CHIEF MINISTERS SINCE INDEPENDENCE
SNo
Name
Year
SNo
Name
Year
1
29/4/1952 - 31/1/1961
 
Presidents Rule
17/2/1980 - 8/6/1980
2
31/1/1961 - 18/2/1961
19
8/6/1980 - 14/8/1983
3
18/2/1961 - 1/10/1963-caretaker government
20
14/8/1983 - 24/3/1985
4
1/10/1963 - 5/3/1967
21
25/3/1985 - 13/2/1988
5
5/3/1967 - 28/1/1968
22
14/2/1988 - 11/3/1989
6
28/1/1968 - 1/2/1968
23
11/3/1989 - 6/12/1989
7
1/2/1968 - 23/3/1968
24
6/12/1989 - 10/3/1990
8
23/3/1968 - 29/6/1968
25
10/3/1990 - 28/3/1995
 
Presidents Rule
29/9/1968 - 29/2/1969
 
Presidents Rule
28/3/1995 - 4/4/1995
9
29/2/1969 - 22/6/1969
26
4/4/1995 - 25/7/1997
10
22/2/1969 - 4/7/1969
27
Rabri Devi
25/7/1997 - 12/2/1999
 
Presidents Rule
4/7/1969 - 16/2/1970
 
Presidents Rule
12/2/1999 - 9/3/1999
11
16/2/1970 - 22/12/1970
28
9/3/1999 - 1/3/2000
12
22/12/1970 - 2/6/1971
29
3/3/2000 - 9/3/2000
13
2/6/1971 - 9/1/1972
30
10/3/2000 - 6/3/2005
 
Presidents Rule
9/1/1972 - 9/3/1972
 
Presidents Rule
7/3/05 - 24/11/05
14
19/3/1972 - 2/7/1973
31
24/11/05 - 25/11/10
15
2/7/1973 - 11/4/1975
32
26/11/2010 - 17/05/2014
16
11/4/1975 - 30/4/1977
33
20/05/14 - 20/02/15
 
Presidents Rule
30/4/1977 - 24/6/1977
34
21/02/2015 - 20/11/2015
17
24/6/1977 - 21/4/1979
35
20/11/2015 - 2015 (16th), 2020 (17th), 2025  (18th)- April 14, 2026
18
21/4/1979 - 17/2/1980
36
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GOVERNORS OF BIHAR
S.No Name Joined office Left office
1 Sir James Sifton 1 April 1936 11 March 1937
2 Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett 11 March 1937 5 August 1939
3 Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart 5 August 1939 9 January 1943
4 Sir Thomas George Rutherford 9 January 1943 March 1943
5 Sir Francis Mudie (acting) March 1943 1944
6 Sir Thomas George Rutherford 1944 13 May 1946
7 Sir Hugh Dow 13 May 1946 15 August 1947
8 Jairamdas Daulatram 15 August 1947 11 January 1948
9 Madhav Shrihari Aney 12 January 1948 14 June 1952
10 R R Diwakar 15 January 1952 5 July 1957
11 Zakir Hussain 6 July 1957 11 May 1962
12 M. A. S. Ayyangar 12 May 1962 6 December 1967
13 Nityanand Kanungo 7 December 1967 20 January 1971
14 Devkant Barooah 1 February 1971 4 February 1971
15 Ramchandra Dhondhiba Bhandare 4 February 1973 15 June 1976
16 Jagannath Kaushal 16 June 1976 31 January 1979
17 Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai 20 September 1979 15 March 1985
18 P. Venkatasubbaiah 15 March 1985 25 February 1988
19 Govind Narain Singh 26 February 1988 24 January 1989
20 R.D. Pradhan 29 January 1989 2 February 1989
21 Jagannath Pahadia 3 March 1989 2 February 1990
22 Mohammad Saleem 16 February 1990 13 February 1991
23 Mohammad Shafi Qureshi 19 March 1991 13 August 1993
24 A R Kidwai 14 August 1993 26 April 1998
25 S S Bhandari 27 April 1998 15 March 1999
26 V. C. Pande 23 November 1999 12 June 2003
27 M R Jois 12 June 2003 31 October 2004
28 Buta Singh 5 November 2004 29 January 2006
29 Gopalkrishna Gandhi 31 January 2006 21 June 2006
30 R. S. Gavai 22 June 2006 10 July 2008
31 R. L. Bhatia 10 July 2008 23 July 2009
32 Devanand Konwar 24 July 2009 8 March 2013
33 Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil 9 March 2013 26 November 2014
34 Keshari Nath Tripathi (acting) 27 November 2014 15 August 2015
35 Ram Nath Kovind 16 August 2015 20th June 2017
36 Keshari Nath Tripathi (acting) 20th June 2017 30th September 2017
37 Satya Pal Malik 30th September 2017 23rd  August 2018
38 Lalji Tandon 23rd  August 2018 28th July 2019
39 Phagu Chauhan 29th July 2019 13th February 2023
40 Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar 14th February 2023 1st January 2025
41 Arif Mohammad Khan 2nd January 2025 13th March 2026
42 Lieutenant General
Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)		 14th March 2026