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