| Father's Name : |
Late Shri Kaviraj Ram Lakhan Singh |
| Mothers Name : |
Late Smt. Parmeshwari Devi |
| Date of Birth : |
1st March, 1951. |
| Place of Birth : |
Bakhtiarpur, District - Patna, State - Bihar. |
| Marital Status : |
Married |
| Date of Marriage : |
22nd February, 1973. |
| Spouse's Name : |
Late Smt. Manju Kumari Sinha. |
| No. of Children : |
One. |
| Educational : |
B.Sc. (Engineering) |
| Qualifications : |
Educated at Bihar College of Engineering, Patna, Bihar. |
| Profession : |
Political & Social Worker, Agriculturist, Engineer. |
| Permanent : |
Village - Hakikatpur, PO - Bakhtiarpur, District - Patna, Bihar. |
| Present Address : |
Patna, Bihar. |
| Positions Held |
| 1985-89 : |
Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly. |
| 1986-87 : |
Member, Committee on Petitions, Bihar Legislative Assembly. |
| 1987-88 : |
President, Yuva Lok Dal, Bihar. |
| 1987-89 : |
Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, Bihar Legislative Assembly. |
| 1989 : |
Secretary-General, Janata Dal, Bihar. |
| 1989 : |
Elected to 9th Lok Sabha. |
| 1989-16/7/1990 : |
Member, House Committee (Resigned). |
| 4/1990-11/1990 : |
Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Co-operation. |
| 1991 : |
Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term). |
| 1991-93 : |
General-Secretary, Janata Dal.
Deputy Leader of Janata Dal in Parliament. |
| 17/12/91-10/5/96 : |
Member, Railway Convention Committee. |
| 8/4/93-10/5/96 : |
Chairman, Committee on Agriculture. |
| 1996 : |
Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term).
Member, Committee on Estimates.
Member, General Purposes Committee.
Member, Joint Committee on the Constitution (Eighty-first Amendment Bill, 1996). |
| 1996-98 : |
Member, Committee on Defence. |
| 1998 : |
Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term). |
| 19/3/98-5/8/99 : |
Union Cabinet Minister, Railways. |
| 14/4/98-5/8/99 : |
Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport (additional charge). |
| 1999 : |
Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term). |
| 13/10/99-22/11/99 : |
Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport. |
| 22/11/99-3/3/00 : |
Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture. |
| 3/3/00-10/3/00 : |
Chief Minister, Bihar. |
| 27/5/00-20/3/01 : |
Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture. |
| 20/3/01-21/7/01 : |
Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture with additional charge of Railways. |
| 22/7/01-21/5/04 : |
Union Cabinet Minister, Railways. |
| 2004 : |
Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (6th term).
Member, Committee on Coal & Steel.
Member, General Purposes Committee.
Member, Committee of Privileges.
Leader Janata Dal (U) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha. |
| 24/11/2005-24/11/2010 : |
Chief Minister, Bihar. |
| 26/11/2010-17/05/2014 : |
Chief Minister, Bihar. |
| 22/02/2015-26/07/2017 : |
Chief Minister, Bihar |
| 27/07/2017 Onward : |
Chief Minister, Bihar |
| Countries Visited : |
Singapore, Thailand, Havana (Cuba) and Moscow (Russia) - as a member of Indian Delegation to the World Youth Festival in 1978, Australia and France - as a Member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation to the IPU Conference. France, Switzerland and UK - as the Railway Minister. Japan - as the Agriculture Minister to attend Regional Conference of FAO in Yokohama.He has visited Mauritius, Bhutan, China, Pakistan, Nepal and Japan as Chief Minister of Bihar. |
| Other Information : |
Activist of J.P. Movement (1974-77).
was detained in 1974 under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (M.I.S.A.) and also during Emergency in 1975.
Founder-member, Samata Party Movement. |
| Awards and Recognition : |
- First Mufti Muhammad Syed Award 2018 for Integrity in Politics and Public Life
- Anuvrat Puraskar, by Shwetambar Terapanthi Mahasabha(Jain Organisation), for enforcing total prohibition on liquor in Bihar, 2017
- K. Veeramani Periyar Award 2015,for Social Justice
- JP Memorial Award, Nagpur's Manav Mandir, 2013
- Ranked 77th in prestigious Foreign Policy Magazine among top 100 global thinkers 2012.
- Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal-2011"by XLRI, Jamshedpur."
- "MSN Indian of the year 2010"
- NDTV Indian of the Year – Politics, 2010
- Forbes "Indian Person of the Year", 2010
- CNN-IBN "Indian of the Year Award"– Politics, 2010
- NDTV Indian of the year – Politics, 2009
- Economic Times "Business Reformer of the Year 2009".
- 'Polio Eradication Championship Award' 2009, by Rotary Internationals.
- CNN-IBN "Great Indian of the Year" Award Politics,2008
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