Shibu Soren

**Shibu Soren** (; 11 January 1944 – 4 August 2025) was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha, representing Jharkhand, and the leader of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). He was the 3rd Chief Minister of Jharkhand in 2005 and then from 2008 to 2009, and again from 2009 to 2010. Soren was a member of the Lok Sabha from Dumka from 1980 to 1984, 1989 to 1998, and 2002 to 2019. He also was the Minister for Coal in the Union Cabinet three times: in 2004, from 2004 to 2005, and in 2006.

He was convicted by a Delhi district court for killing his private secretary, Shashi Nath Jha. The Delhi High Court on 23 August 2007 overruled the District Court and acquitted Soren due to lack of evidence.

Soren died on 4 August 2025 at a hospital in New Delhi, India at the age of 81.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **image**: Shibu Soren.jpg
- **caption**: Soren in 2006
- **office1**: Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
- **term start1**: 22 June 2020
- **term end1**: 4 August 2025
- **predecessor1**: Prem Chand Gupta
- **constituency1**: List of Rajya Sabha members from Jharkhand, Jharkhand
- **term start2**: 10 April 2002
- **term end2**: 2 June 2002
- **constituency2**: List of Rajya Sabha members from Jharkhand, Jharkhand
- **term start3**: 8 July 1998
- **term end3**: 18 July 2001
- **constituency3**: List of Rajya Sabha members from Jharkhand, Jharkhand
- **office4**: 3rd List of Chief Ministers of Jharkhand, Chief Minister of Jharkhand
- **term start4**: 30 December 2009
- **term end4**: 31 May 2010
- **predecessor4**: President's rule
- **successor4**: President's rule
- **governor5**: Syed Sibtey Razi
- **term start5**: 27 August 2008
- **term end5**: 18 January 2009
- **predecessor5**: Madhu Koda
- **successor5**: President's rule
- **governor6**: Syed Sibtey Razi
- **term start6**: 2 March 2005
- **term end6**: 12 March 2005
- **predecessor6**: Arjun Munda
- **successor6**: Arjun Munda
- **office7**: Ministry of Coal, Union Minister of Coal
- **primeminister7**: Manmohan Singh
- **term start7**: 29 January 2006
- **term end7**: 28 November 2006
- **predecessor7**: Manmohan Singh
- **successor7**: Manmohan Singh
- **term start8**: 27 November 2004
- **term end8**: 2 March 2005
- **predecessor8**: Manmohan Singh
- **successor8**: Manmohan Singh
- **primeminister8**: Manmohan Singh
- **term start9**: 23 May 2004
- **term end9**: 24 July 2004
- **primeminister9**: Manmohan Singh
- **predecessor9**: Mamata Banerjee
- **successor9**: Manmohan Singh
- **office10**: Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
- **term start10**: 2002
- **term end10**: 2019
- **predecessor10**: Babulal Marandi
- **successor10**: Sunil Soren
- **constituency10**: Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency), Dumka, Jharkhand
- **term start11**: 1989
- **term end11**: 1998
- **predecessor12**: Prithvi Chand Kisku
- **successor12**: Babulal Marandi
- **constituency12**: Dumka Lok Sabha constituency, Dumka, Jharkhand
- **term start13**: 1980
- **term end13**: 1984
- **predecessor13**: Babulal Marandi
- **successor13**: Prithvi Chand Kisku
- **constituency13**: Dumka Lok Sabha constituency, Dumka, Jharkhand
- **office14**: President (corporate title), President of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
- **term start14**: 2 February 1972
- **predecessor14**: _Position established_
- **successor14**: Hemant Soren
- **term end14**: 15 April 2025
- **birth place**: Nemra, Bihar Province, British India (present-day Jharkhand, India)
- **death place**: Delhi, India
- **residence**: New Delhi, 1, Motilal Nehru Marg, New Delhi, India
- **party**: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
- **date**: 25 September
- **year**: 2006
- **source**: https://web.archive.org/web/20060619230325/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=2917
- **nickname**: "Dishom Guru"
- **native name lang**: sat
- **native name**: ᱥᱤᱵᱩ ᱥᱚᱨᱮᱱ