Government of Bihar

Government of Bihar

Bicameral
Seat of Government	Patna
Country	India
Legislative branch
Assembly	Bihar Legislative Assembly
Speaker, Bihar Vidhan Sabha	Nand Kishore Yadav[1]
Deputy Speaker, Bihar Vidhan Sabha	Narendra Narayan Yadav[2]
Members in Assembly	243
Council	Bihar Legislative Council
Chairman of Bihar Vidhan Parishad	Devesh Chandra Thakur
Deputy Chair	Ram Chandra Purve
Members in Council	75 (63 Elected + 12 Nominated)
Executive branch
Governor	Rajendra Arlekar
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar (JD(U))
Deputy Chief Minister	Vijay Kumar Sinha (BJP) Samrat Choudhary (BJP)
Leader of the Opposition, Bihar Vidhan Sabha	Tejashwi Yadav (RJD)
Judiciary
High Court	Patna High Court
Chief Justice	K. Vinod Chandran
Seat	53

Bihar Government is the state government of the Indian state of Bihar and its nine divisions which consist of districts . It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Bihar, a judiciary and legislative branches.

Like other states in India, the head of state of Bihar is the Governor, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the central government. The head of state is largely ceremonial. The Chief Minister is the head of government and is vested with most of the executive powers. Patna is the capital of Bihar.

The Patna High Court, located in Patna, has jurisdiction over the whole state. The present legislative structure of Bihar is bicameral. The Legislative houses are the Bihar Vidhan Sabha (Bihar Legislative Assembly) and Bihar Vidhan Parishad (Bihar Legislative Council). Their normal term is five years, unless dissolved earlier.