The Finance Department, Government of Bihar is responsible for management of finances of the State Government. It overlooks all the economic and financial matters related to the state of Bihar, India. This is a list of the Finance ministers of Bihar.
Portrait Name Tenure Chief MinisterParty 1 Anugrah Narayan Sinha 2 April 1946 5 July 1957Shri Krishna SinhaIndian National Congress 2 Shri Krishna Sinha 5 July 1957 31 January 1961 3 Deep Narayan Singh 1 February 1961 18 February 1961Deep Narayan Singh 4 Mahesh Prasad Singh 1963 1967 5 Karpoori Thakur 5 March 1967 28 January 1968Mahamaya Prasad SinhaSocialist Party 6 Satish Prasad Singh 28 January 1968 1 February 1968Satish Prasad SinghIndian National Congress 7 Krishna Kant Singh 22 March 1968 29 March 1972Bhola Paswan Shastri 8 Daroga Prasad Rai March 1972 April 1975 9 Basawon Singh April 1975 April 1977 10 Kailashpati Mishra April 1977 April 1979Karpuri ThakurJanata Party 11 Jagannath Mishra June 1980 April 1983Jagannath MishraIndian National Congress 12 Bindeshwari Dubey March 1985 Feb 1988Bindeshwari Dubey (11) Jagannath Mishra December 1989 March 1990Jagannath Mishra 13 Lalu Prasad Yadav March 1990 March 1995Lalu Prasad YadavJanata Dal April 1995 July 1997Rashtriya Janata Dal 14 Rabri Devi July 1997 February 1999Rabri Devi March 1999 March 2000 15 Nitish Kumar 3 March 2000 10 March 2000Nitish KumarSamata Party (14) Rabri Devi March 2000 February 2005Rabri DeviRashtriya Janata Dal 16 Sushil Kumar Modi 24 November 2005 16 June 2013Nitish KumarBharatiya Janata Party (15) Nitish Kumar 17 June 2013 20 May 2014Janata Dal (United) 17 Bijendra Prasad Yadav 20 May 2014 20 November 2015Jitan Ram Manjhi 18 Abdul Bari Siddiqui 20 November 2015 27 July 2017Nitish KumarRashtriya Janata Dal (16) Sushil Kumar Modi 27 July 2017 16 November 2020Bharatiya Janata Party 19 Tarkishore Prasad 16 November 2020 9 August 2022 20 Vijay Kumar Chaudhary 16 August 2022 28 January 2024 Janata Dal (United) 21 Samrat Chaudhary 28 January 2024 20 November 2025 Bharatiya Janata Party (17) Bijendra Prasad Yadav 20 November 2025 Incumbent Samrat ChoudharyJanata Dal (United)
See also List of chief ministers of Bihar List of ministers of home of Bihar List of ministers of law of Bihar List of ministers of panchayati raj of Bihar List of ministers of health of Bihar List of ministers of sports of Bihar List of ministers of education of Bihar List of ministers of transport of Bihar List of ministers of co-operatives of Bihar List of ministers of science and technology of Bihar
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