Rabri Devi
Rabri Devi | |
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| 21st Chief Minister of Bihar | |
| In office 11 March 2000 – 6 March 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Nitish Kumar |
| Succeeded by | President's rule |
| In office 9 March 1999 – 2 March 2000 | |
| Preceded by | President's rule |
| Succeeded by | Nitish Kumar |
| In office 25 July 1997 – 11 February 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Lalu Prasad Yadav |
| Succeeded by | President's rule |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gopalganj, Bihar |
| Political party | RJD |
| Spouse | Lalu Prasad Yadav |
| Residence | Patna |
Rabri Devi (born 1956) is an Indian politician from the state of Bihar. She is a Member of the Legislative Council for Bihar Vidhan Parishad who has served three terms as the Chief Minister of Bihar, as a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal political party, between 1997 and 2005. She is the wife of the Indian politician Lalu Prasad Yadav, former Chief Minister of Bihar and former Railway Minister of India.
Political career
She became the first woman Chief Minister of Bihar on 25 July 1997 after her husband Lalu Prasad Yadav had to resign as the Chief Minister following the arrest warrant issued against him in corruption charges; in an unprecedented move, he anointed Rabri Devi as the new Bihar Chief Minister to hold onto power.[1]
She contested from Saran constituency in 2014 Loksabha election but lost.[2]
Criticism
The appointment of Rabri Devi as the Chief Minister of Bihar came under severe satirical criticism and stiff opposition, because she was illiterate[3][4] and had little experience or interest in politics.[5]
Personal life
Rabri Devi married Lalu Prasad Yadav in 1973[1][6] at the age of 17 and has nine children, seven girls and two boys.[7] Her younger son Tejashwi Yadav currently serves as the 4th Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and at 26 years, is the youngest to hold the coveted office, while elder son Tej Pratap Yadav occupies the post of Bihar Health Minister.
References
- ^ a b "Rabri Devi". Hindustan Times. 7 February 2005. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
- ^ Vaibhav, Aditya (17 May 2014). "Election results 2014: JD(U), RJD decimated in Bihar". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ^ "rediff.com: The Rediff Interview/ Rabri Devi". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ "Profile: Laloo Prasad Yadav". BBC. 18 December 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ "rediff.com: The Rediff Interview/ Rabri Devi". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ "Rabri vividly recalls how she had boarded a steamer at Pahleja Ghat in Sonepur (Chapra) to reach the Patna residence soon after her marriage on March 18, 1974 when curfew had been imposed all over the district".
- ^ Thakur, Sankarshan (27 March 2014). "A sibling swing at succession". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
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| National | |
- Use dmy dates from March 2013
- 1956 births
- Living people
- Chief Ministers of Bihar
- Rashtriya Janata Dal politicians
- Finance Ministers of Bihar
- Indian women Chief Ministers
- United Progressive Alliance candidates in the Indian general election, 2014
- Leaders of the Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly
- Women in Bihar politics
- Yadav family of Bihar