Rabri Devi

Rabri Devi Yadav
Devi in 2005
Leader of the Opposition
Bihar Legislative Council
Assumed office
14 February 2024
Preceded byHari Sahni
In office
13 April 2022 – 9 August 2022
Preceded byherself
Succeeded bySamrat Chaudhary
In office
12 May 2018 – 23 June 2020
Preceded bySushil Modi
Succeeded byherself
21st Chief Minister of Bihar
In office
11 March 2000 – 6 March 2005
Governor
Preceded byNitish Kumar
Succeeded byPresident's rule
In office
9 March 1999 – 2 March 2000
GovernorSunder Singh Bhandari
Preceded byPresident's rule
Succeeded byNitish Kumar
In office
25 July 1997 – 11 February 1999
GovernorAkhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
Preceded byLalu Prasad Yadav
Succeeded byPresident's rule
Member of Bihar Legislative Council
Assumed office
7 May 2012
In office
11 December 1997 – 2 June 2000
Constituencyelected by Legislative assembly member's
18th Leader of the Opposition
Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
20 November 2005 – 23 December 2010
Preceded byUpendra Kushwaha
Succeeded byAbdul Bari Siddiqui
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
2 June 2000 – 26 November 2010
Preceded byLalu Prasad Yadav
Succeeded bySatish Kumar Yadav
ConstituencyRaghopur
Personal details
Born (1955-01-01) 1 January 1955 (age 69)
Salar Kalan, Bihar, India
Political partyRashtriya Janata Dal
Spouse
(m. 1973)
RelationsTej Pratap Singh Yadav (son-in-law)
Chiranjeev Rao (son-in-law)
Sadhu Yadav (brother)
Subhash Prasad Yadav (brother)
Children9 (including Tejashwi Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav and Misa Bharti)
Residence(s)Hawai Adda, Patna, Bihar, India
Websiterjd.co.in/smt-rabri-devi/

Rabri Devi Yadav (also spelled as Raabri), (born 1 January 1955) is an Indian politician who formerly served 3 terms as the Chief Minister of Bihar, the first and only woman till date to have held the office. She is a Member (MLC) of Bihar Legislative Council and she currently serving as the Leader of the Opposition in Bihar Legislative Council.

She is married to Indian politician Lalu Prasad Yadav, former Chief Minister of Bihar (1990-1997). Yadav previously served as a Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly (MLA) and she formerly served as the Leader of the Opposition in Bihar Legislative Assembly.