Bindeshwari Dubey

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Bindeshwari Dubey
17th Chief Minister of Bihar
In office 12 March 1985 – 13 February 1988
Preceded by	Chandrashekhar Singh
Succeeded by	Bhagwat Jha Azad
Minister of Law and Justice
In office 14 February 1988 – 26 June 1988
Prime Minister	Rajiv Gandhi
Preceded by	P. Shiv Shankar
Succeeded by	B. Shankaranand
Constituency	Rajya Sabha, Bihar
Minister of Labour and Employment
In office 26 June 1988 – 1 December 1989
Prime Minister	Rajiv Gandhi
Preceded by	Ravindra Varma
Succeeded by	Ram Vilas Paswan
Constituency	Rajya Sabha, Bihar
President INTUC
In office May 1984 – March 1985
Succeeded by	Gopala Ramanujam
Minister of Education Bihar Government
In office 28 May 1973 – 24 June 1973
Chief Minister	Kedar Pandey
Succeeded by	Vidyakar Kavi
Constituency	Bermo
Minister of Science & Technology, Bihar Government
In office 28 May 1973 – 24 June 1973
Chief Minister	Kedar Pandey
Constituency	Bermo
Minister of Transport Bihar Government
In office 25 September 1973 – 18 April 1974
Chief Minister	Abdul Gafoor
Preceded by	Shatrughna Sharan Singh
Constituency	Bermo
Minister of Health Bihar Government
In office 11 April 1975 – 30 April −1977
Chief Minister	Jagannath Mishra
Preceded by	Kedar Pandey
Succeeded by	Jabir Hussain
Constituency	Bermo
Lok Sabha
In office 1980–1984
Preceded by	Ramdas Singh
Succeeded by	Sarfaraz Ahmed
Constituency	Giridih
Rajya Sabha
In office 3 April 1988 – 20 January 1993
Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office 1952–1957
Preceded by	constituency created
Constituency	Jaridih-Petarvar
In office 1962 – 1967, 1967 – 1969, 1969 – 1972, 1972 – 1977
Preceded by	Brajeshwar Prasad Singh
Succeeded by	Mithilesh Sinha
Constituency	Bermo
In office March 1985 – 3 April 1988
Preceded by	Anand Sharma
Succeeded by	Dharampal Singh
Constituency	Shahpur
Personal details
Born	14 January 1921 Mahuaon, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India
Died	20 January 1993 (aged 72) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Resting place	Ganges, Varanasi
Political party	Indian National Congress
Occupation	Trade unionist, politician

Bindeshwari Dubey (14 January 1921 – 20 January 1993) was a freedom fighter, trade unionist and politician who served as Chief Minister of Bihar between 12 March 1985 and 13 February 1988.

Dubey was involved in the nationalisation of Indian collieries, especially in the Chhotanagpur region that was then a part of Bihar (now Jharkhand). He held the portfolios of Law, Justice and Labour in the Union Council of Ministers in Rajiv Gandhi's cabinet. Earlier, he had held offices at state level as Minister of Education, Transport and Health. He was a member of the Seventh Lok Sabha between 1980 and 1984, representing the Giridih constituency in Bihar. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1988 until his death. Earlier he had been a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly during 1952–57, 1962–77 and 1985–88. He had also been a National as well as State President of INTUC besides being a Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee President.