List of speakers of the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Seal of Bihar
since 16 February 2024
Bihar Legislative Assembly
StyleThe Hon’ble (formal)
Mr. Speaker (informal)
Member ofBihar Legislative Assembly
ResidencePatna
AppointerMembers of the Legislative Assembly
Term lengthDuring the life of the Bihar Legislative Assembly (five years maximum)
Inaugural holderRam Dayalu Singh
DeputyNarendra Naryana Yadav

The Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly[1] is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Bihar. The Speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Bihar Legislative Assembly after the general elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the assembly. Speakers hold office until ceasing to be a member of the assembly or resigning from the office. The Speaker can be removed from office by a resolution passed in the assembly by an effective majority of its members. In the absence of Speaker, the meeting is presided by the Deputy Speaker.

List

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No Portrait Name Term[1] Assembly Party
1 Ram Dayalu Singh 23 July 1937 11 November 1944 7 years, 111 days 1st Indian National Congress
After Independence
1 Bindeshwari Prasad Verma 25 April 1946 14 March 1962 15 years, 323 days Indian National Congress
1st
2nd
2 Lakshmi Narayan Sudhanshu 18 March 1962 15 March 1967 4 years, 362 days 3rd
3 Dhanik Lal Mandal 16 March 1967 10 March 1969 1 year, 359 days 4th Samyukta Socialist Party
4 Ram Narayan Mandal 11 March 1969 20 March 1972 3 years, 9 days 5th Indian National Congress
5 Harinath Mishra 21 March 1972 26 June 1977 5 years, 97 days 6th
6 Tripurari Prasad Singh 28 June 1977 22 June 1980 2 years, 360 days 7th Janata Party
7 Radhanandan Jha 24 June 1980 1 April 1985 4 years, 281 days 8th Indian National Congress (I)
8 Shivchandra Jha 4 April 1985 23 January 1989 3 years, 294 days 9th Indian National Congress
9 Md Hidayatullah Khan 27 March 1989 19 March 1990 357 days
10 Ghulam Sarwar 20 March 1990 9 April 1995 5 years, 20 days 10th Janata Dal
11 Deo Narayan Yadav 12 April 1995 6 March 2000 4 years, 329 days 11th
Rashtriya Janata Dal
12 Sadanand Singh 9 March 2000 28 June 2005 5 years, 111 days 12th Indian National Congress
13 Uday Narayan Choudhary 30 November 2005 29 November 2010 9 years, 360 days 14th Janata Dal (United)
2 December 2010 28 November 2015 15th
14 Vijay Kumar Chaudhary 2 December 2015 15 November 2020 4 years, 349 days 16th
15 Vijay Kumar Sinha 25 November 2020 24 August 2022 1 year, 272 days 17th Bharatiya Janata Party
16 Awadh Bihari Choudhary 26 August 2022 12 February 2024 1 year, 170 days Rashtriya Janata Dal
17 Nand Kishore Yadav 16 February 2024 Incumbent 309 days Bharatiya Janata Party

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bihar Vidhan Sabha/Speaker". vidhansabha.bih.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
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