Ram Nath Thakur

Ram Nath Thakur
Thakur In 2024
Minister of State of India in Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Assumed office
11 June 2024
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
PresidentDraupadi Murmu
Preceded byShobha Karandlaje
MP of Rajya Sabha for Bihar
Assumed office
10 April 2014
ConstituencyBihar
Minister of Revenue and Land Reforms, Law, Information and Public Relations (Govt. Of Bihar)
In office
24 November 2005 – 26 November 2010
Personal details
Born
Ram Nath Thakur

(1950-03-03) 3 March 1950 (age 74)
Karpoori Gram, Samastipur district, Bihar
Political partyJanata Dal (United)
SpouseAsha Rani
ChildrenThree daughters
Parents
ProfessionAgriculturist
As of 23 June 2020
Source: Rajya Sabha

Ram Nath Thakur (born 3 March 1950 in Karpoori Gram, Samastipur district, Bihar) a politician from the Janata Dal (United) party, is a member of the Parliament of India representing Bihar in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament.[1] He is Leader of Janata Dal (United) in Rajya Sabha .

He was a member of the Bihar Legislative Council and became Minister of Sugarcane Industries in Lalu Prasad's first cabinet. From November 2005 to November 2010 was Minister of Revenue and Land Reforms, Law, Information and Public Relations in the Second Nitish Kumar ministry.[2][3][4]

He was elected in for the term April 2014-April-2020.[5]

  1. ^ "Ram Nath Thakur". Government of India. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  2. ^ Dutta, Ambarish (24 November 2005). "Nitish sworn in Bihar CM". The Tribune. India. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  3. ^ Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar was sworn-in as the 33rd chief minister of Bihar
  4. ^ Srivastava, Amitabh (26 March 2009). "Couples in coalition: Alliances made in heaven". India Today. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  5. ^ "All five candidates elected unopposed to RS from Bihar". 1 February 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2015.