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Shri Nitish Kumar
Hon'ble Chief Minister, Bihar
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Visit Governor's Secretariat
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E-mail:
cmbihar-bih@nic.in
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Tel: (0612) 2223886, 2224784 (Office).
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Tel: (0612) 2222079 (Residence).
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Father's Name:
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Late Shri Kaviraj Ram Lakhan Singh
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Mother's Name:
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Smt. Parmeshwari Devi
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Date of Birth:
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1st March, 1951.
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Place of Birth:
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Bakhtiarpur, District - Patna, State - Bihar.
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Marital Status:
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Married.
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Date of Marriage
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22nd February, 1973.
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Spouse's Name:
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Late Smt. Manju Kumari Sinha
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No. of Children
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One
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Education:
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B.Sc. (Engineering)
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Qualifications
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Educated at Bihar College of Engineering, Patna, Bihar.
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Profession
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Political & Social Worker, Agriculturist, Engineer.
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Permanent Address
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Village - Hakikatpur, PO - Bakhtiarpur, District - Patna, Bihar
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Present Address
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Patna, Bihar
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Position Held
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1985-89 :
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Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly.
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1986-87 :
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Member, Committee on Petitions, Bihar Legislative Assembly.
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1987-88 :
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President, Yuva Lok Dal, Bihar.
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1987-89 :
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, Bihar Legislative Assembly.
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1989 :
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Secretary-General, Janata Dal, Bihar.
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1989 :
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Elected to 9th Lok Sabha.
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1989-16/7/1990 :
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Member, House Committee (Resigned).
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4/1990-11/1990 :
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Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Co-operation
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1991 :
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Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term).
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1991-93 :
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General-Secretary, Janata Dal. Deputy Leader of Janata Dal in
Parliament.
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17/12/91-10/5/96 :
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Member, Railway Convention Committee.
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8/4/93-10/5/96 :
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Chairman, Committee on Agriculture.
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1996 :
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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).
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1996-98 :
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Member, Committee on Defence.
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1998 :
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term).
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19/3/98-5/8/99 :
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Union Cabinet Minister, Railways.
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14/4/98-5/8/99 :
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Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport (additional charge).
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1999 :
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term).
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13/10/99-22/11/99 :
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Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport.
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22/11/99-3/3/00 :
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Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture.
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3/3/00-10/3/00 :
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Chief Minister, Bihar.
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27/5/00-20/3/01 :
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Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture.
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20/3/01-21/7/01 :
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Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture with additional charge of
Railways
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22/7/01-21/5/04 :
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Union Cabinet Minister, Railways.
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2004 :
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (6th term).
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Member, Committee on Coal & Steel.
Member, General Purposes Committee.
Member, Committee of Privileges.
Leader Janata Dal (U) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha.
From 24/11/2005 Chief Minister, Bihar.
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Countries Visited
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- 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.
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Other Information
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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.
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