Santosh Kumar Suman

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]

Santosh Kumar Suman
Cabinet Minister, Government of Bihar
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 January 2024
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Ministry and Departments	Minor water resources
In office 16 November 2020 – 9 August 2022
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Ministry and Departments	Minor Irrigation SC & ST Welfare Information Technology Disaster Management
Preceded by	Narendra Narayan Yadav Ratnesh Sada Vijay Kumar Mandal Krishna Kumar Mantoo
Member of the Bihar Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2018
President, Hindustani Awam Morcha
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 April 2022
Preceded by	Jitan Ram Manjhi
Personal details
Born	(1975-02-10) 10 February 1975 (age 50) Mahakar, Gaya, Bihar, India
Citizenship	Indian
Party	Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular)
Children	2
Parents	Jitan Ram Manjhi (Father) Shanti Devi (Mother)

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]