Satyendra Narayan Sinha

Satyendra Narayan Sinha
19th Chief Minister of Bihar
In office 11 March 1989 – 6 December 1989
Preceded by	Bhagwat Jha Azad
Succeeded by	Jagannath Mishra
Education Minister of Bihar[1]
In office 18 February 1961 – 1 October 1963
In office 1 October 1963 – 5 March 1967
Chief Minister	Binodanand Jha, K.B.Sahay
Preceded by	Acharya Badrinath Verma
Succeeded by	Karpoori Thakur
President of International Committee on Violations of Human Rights in Parliamentarians[2]
In office 1977–1987
Continent	Asia
Member of Provisional Parliament[3]
In office 26 January 1950 – 17 April 1952
Prime Minister	Jawahar Lal Nehru
State	Bihar
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	1st Lok Sabha
Member of Parliament for Aurangabad
In office 1952–1961
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	Ramesh Prasad Singh
In office 1971–1989
Preceded by	Mudrika Singh
Succeeded by	Ram Naresh Singh
Agriculture Minister of Bihar[4]
In office 18 February 1961 – 1 October 1963
In office 1 October 1963 – 5 March 1967
Chief Minister	Binodanand Jha, K.B.Sahay
President, Bihar Janata Party
In office 1973–1984
National President	Chandra Shekhar
Preceded by	Post Created
Succeeded by	position abolished
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly for Nabinagar (Aurangabad)
In office 1962–1967
In office 1967–1969
Preceded by	Dr. Anugraha Narain Singh
Succeeded by	Mahavir Pd. Akela
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly for Gopalganj
In office 1961–1962
Preceded by	Kamala Rai
Succeeded by	Abdul Ghafoor
Member of Bihar Legislative Council
In office 20 July 1989 – 06 May 1990
Preceded by	Vacant
Constituency	elected by the Members of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Personal details
Born	(1917-07-12)12 July 1917 Poiwan, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India (now in Bihar, India)
Died	4 September 2006(2006-09-04) (aged 89) Patna, Bihar, India
Political party	Indian National Congress (1940–1969,1984–2006) Indian National Congress-Organisation (1969–1977) Janata Party (1977–1984)
Spouse	Smt. Kishori Sinha
Children	Nikhil Kumar
Residence(s)	Sopan, Patna, Bihar
Alma mater	Allahabad University
Nickname(s)	Chhote Saheb, Satyendra Babu, SN Sinha

Satyendra Narayan Sinha (12 July 1917 – 4 September 2006) was an Indian politician and statesman, participant in the Indian independence movement, a leading^[5] light of Jaya Prakash Narayan's ‘complete revolution’ movement during the Emergency and a former Chief Minister of Bihar.^[6] Affectionately called Chhote Saheb, he was also a seven-time Member of Parliament from the Aurangabad constituency, a three-term Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly, and a Member of the Bihar Legislative Council once. Regarded to be one of India's most influential regional people of the time, his reputation was synonymous with being a strict disciplinarian and tough taskmaster.^[7]