Bindeshwari Dubey

Bindeshwari Dubey
17th Chief Minister of Bihar
In office
12 March 1985 – 13 February 1988
Preceded byChandrashekhar Singh
Succeeded byBhagwat Jha Azad
Minister of Law and Justice
In office
14 February 1988 – 26 June 1988
Prime MinisterRajiv Gandhi
Preceded byP. Shiv Shankar
Succeeded byB. Shankaranand
ConstituencyRajya Sabha, Bihar
Minister of Labour and Employment
In office
26 June 1988 – 1 December 1989
Prime MinisterRajiv Gandhi
Preceded byRavindra Varma
Succeeded byRam Vilas Paswan
ConstituencyRajya Sabha, Bihar
President INTUC
In office
May 1984 – March 1985
Succeeded byGopala Ramanujam
Minister of Education Bihar Government
In office
28 May 1973 – 24 June 1973
Chief MinisterKedar Pandey
Succeeded byVidyakar Kavi
ConstituencyBermo
Minister of Science & Technology, Bihar Government
In office
28 May 1973 – 24 June 1973
Chief MinisterKedar Pandey
ConstituencyBermo
Minister of Transport Bihar Government
In office
25 September 1973 – 18 April 1974
Chief MinisterAbdul Gafoor
Preceded byShatrughna Sharan Singh
ConstituencyBermo
Minister of Health Bihar Government
In office
11 April 1975 – 30 April −1977
Chief MinisterJagannath Mishra
Preceded byKedar Pandey
Succeeded byJabir Hussain
ConstituencyBermo
Lok Sabha
In office
1980–1984
Preceded byRamdas Singh
Succeeded bySarfaraz Ahmed
ConstituencyGiridih
Rajya Sabha
In office
3 April 1988 – 20 January 1993
Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
1952–1957
Preceded byconstituency created
ConstituencyJaridih-Petarvar
In office
1962 – 1967, 1967 – 1969, 1969 – 1972, 1972 – 1977
Preceded byBrajeshwar Prasad Singh
Succeeded byMithilesh Sinha
ConstituencyBermo
In office
March 1985 – 3 April 1988
Preceded byAnand Sharma
Succeeded byDharampal Singh
ConstituencyShahpur
Personal details
Born14 January 1921
Mahuaon, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India
Died20 January 1993
(aged 72)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Resting placeGanges, Varanasi
Political partyIndian National Congress
OccupationTrade unionist, politician

Bindeshwari Dubey (14 January 1921 – 20 January 1993) was a freedom fighter, trade unionist and politician who served as Chief Minister of Bihar between 12 March 1985 and 13 February 1988.

Dubey was involved in the nationalisation of Indian collieries, especially in the Chhotanagpur region that was then a part of Bihar (now Jharkhand). He held the portfolios of Law, Justice and Labour in the Union Council of Ministers in Rajiv Gandhi's cabinet. Earlier, he had held offices at state level as Minister of Education, Transport and Health. He was a member of the Seventh Lok Sabha between 1980 and 1984, representing the Giridih constituency in Bihar. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1988 until his death. Earlier he had been a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly during 1952–57, 1962–77 and 1985–88. He had also been a National as well as State President of INTUC besides being a Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee President.