Samrat Choudhary Age, Wiki and Bio

Samrat Choudhary

Quick Info

ProfessionPolitician
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth16/11/1968
Age56 years
BirthplaceLakhanpur, Bihar
HometownLakhanpur
Zodiac signScorpio
Other nameRakesh Kumar

Physical Stats & More

Height180 cm (1.80 m or 5’ 11”)
Weight80 kg (176 lbs)
Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorBlack

Educational Qualification(s)

College/University
  • California Public University, USA
  • Kamraj University, Tamil Nadu
Educational QualificationDoctor of Literature

Personal Life

ReligionHinduism
HobbiesPlaying cricket
Address43, Harding Road, Patna, Bihar

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried

Family

FatherShakuni Choudhary (Retired army officer and politician)
MotherParvati Devi (politician) (Died in September 2022 after suffering from an illness)
Siblings4 (Brother: Rohit Choudhary (politician), Sister: Not known)
SpouseMamta Kumari (Advocate)
Children
Son1
Daughter1

Career

Political Party
  • Rashtriya Janata Dal (1990-2014)
  • Janata Dal (United) (2014-2017)
  • Bharatiya Janata Party (2017-present)
Political Journey
  • 1999 - Minister of Agriculture in the Bihar government
  • 2000 - Elected to the Bihar Assembly from the Parbatta constituency on a ticket of the Rashtriya Janata Dal party
  • 2010 - Re-elected to the Bihar Assembly from the Parbatta constituency
  • 2010 - Chief Whip of the opposition party in the Bihar Assembly
  • 2014 - Appointed as a member of the Bihar Legislative Council by the then-governor of Bihar, D. Y. Patil
  • 2014 - Minister of Urban Development and Housing Department in the Jitan Ram Manjhi government
  • 2018 - Appointed as the vice president of the Bihar unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 2020 - Elected as a member of the Bihar Legislative Council
  • 2021 - Panchayati Raj minister in Nitish Kumar‘s government
  • 2022 - Leader of the opposition in the Bihar Legislative Council
  • 2023 - President of the Bihar unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 2024 - Leader of the BJP legislature party
  • 2024 - Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar

Some Lesser Known Facts

Samrat Choudhary is the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar.
In January 2024, he became the deputy chief minister of Bihar along with Vijay Kumar Sinha in the Nitish Kumar government.
Before 2014, Choudhary was a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal party, but later he joined a rebel group.
In February 2014, thirteen MLAs left the RJD led by Choudhary to seek their own recognition.
Choudhary raised concerns about the eligibility of RJD President Lalu Prasad due to a corruption conviction.
He then joined the JD(U) in the same year of his rebellion, under Jitan Ram Manjhi.
By 2017, he had become a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
During the 2020 Bihar Assembly election, he played a key role in campaigning for the National Democratic Alliance.
Since September 2022, he has been consistently wearing a saffron turban, initially as a symbol of mourning for his mother's passing.
By 2023, he had vowed to continue wearing the turban until Nitish Kumar was removed as the chief minister.
When questioned by Nitish about the turban, Choudhary explained that he had taken a vow to remove him from power.