Samrat Choudhary

Samrat Choudhary
Samrat Choudhary
8th Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 28 January 2024 Serving with Vijay Kumar Sinha
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	Tejashwi Yadav
Leader of the Opposition; Bihar Legislative Council
	In office; 24 August 2022 – 20 August 2023
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	Rabri Devi
Succeeded by	Hari Sahni
Minister of Panchayati Raj; Government of Bihar
	In office; 9 February 2021 – 9 August 2022
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	Renu Devi
Minister of Urban Development & Housing; Government of Bihar
	In office; 2 June 2014 – 20 February 2015
Chief Minister	Jitan Ram Manjhi
Minister of Agriculture; Government of Bihar
	In office; 19 May 1999 – 16 November 1999
Chief Minister	Rabri Devi
Member of Bihar Legislative Council
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 29 June 2020
Constituency	elected by Legislative Assembly members
	In office; 24 May 2014 – 6 January 2016
Constituency	Governor nominated
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
	In office; 2010–2014
Preceded by	Ramanand Prasad Singh
Succeeded by	Ramanand Prasad Singh
Constituency	Parbatta
	In office; 2000–2004
Preceded by	Vidya Sagar Nishad
Succeeded by	Ramanand Prasad Singh
Constituency	Parbatta
Personal details
Born	16 November 1968; Lakhanpur, Bihar, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political; affiliations	Rashtriya Janata Dal; Janata Dal (United);
Spouse	Mamta Kumari
Children	1 son & 1 daughter
Parent	Shakuni Choudhary (father);
Occupation	Politician

Samrat Choudhary alias Rakesh Kumar is an Indian politician, who is currently serving as Deputy Chief minister of Bihar under Nitish Kumar. He is a Member of Bihar Legislative Council from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has been the party president of BJP Bihar State unit from March 2023. He has also remained Member of Legislative Assembly and a minister in Government of Bihar in Rashtriya Janata Dal government.Chaudhary has been a former Vice President of BJP for the state of Bihar and currently elected for the second term as MLC in 2020 after his first term ended in 2019. In 2014, Samrat planned a split in Rashtriya Janata Dal by defecting thirteen MLAs as splinter group of the party. He later joined BJP. In 2022, he was selected as the Leader of Opposition in Bihar Legislative Council.

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