The Chair of the Bihar Legislative Council is the presiding officer of the Legislative Council of Bihar, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Bihar. Chairmen hold office until ceasing to be a member of the council or resigning from the office. The chairmen can be removed from office by a resolution passed in the council by an effective majority of its members. In the absence of chairman, the meeting is presided by the deputy chairmen.
List represents acting chairmen
List of Prisedents of the Bihar and Orissa Legislative Council No Portrait NameConstituency Term Party1Sir Walton Maude19212Sachchidanand SinhaJuly 1921November 19223Khawaja M. Noorie192219294Babu Nirsu Narayan Singh193019325Babu Rajandhari Singh19331936
List of Prisedents/Chairpersons of the Bihar Legislative Council
No Portrait NameConstituency Term Party1Rajiv Ranjan Prasad23 July 19376 September 19482Shyama Prasad Singh7 September 194811 May 1952*Naima Khatoon Haider12 May 195215 May 1952(2)Shyama Prasad Singh15 May 19526 May 1958*Rameshwar Prasad Singh4 April 19597 April 1959*Rai Braj Raj Krishna7 April 19596 May 1959*Radha Govind Prasad7 May 195910 September 19623Ravaneshwar Mishra11 September 19626 May 1964*Kumar Ganga Nand Singh7 May 196424 September 1964*Theodore Bodra24 September 196430 August 19654Devsharan Singh30 August 19656 May 1968*Theodore Bodra7 May 196816 May 1972*Rampyari Devi17 March 19726 May 1972*Anil Kumar Sen7 May 19725 June 19725Abdul Ghafoor5 June 19722 July 1973*Ram Govind Singh2 July 19735 January 1975*Mahendra Prasad5 January 197518 March 1975*Ram Govind Singh7 January 197518 March 1975*Krishna Kant Singh18 March 197519 March 1975*Ram Govind Singh19 March 19756 May 1976*Rajeshwari Saroj Das7 May 19766 May 1980Vacant from 7 May 1980 to 13 June 1980*Shamu Charan Tuvid14 June 198024 July 19806Prithvi Chand Kisku25 July 198012 January 1985Vacant from 13 January 1985 to 17 January 1985*Rajeshwari Saroj Das18 January 198529 January 19857Arun Kumar5 July 19853 October 1986*Umeshwar Prasad Verma4 October 198618 January 1990Indian National Congress819 January 19906 May 1994*Raghuvansh Prasad Singh7 May 19945 April 1995Janata Dal*Jabir Husain6 April 199525 July 1996926 July 19966 May 2000*7 May 200029 June 2000Rashtriya Janata Dal(9)30 June 200015 April 2006*Arun KumarGaya Teachers16 April 20064 August 2009Indian National Congress10Tarakant Jhaelected by MLA's4 August 20096 May 2012Bharatiya Janata Party11Awadhesh Narain SinghGaya Graduates8 August 20128 May 2017*Haroon Rashidelected by MLA's9 May 20176 May 2020Janata Dal (United)*Awadhesh Narain SinghGaya Graduates16 June 202025 August 2022Bharatiya Janata Party12Devesh Chandra ThakurTirhut Graduates25 August 202224 July 2024Janata Dal (United)*Awadhesh Narain Singh Gaya Graduates20 June 202424 July 2024Bharatiya Janata Party(11)24 July 202428 September 2026
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