22 February 2015 :: Chief Ministers of Bihar.
| No | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Tenure |
| 1 | Sri Krishna Sinha | 2 April 1946 | 31 January 1961 | Indian National Congress | 5419 days |
| 2 | Deep Narayan Singh | 1 February 1961 | 18 February 1961 | 18 days | |
| 3 | Binodanand Jha | 18 February 1961 | 2 October 1963 | 926 days | |
| 4 | K. B. Sahay | 2 October 1963 | 5 March 1967 | 1250 days | |
| 5 | Mahamaya Prasad Sinha | 5 March 1967 | 28 January 1968 | Jana Kranti Dal | 330 days |
| 6 | Satish Prasad Singh | 28 January 1968 | 1 February 1968 | Indian National Congress | 5 days |
| 7 | B. P. Mandal | 1 February 1968 | 2 March 1968 | 31 days | |
| 8 | Bhola Paswan Shastri | 22 March 1968 | 29 June 1968 | Indian National Congress (O) | 100 days |
| – | Vacant (President’s rule) |
29 June 1968 | 26 February 1969 | N/A | |
| 9 | Harihar Singh | 26 February 1969 | 22 June 1969 | Indian National Congress | 117 days |
| (8) | Bhola Paswan Shastri | 22 June 1969 | 4 July 1969 | Indian National Congress (O) | 13 days |
| – | Vacant (President’s rule) |
6 July 1969 | 16 February 1970 | N/A | |
| 10 | Daroga Prasad Rai | 16 February. 1970 | 22 December 1970 | Indian National Congress | 310 days |
| 11 | Karpoori Thakur | 22 December 1970 | 2 June 1971 | Socialist Party | 163 days |
| (8) | Bhola Paswan Shastri | 2 June 1971 | 9 January 1972 | Indian National Congress | 222 days (total 335 days) |
| – | Vacant (President’s rule) |
9 January 1972 | 19 March 1972 | N/A | |
| 12 | Kedar Pandey | 19 March 1972 | 2 July 1973 | Indian National Congress | 471 days |
| 13 | Abdul Gafoor | 2 July 1973 | 11 April 1975 | 649 days | |
| 14 | Jagannath Mishra | 11 April 1975 | 30 April 1977 | 750 days | |
| – | Vacant (President’s rule) |
30 April 1977 | 24 June 1977 | N/A | |
| (11) | Karpoori Thakur | 24 June 1977 | 21 April 1979 | Janata Party | 668 days |
| 15 | Ram Sundar Das | 21 April 1979 | 17 February 1980 | 303 days | |
| – | Vacant (President’s rule) |
17 February 1980 | 8 June 1980 | N/A | |
| (14) | Jagannath Mishra | 8 June 1980 | 14 August 1983 | Indian National Congress (I) | 1133 days |
| 16 | Chandrashekhar Singh | 14 August 1983 | 12 March 1985 | 577 days | |
| 17 | Bindeshwari Dubey | 12 March 1985 | 13 February 1988 | 1068 days | |
| 18 | Bhagwat Jha Azad | 14 February 1988 | 10 March 1989 | 391 days | |
| 19 | Satyendra Narayan Sinha | 11 March 1989 | 6 December 1989 | 271 days | |
| (14) | Jagannath Mishra | 6 December 1989 | 10 March 1990 | 95 days (total 1978 days) |
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| 20 | Lalu Prasad Yadav | 10 March 1990 | 28 March 1995 | Janata Dal | 1845 days |
| – | Vacant (President’s rule) |
28 March 1995 | 4 April 1995 | N/A | |
| (20) | Lalu Prasad Yadav | 4 April 1995 | 25 July 1997 | Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal | 844 days (total 2689 days) |
| 21 | Rabri Devi | 25 July 1997 | 11 February 1999 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 538 days |
| – | Vacant (President’s rule) |
11 February 1999 | 9 March 1999 | N/A | |
| (21) | Rabri Devi | 9 March 1999 | 2 March 2000 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 359 days |
| 22 | Nitish Kumar | 3 March 2000 | 10 March 2000 | Samata Party | 8 days |
| (21) | Rabri Devi | 11 March 2000 | 6 March 2005 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 1821 days (total 2718 days) |
| – | Vacant (President’s rule) |
7 March 2005 | 24 November 2005 | N/A | |
| (22) | Nitish Kumar | 24 November 2005 | 20 May 2014 | Janata Dal (United) | 3099 days |
| 23 | Jitan Ram Manjhi | 20 May 2014 | 20 February 2015 | 278 days | |
| (22) | Nitish Kumar (Designate) |
22 February 2015 | Incumbent |
