Chairperson of the Bihar Legislative Council

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
Seal of Bihar
Incumbent Awadhesh Narain Singh since 20 June 2024
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

List

• *  represents acting chairmen

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term[2]			Party
*		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	24 July 2024	1 year, 294 days	Janata Dal (United)
*		Awadhesh Narain Singh	Gaya Graduates	20 June 2024	24 July 2024	1 year, 57 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
(11)				24 July 2024	Incumbent