Vijay Kumar Sinha

Not to be confused with Bejoy Kumar Sinha.

Vijay Kumar Sinha is an Indian politician and Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar along with Samrat Choudhary under Nitish Kumar as Chief Minister. He was earlier the leader of the opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. ^[1][2] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Lakhisarai constituency since 2010.^[3][4]

Vijay Kumar Sinha
Sinha in 2023
8th Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 January 2024 Serving with Samrat Choudhary
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	Tejashwi Yadav
Minister of Road Construction Government of Bihar
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 January 2024
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	Tejashwi Yadav
Minister of Mining & Geology Government of Bihar
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 January 2024
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	Ramanand Yadav
Minister of Art, Culture & Youth Affairs Government of Bihar
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 January 2024
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	Jitendra Kumar Ray
Leader of the Opposition Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office 24 August 2022 – 28 January 2024
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	Tejashwi Yadav
Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office 25 November 2020 – 24 August 2022
Preceded by	Vijay Kumar Chaudhary
Succeeded by	Awadh Bihari Choudhary
Minister of Labour Resources Government of Bihar
In office 29 July 2017 – 16 November 2020
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	Vijay Prakash Yadav
Succeeded by	Jibesh Kumar
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2010
Preceded by	Fulaina Singh
Constituency	Lakhisarai
Personal details
Born	(1967-06-05) 5 June 1967 (age 58) Tilakpur, Bihar, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Sushila Devi ​ (m. 1986)​
Children	2 sons & 2 daughters
Residence	Patna
Profession	Politician
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He was the Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from 25 November 2020 to 24 August 2022, Vijay Sinha resigned from his post following a no-confidence motion moved against him by the then-ruling Mahagathbandhan.^[5]