Vijay Kumar Chaudhary
Vijay Kumar Choudhary | |
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| Cabinet Minister, Government of Bihar | |
| Assumed office 16 Mar 2024 | |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
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| In office 03 Feb 2024 – 15 Mar 2024 | |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
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| In office 22 Aug 2022 – 28 Jan 2024 | |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
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| In office 09 Feb 2021 – 10 Aug 2022 | |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
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| In office 16 Nov 2020 – 08 Feb 2021 | |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
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| In office 22 Feb 2015 – 16 Nov 2015 | |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
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| In office 26 Nov 2010 – 07 Feb 2015 | |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
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| 15th Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2 December 2015 – 15 November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Uday Narayan Choudhary |
| Succeeded by | Vijay 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 | |
| Assumed office 24 Nov 2010 | |
| Constituency | Sarairanjan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) |
| Preceded by | Ramchandra Singh Nishad |
| In office 1982–1995 | |
| Constituency | Dalsinghsarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) |
| Preceded by | Jagdish Prasad Chaudhary |
| Succeeded by | Ram Lakhan Mahato |
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| Born | 8 January 1957 Dalsinghsarai, Bihar, India |
| Political party | Janata Dal (United) |
| Spouse | Ganga Choudhary |
| Children | 1 daughter, 1 son |
| Residence(s) | 2 Deshratna Marg, Patna, Bihar |
| Alma mater | Patna University |
| Profession | Politician Probationary Officer |
| Website | http://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 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. 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.
Chaudhary served as the Home Minister-in-charge, putting forth the Government's stand on home affairs in Bihar Legislative Assembly. 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.