Shibu Soren

Shibu Soren
Soren in 2006
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 June 2020
Preceded by	Prem Chand Gupta
Constituency	Jharkhand
3rd Chief Minister of Jharkhand
In office 30 December 2009 – 31 May 2010
Governor	K. Sankaranarayanan M. O. H. Farook
Preceded by	President's rule
Succeeded by	President's rule
In office 27 August 2008 – 18 January 2009
Governor	Syed Sibtey Razi
Preceded by	Madhu Koda
Succeeded by	President's rule
In office 2 March 2005 – 12 March 2005
Governor	Syed Sibtey Razi
Preceded by	Arjun Munda
Succeeded by	Arjun Munda
Minister of Coal, Government of India
In office 29 January 2006 – 28 November 2006
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Manmohan Singh
Succeeded by	Manmohan Singh
In office 27 November 2004 – 2 March 2005
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Manmohan Singh
Succeeded by	Manmohan Singh
In office 23 May 2004 – 24 July 2004
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Mamata Banerjee
Succeeded by	Manmohan Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2002–2019
Preceded by	Babulal Marandi
Succeeded by	Sunil Soren
Constituency	Dumka
In office 1989–1998
Preceded by	Prithvi Chand Kisku
Succeeded by	Babulal Marandi
Constituency	Dumka
In office 1980–1984
Preceded by	Babulal Marandi
Succeeded by	Prithvi Chand Kisku
Constituency	Dumka
President of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Personal details
Born	(1944-01-11) 11 January 1944 (age 80) Ramgarh, Bihar, British India (now in Jharkhand, India)
Political party	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Spouse	Roopi Soren
Children	Durga Soren Hemant Soren Basant Soren Anjali Soren
Residence	Bokaro
As of 25 September, 2006 Source: [1]

Shibu Soren (born 11 January 1944) is an Indian politician who is currently member of Rajya Sabha representing Jharkhand and the leader of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. He formerly served as 3rd Chief Minister of Jharkhand, first in 2005 for 10 days (2 March to 12 March), then from 2008 to 2009 and again from 2009 to 2010. He is also the President of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) political party, a constituent of the UPA. He was the member of Lok Sabha from Dumka from 1980 to 1984, 1989 to 1998 and from 2002 to 2019 and Minister for Coal in the Union Cabinet from 2004 to 2004, 2004 to 2005 and from 2006 to 2006, when a Delhi district court found him guilty in the murder of his private secretary Shashi Nath Jha in 1994.^[1] He has also been indicted in the past on other criminal charges.