Biography of Nitish Kumar, Age,Education,Family

Nitish Kumar

Nitish Kumar is an Indian politician. He is the present and 22nd Chief Minister of Bihar, a state in India, since 2015 and has served in that role on five previous occasions. He has also served as a minister in the Union Government of India. Kumar is a member of the Janata Dal political party. 

Born: 1 March 1951 (age 69 years), Bakhtiarpur

Spouse: Smt. Manju Kumari Sinha (m. 1973–2007)

Office: Chief Minister of Bihar until 27 Jul 2022

Previous offices: Chief Minister of Bihar (2015–2017), Chief Minister of Bihar (2015–2015), Chief Minister of Bihar (2010--2014), Chief Minister of Bihar (2005--2010), Chief Minister of Bihar (2000--2000)

Children: Nishant Kumar

Education: National Institute of Technology Patna (1972), Patna Science College

Kumar is a member of the Janata Dal (United) political party. He endeared himself to Biharis, used to low expectations from previous regimes, when as Chief Minister, his socialist policies bore dividends in appointing more than 100,000 school teachers, ensuring that doctors worked in primary health centres, electrification of villages, paving of roads, cutting female illiteracy by half, turning around a lawless state by cracking down on criminals and doubling the income of the average Bihari.

On 17 May 2014, Kumar resigned, taking responsibility for his party's poor performance in the 2014 general elections, and was succeeded by Jitan Ram Manjhi. However, he returned to office in February 2015 following a political crisis in Bihar and won the state elections of November 2015. He was elected as the national president of his party on 10 April 2016. He resigned again on 26 July 2017 as Chief Minister of Bihar due to differences with the coalition partner, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), following the naming of Tejashwi Yadav, the Deputy Chief Minister and RJD member, in a First Information Report alleging corruption filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation. Hours later, he joined the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition, which had thus far been the opposition, and secured a majority in the assembly. He became Chief Minister again on the following day.