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Nitish Kumar

Indian politician and 22nd Chief Minister of Bihar

PersonAge 75humanQ122304

Born: March 1, 1951
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-26
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Birthplace: Bakhtiarpur
Citizenship: India
Occupation: politician
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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Positions held: Chief Minister of Bihar(2015–2026)
, member of a Legislative Assembly of India
, Chief Minister of Bihar(2005–2014)
+5 more
Education: National Institute of Technology, Patna
Spouse: Manju Sinha
Languages spoken, written or signed: Hindi
, English
, Bhojpuri
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Nitish Kumar is an Indian politician from Bihar. He is currently serving as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha. The national president of the Janata Dal (United), he was the longest serving Chief Minister of Bihar, serving briefly in 2000, from 2005 to 2014, and again from 2015 to 2026.

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Religion or worldview: Hinduism
Work location: Bihar
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2015-03-31
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Website: gov.bih.nic.in/Governance/NitishKumar.htm
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1.Stated in Google Knowledge Graph
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Sex or gender: male
Member of political party: Janata Dal (United)
Awards: CNN-News18 Indian of the Year(2010)
Social media followers: 8,152,964(February 11, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 143409075
7,401,861(February 28, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 143409075
6,219,724(January 3, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 143409075
5,447,287(April 26, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 143409075
Child: Nishant Kumar (Dablu Singh Patel)
Family name: Kumar
Given name: Nitish

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