Chief Ministers of Bihar
In office 3 March 2000 – 10 March 2000
Deputy CM	Sushil Kumar Modi
Preceded by	President's rule
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 November 2005
Preceded by	Rabri Devi
Minister of Railways
In office 20 March 2001 – 21 May 2004
Preceded by	Ram Vilas Paswan
Succeeded by	Lalu Prasad Yadav
In office 19 March 1998 – 5 August 1999
Minister of Agriculture
In office 27 May 2000 – 21 July 2001
In office 22 November 1999 – 3 March 2000
Minister of Surface Transport
In office 13 Oct 1999 – 22 November 1999
In office 14 April 1998 – 5 August 1999
Personal details
Born	1 March 1951 (age 60) Bakhtiarpur, Patna
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Janata Dal (United)
Spouse(s)	Late Smt. Manju Kumari Sinha
Children	Nishant Kumar (son)
Residence	1 Anne Marg, Patna
Alma mater	National Institute of Technology, Patna
Profession	Politician Social Worker Agriculturist Engineer
Religion	Hinduism

 Nitish Kumar was born in Bakhtiarpur, Bihar.His father Kaviraj Ram Lakhan Singh was a freedom fighter and was close to the great Gandhian Bihar Bibhuti Anugrah Narayan Sinha, one of the founders of modern Bihar ,Mother Parmeshwari Devi is a house wife.His nickname is 'Munna'. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Bihar College of Engineering,