Vijay Kumar Chaudhary

Vijay Kumar Choudhary
Cabinet Minister, Government of Bihar
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 Mar 2024
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Ministry and Departments
  • Water Resources
  • Parliamentary Affairs
In office
03 Feb 2022 – 15 Mar 2024
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Ministry and Departments
  • Water Resources
  • Education
  • Building Construction
  • Transport
  • Information & Public Relations
  • Parliamentary Affairs
In office
22 Aug 2022 – 28 Jan 2024
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Ministry and Departments
  • Finance
  • Commercial Taxes
  • Parliamentary Affairs
In office
09 Feb 2021 – 10 Aug 2022
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Ministry and Departments
  • Education
  • Parliamentary Affairs
In office
16 Nov 2020 – 08 Feb 2021
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Ministry and Departments
  • Water Resources
  • Rural Works
  • Rural Development
  • Information & Public Relations
  • Parliamentary Affairs
In office
22 Feb 2015 – 16 Nov 2015
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Ministry and Departments
  • Water Resources
  • Agriculture
  • Information & Public Relations
In office
26 Nov 2010 – 20 Jan 2015
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Ministry and Departments
  • Water Resources
15th Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
2 December 2015 – 15 November 2020
Preceded byUday Narayan Choudhary
Succeeded byVijay Kumar Sinha
Leader of Opposition, Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
19 February 2015 – 20 February 2015
President, Bihar JD(U)
In office
14 February 2010 – 26 November 2010
MLA,
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 Nov 2010
ConstituencySarairanjan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Preceded byRamchandra Singh Nishad
In office
1982–1995
ConstituencyDalsinghsarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Preceded byJagdish Prasad Chaudhary
Succeeded byRam Lakhan Mahato
Personal details
Born (1957-01-08) 8 January 1957 (age 67)[1]
Dalsinghsarai, Bihar, India
Political partyJanata Dal (United)
SpouseGanga Choudhary
Children1 daughter, 1 son
Residence(s)2 Deshratna Marg, Patna, Bihar
Alma materPatna University
ProfessionPolitician
Probationary Officer
Websitehttp://www.vidhansabha.bih.nic.

Vijay Kumar Chaudhary (born 8 January 1957) is an Indian politician. He has been a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly since 1982, and is currently serving as the Cabinet Minister for Water Resources and Parliamentary Affairs ministries in the Government of Bihar.

He has previously held the posts of Speaker of Bihar Vidhan Sabha, Leader of Janata Dal (United) Legislature Party in Bihar Legislative Assembly[2] and the Minister for Finance, Commercial Taxes, Education, Buildling Construction, Transport, Rural Development, Rural Works Engineering, Information & Public Relations, Agriculture, Animal and Fish Resources ministries in the Government of Bihar.[3] He is considered to be the Number 2 in JDU's pecking order of the Bihar cabinet and is a member of Nitish Kumar's core committee which shapes policies of the Government and the party.[4][5]

Chaudhary served as the Home Minister-in-charge, putting forth the Government's stand on home affairs in Bihar Legislative Assembly.[6][7] Known for being an efficient administrator and a soft-spoken person with a clean image, he is a close confidante of Nitish Kumar and was speculated to succeed him as Chief Minister of Bihar following the latter's resignation after the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.[8][9][10][11][12]

  1. ^ "Profile at the WRD, Bihar, India". Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary urged to recognise JDU as main opposition party in Bihar". Financial Express.
  3. ^ "WRD minister". Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Key candidates to look out for in Bihar Elections 2015". 6 November 2015 – via www.thehindu.com.
  5. ^ SANJEEV KUMAR VERMA. "ministers back to business". Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Bihar govt for speedy trial in cases of rape, heinous crimes". Economic Times. 14 March 2013. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Finance Bill passed by legislative assembly amid ruckus". Economic Times.
  8. ^ "Positives in an uneven state". IBN Live (blog). Archived from the original on 15 October 2010.
  9. ^ "Nitish Kumar sworn in as 32nd Chief Minister of Bihar". DNA India.
  10. ^ "Mandate for 'PM' Modi left Nitish no choice". Times of India.
  11. ^ "Jitan Ram Manjhi is out to win friends to stay in the chief minister's chair". India Today.
  12. ^ "PA system pill to plug hearsay". Archived from the original on 12 November 2014.