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.
| Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
 Seal of Bihar | |
since 16 February 2024 | |
| Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Style | The Hon’ble (formal) Mr. Speaker (informal) |
| Member of | Bihar Legislative Assembly |
| Residence | Patna |
| Appointer | Members of the Legislative Assembly |
| Term length | During the life of the Bihar Legislative Assembly (five years maximum) |
| Inaugural holder | Ram Dayalu Singh |
| Deputy | Narendra Naryana Yadav |
List
edit| 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 | 
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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 | 
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Vijay Kumar Chaudhary | 2 December 2015 | 15 November 2020 | 4 years, 349 days | 16th | ||
| 15 | 
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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 | 324 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
References
edit- ^ a b "Bihar Vidhan Sabha/Speaker". vidhansabha.bih.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.