Raghubar Das (born 3 May 1955) is an Indian politician who has served as the 26th governor of Odisha since 2023 until 2024.
A former employee of Tata Steel, he served as the member of legislative assembly five times, he represented Jamshedpur East from 1995 to 2019.
[4][2] He was born on 3 May 1955 to Chavan Ram at Tata Medical Hospital, Jamshedpur.
When BJP secured majority in 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, he became the sixth and the first non-tribal chief minister of the state on 28 December 2014.
In the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election elections held in December, BJP under his leadership managed to win only 25 seats out of 81 assembly seats against the JMM alliance and had to resign.
He lost to Saryu Rai, an ex-leader of BJP, who was an independent candidate from the Jamshedpur east constituency with more than 15,000 votes.
[7][8] In December 2024, Das resigned as the Governor of Odisha, indicating a political comeback after defeat of BJP in 2024 election.