Mithilesh Kumar Thakur (born 16 February 1966) is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. He won the

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Jharkhand, India, from 30 November to 20 December 2019 to elect the 81 members of the 5th Jharkhand Assembly, 5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Results were declared on 23 December 2019. The pre-elect ...

representing the

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (; ) is a political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand, founded by Binod Bihari Mahato, Shibu Soren, and A. K. Roy. Hemant Soren is the president of the JMM. JMM is also an influential political party in the state ...

from Garhwa Assembly constituency. He is currently serving as the Cabinet Minister of Jharkhand.

Early life and education

Thakur is from

Chaibasa Chaibasa is a small town and a municipality in West Singhbhum district in the state of Jharkhand, India. Chaibasa is the district headquarters of West Singhbhum district. It is also the headquarter of Singhbhum Kolhan division headed by the D ...

village, West Singhbum District, Jharkhand. He is the son of late Kaushal Kumar Thakur. He completed his B.A. in History honours in 1993 at St. Columbas College, Hazaribag, which is affiliated with

Ranchi University Ranchi University is a public state university in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. It was established in 1960 by an Act of the Bihar legislature. Ranchi University offers degrees in undergraduate, post-graduate, M.Phil. and doctorate programs. History ...

. Earlier, he did his Intermediate in 1983 at Tata College, Chaibasa.

Career

Thakur won from Garhwa Assembly constituency representing Jharkhand Mukti Morcha in the

. He polled 106,681 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Satyendra Nath Tiwari of the

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, by a margin of 23,522 votes.

References

Living people 21st-century Indian politicians Lok Sabha members from Jharkhand People from Jharkhand Place of birth missing (living people) 1966 births {{Jharkhand-politician-stub