Vijay Kumar Chaudhary
| Vijay Kumar Chaudhary | |
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| 15th Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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Assumed office 2 December 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Uday Narayan Choudhary |
| Leader of JD(U) Legislature Party | |
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In office 11 February 2015 – 20 November 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Jitan Ram Manjhi |
| Succeeded by | Nitish Kumar |
| Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture, Information & Public Relations, Animal and Fish Resources, Government of Bihar | |
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In office 26 November 2010 – 20 November 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Narendra Singh |
| Home Minister In-Charge, Government of Bihar | |
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In office 26 November 2010 – 20 November 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Nitish Kumar |
| Succeeded by | Nitish Kumar |
| Leader of Opposition, Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 19 February 2015 – 20 February 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Nand Kishore Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Nand Kishore Yadav |
| President, Bihar JD(U) | |
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In office 14 February 2010 – 26 November 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Rajiv Ranjan Singh |
| Succeeded by | Bashistha Narain Singh |
| MLA, Sarairanjan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) | |
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Assumed office 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Ramchandra Singh Nishad |
| MLA, Dalsinghsarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) | |
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In office 1982–1995 |
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| Preceded by | Jagdish Prasad Chaudhary |
| Succeeded by | Ram Lakhan Mahto |
| Personal details | |
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8 January 1957 Dalsinghsarai, Bihar, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Janata Dal (United) |
| Spouse(s) | Ganga Choudhary |
| Children | Shubhaditya Choudhary, Ankita Choudhary |
| Residence | 2 Deshratna Marg, Patna |
| 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 currently serves as the Speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly.
He has previously held the posts of Leader of Janata Dal (United) Legislature Party in Bihar Legislative Assembly and the Minister for Water Resources, Agriculture, Animal and Fish Resources and Information & Public Relations Departments in the Government of Bihar. He was considered to be the Number 2 minister in Bihar cabinet and continues to be 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. He has also held the position of Finance Minister-in-charge and presented Bihar's Annual Budget for the 2014-15 fiscal. 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.
Choudhary was born in Dalsinghsarai, Samastipur district of Bihar in a Bhumihar Brahman family. His father, late Jagdish Prasad Chaudhary, had been a freedom fighter, an Indian National Congress politician and a three term member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Dalsinghsarai constituency.. He completed his Master of Arts in History from Patna University in 1979 and joined the State Bank of India as a Probationary Officer in Trivandrum in the same year.
After the demise of his legislator father in 1982, Chaudhary resigned from his job and won the subsequent by-election from Dalsinghsarai on a Congress ticket. He was re-elected from Dalsinghsarai for two more terms in 1985 and 1990. During this stint as a legislator from 1982-1995, he served as the Deputy Chairman of Bihar State Industrial Development Corporation (BSIDC) and Deputy Chief Whip of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP). He sought re-election again from Dalsinghsarai in 1995 and 2000 but lost the polls.
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