Nov. 2020 to 9 August 2022.^{[citation needed]}

Political background

Jibesh Kumar was an active member of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad from 1981 to 1998. Jibesh Kumar was working as a Primary Member from 1998 to 2002 and he has been working as an Active Member of Bhartiya Janta Party since 2002.^{[citation needed]}

The first time he was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly was from the Jale constituency as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2015.^{[citation needed]}

Again in the 2020 election, he had won from the same seat Jale constituency with a margin of 21,796 votes and was elected for the second time for the Bihar Legislative Assembly as a Member of Bharatiya Janata Party.^[6][7][8]