Shibu Soren
| Shibu Soren | |
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| 3rd Chief Minister of Jharkhand | |
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In office 30 December 2009 – 31 May 2010 |
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| Deputy | Raghubar Das |
| Preceded by | President's rule |
| Succeeded by | President's rule |
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In office 27 August 2008 – 18 January 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Madhu Koda |
| Succeeded by | President's rule |
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In office 2 March 2005 – 12 March 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Arjun Munda |
| Succeeded by | Arjun Munda |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 January 1944 Ramgarh, Jharkhand |
| Political party | JMM |
| Spouse(s) | Roopi Soren Adivasi |
| Children | 3 sons and 1 daughter |
| Residence | Bokaro |
| Religion | Sarnaism, (Santhal) |
| As of 25 September, 2006 Source: [1] |
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Shibu Soren (born 11 January 1944) is an Indian politician who was Chief Minister of Jharkhand, a state in India, from 2008 to 2009 and again from 2009 to 2010. Soren was the first serving Union minister to be convicted for murder. He allegedly did so to cover up a case of corruption and sodomy. He was sworn in as the third Chief Minister of Jharkhand on 30 December 2009 after winning the Jharkhand Assembly elections. He resigned on 30 May 2010 after failing to obtain coalition support from the Bharatiya Janata Party, his national party partner. He previously represented the Dumka constituency of Jharkhand in the 14th Lok Sabha, and is the President of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) political party, a constituent of the UPA.
On 9 January 2009, Soren was defeated in the by-election for the Tamar assembly constituency by political novice Gopal Krishan Patar, alias Raja Peter, of the Jharkhand Party by a margin of over 9,000 votes. After the Assembly elections Soren once again formed the Government along with the BJP, and was sworn in as Chief Minister of Jharkhand on 30 December 2009.
He was the Minister for Coal in the Union Cabinet in November 2006, when a Delhi district court found him guilty in the murder of his private secretary Shashi Nath Jha in 1994. He has also been indicted in the past on other criminal charges.
Soren was born in Nemra village of Ramgarh district, in what was, at the time, Bihar state, India. He completed his schooling in the same district. During his schooling his father was murdered by "mahajans" (money lenders). He started selling wood as a small business. He got married to Roopi Kisku. He has three sons Durga, Hemant, and Basant and a daughter, Anjali.
Soren began his political career in the early 1970s and quickly became known as a tribal leader. On 23 January 1975, he allegedly incited a campaign to drive away "outsiders", or the 'non-tribal' people. At least eleven people were killed. Soren and numerous others were charged with various crimes related to this incident. After extended legal proceedings, Soren was acquitted on 6 March 2008. However, possibly related incitement charges—dating from two earlier deaths in 1974—remain pending.
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