Nitish Kumar

Nitish Kumar (* March 1, 1951 in Bakhtiarpur, Bihar ) is an Indian politician of the Janata Dal ( United). Since November 2005 he is the successor of Rabri Devi Chief Minister of Bihar.

Kumar studied at the National Institute of Technology, Patna. Since 1989 he has been Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha. Each of 27 May 2000 to July 21, 2001 and 22 November 1999 to 3 March 2000, he served as Indian Minister of Agriculture. Of 20 March 2001 to 21 May 2004, Kumar railway minister of India, a post which he had occupied until August 1999, when he had come back to the railway accident Gaisal. Since February 22, 1973 he is married to Manju Kumari Sinha.