Vijay Kumar Chaudhary
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Vijay Kumar Chaudhary (born 8 January 1957) is an Indian politician. He has been a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly since 1982, and is currently serving as the Cabinet Minister for Water Resources and Parliamentary Affairs ministries in the Government of Bihar.
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Cabinet Minister, Government of Bihar | |
Assumed office 16 Mar 2024 | |
Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
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In office 03 Feb 2024 – 15 Mar 2024 | |
Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
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In office 22 Aug 2022 – 28 Jan 2024 | |
Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
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In office 09 Feb 2021 – 10 Aug 2022 | |
Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
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In office 16 Nov 2020 – 08 Feb 2021 | |
Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
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In office 22 Feb 2015 – 16 Nov 2015 | |
Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
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In office 26 Nov 2010 – 20 Jan 2015 | |
Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
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15th Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2 December 2015 – 15 November 2020 | |
Preceded by | Uday Narayan Choudhary |
Succeeded by | Vijay Kumar Sinha |
Leader of Opposition, Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
In office 19 February 2015 – 20 February 2015 | |
President, Bihar JD(U) | |
In office 14 February 2010 – 26 November 2010 | |
MLA | |
Assumed office 24 Nov 2010 | |
Constituency | Sarairanjan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) |
Preceded by | Ramchandra Singh Nishad |
In office 1982–1995 | |
Constituency | Dalsinghsarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) |
Preceded by | Jagdish Prasad Chaudhary |
Succeeded by | Ram Lakhan Mahato |
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Born | (1957-01-08) 8 January 1957 (age 67)[1] Dalsinghsarai, Bihar, India |
Political party | Janata Dal (United) |
Spouse | Ganga Choudhary |
Children | Ankita Choudhary, Shubhaditya Choudhary |
Residence(s) | 2 Deshratna Marg, Patna, Bihar |
Alma mater | Patna University |
Profession | Politician Probationary Officer |
Website | http://www.vidhansabha.bih.nic. |
He has previously held the posts of Speaker of Bihar Vidhan Sabha , Leader of Janata Dal (United) Legislature Party in Bihar Legislative Assembly[2] and the Minister for Finance, Commercial Taxes, Education, Buildling Construction, Transport, Rural Development, Rural Works Engineering, Information & Public Relations, Agriculture, Animal and Fish Resources ministries in the Government of Bihar.[3] He is considered to be the Number 2 in JDU's pecking order of the Bihar cabinet and is a member of Nitish Kumar's core committee which shapes policies of the Government and the party.[4][5]
Chaudhary served as the Home Minister-in-charge, putting forth the Government's stand on home affairs in Bihar Legislative Assembly.[6][7] Known for being an efficient administrator and a soft-spoken person with a clean image, he is a close confidante of Nitish Kumar and was speculated to succeed him as Chief Minister of Bihar following the latter's resignation after the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.[8][9][10][11][12]