Shri Nitish Kumar

Nitish Kumar, Shri Constituency   : Nalanda (Bihar) Party Name     : Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) Email Address : nitish[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in

Father’s Name Late Shri Kaviraj Ram Lakhan Singh Mother’s Name Smt. Parmeshwari Devi Date of Birth 01 Mar 1951 Place of Birth Bakhtiarpur, Distt. Patna (Bihar) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 22 Feb 1973 Spouse’s Name Smt. Manju Kumari Sinha No. of Sons 1 Educational Qualifications B.Sc. (Engineering) Educated at Bihar College of Engineering, Patna (Bihar) Profession Social Worker Agriculturist, Engineer Permanent Address Vill. Hakikatpur, P.O. Bakhtiarpur, Distt. Patna – 800 001(Bihar) (06132)2262627 Present Address 22, Akbar Road New Delhi – 110 001 Tels.(011) 23017588, 23017596, 9868180490 (M) Positions Held

1985-89 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly

1986-87 Member, Committee on Petitions, Bihar Legislative Assembly

1987-88 President, Yuva Lok Dal, Bihar

1987-89 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, Bihar Legislative Assembly

1989 Secretary-General, Janata Dal, Bihar

1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha

1989-16th July, 1990 Member, House Committee (Resigned)

April 1990-November 1990 Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Co-operation

1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1991-93 General-Secretary, Janata Dal

Deputy Leader of Janata Dal in Parliament

17 Dec. 1991-10 May 1996 Member, Railway Convention Committee

8 April 1993-10 May 1996 Chariman, Committee on Agriculture

1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

Member, General Purposes Committee

Member, Joint Committee on the Consitution (Eighty-first Amendment Bill, 1996)

1996-98 Member, Committee on Defence

Member, Committee on Estimates

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)

19 March 1998 – 5 August 1999 Union Cabinet Minister, Railways

Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport ( additional charge) (14 April 1998 – 5 Aug. 1999)

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)

13 Oct. 1999 -22 Nov. 1999 Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport

22 Nov. 1999 – 3 March 2000 Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture

3 March 2000 -10 March 2000 Chief Minister, Bihar

27 May 2000 – 20 March 2001 Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture

20 March 2001 – 21 July 2001 Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture with additional charge of Railways

22 July 2001- 21 May 2004 Union Cabinet Minister, Railways

2004 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

24 Nov. 2005-15 May 2006 Chief Minister, Bihar

Countries Visited Singapore, Thailand; visited Havana (Cuba) and Moscow (Russia) as a member of Indian Delegation to the World Youth Festival in 1978; as a member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation to the IPU Conferences held in Australia and France; as Railway Minister, visited France, Switzerland and U.K.; as Agriculture Minister attended Regional Conference of F.A.O. in Yokohama, Japan Other Information 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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