Nand Kishore Yadav (born 26 August 1953) is an Indian politician, who serving as the 23rd Governor of Nagaland since 13 March 2026. He was former cabinet minister for road construction and health in the Government of Bihar.- He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He is a senior BJP leader who joined, as minister, the Bihar Government after the split of the Mahagathbandhan and parting of ways between RJD and JDU in June 2013. Before that, he was cabinet minister for road construction and tourism and the leader of the opposition in the Bihar Assembly, at present Chairman- Prakalan Samiti (Bihar Vidhan Sabha). He is served as the seventeenth Speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly from 2024 till 2025.
Family background, early life and education Yadav was born on 26 August 1953 to the Panna Lal Yadav and Rajkumari Yadav. His great-grandfather, Jhalo Sardar, was a landlord. There was a myth saying that he used to pet lions. His grandfather, Ramdas Rai, spent the family inheritance, mainly on keeping and breeding birds. (Yadav is quoted as saying, "Hum sher se chidiyon per aagaye"). His father had to restart from scratch and set up a business in the Khajekalan area of old Patna, where he was born and spent his childhood.
Bihar assembly speaker As Governor Positions held #PortraitAssumed office Left OfficeTerm Length Positions1 19781978Less than 1 yearCouncillor, Patna Municipal Corporation219821982Less than 1 yearDeputy Mayor, Patna Municipal Corporation319901995Less than 5 yearState President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Bihar419951998Less than 3 year General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar5199820035 years President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar61995201015 yearsMember of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Patna East72010202515 yearsMember of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Patna Sahib Assembly824 November 200513 April 2008Minister of Road Construction & Tourism, Government of Bihar913 April 200826 November 2010Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Bihar10201020133 yearsMinister of Road Construction, Government of Bihar1119 June 20134 December 2015Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly1229 July 201716 November 2020Minister of Road Construction, Government of Bihar1315 February 20241 December 2025Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly14 13 March 2026Incumbent Governor of Nagaland
See also List of politicians from Bihar
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Bihar Legislative Assembly Bhartiya Janata Party