Ashok Kumar (Hindi: अशोक कुमार, born 27 October 1954) is an Indian politician.

[1] He is the current Working President of the Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee.

[2] Kumar entered politics in 1985, when he contested and won from Singhia constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate.

In the year 1989, he was appointed Minister of Coal in the Jagannath Mishra led Bihar cabinet, since then he has held several key portfolios including Minister of Institutional Finance, Programme Implementation and Housing.

He has also held the post of Congress party whip in the Bihar Legislative Assembly.