Dilendra Prasad Badu is a Nepalese politician who has served as the Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of Nepal since 2021. Elected through a proportional election system, he is currently serving as a Member of Parliament in the Nepali House of Representatives from Darchula and he is currently in its Parliamentary Committee for State Affairs and Good Governance.[2] He was previously elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.[3]
Dilendra Prasad Badu MP | |
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दिलेन्द्र प्रसाद बडू | |
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| Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies | |
| In office 8 October 2021 – 26 December 2022 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Preceded by | Sher Bahadur Deuba as Prime Minister |
| Succeeded by | Damodar Bhandari |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| Assumed office 22 December 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Ganesh Singh Thagunna |
| In office May 1999 – May 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Prem Singh Dhami |
| Succeeded by | Laxman Dutta Joshi |
| In office May 1991 – August 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Prem Singh Dhami |
| Constituency | Darchula 1 |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for Nepali Congress party list | |
| In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 January 1954[1] Darchula District |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Political party | Nepali Congress |
| Spouse | Madhavi Badu |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents |
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| Website | Official website |
D. P. Badu has been a member of the central working committee for Nepali Congress since 2003, having been appointed for 2 tenure and elected for another 2 tenures. He also served as spokesperson of the party from 2010 to 2016. He has been Member of Parliament four times and minister thrice so far.
He started active politics in 1989, as a secretary of Nepali Congress, District Committee, Darchula. Before coming into active politics, he worked as a teacher in secondary school of Darchula (1977-1979), and as a faculty member and campus chief for Mahendra Multiple Campus, Nepalgunj, Banke, Tribhuvan University (1981-1990).
In the 2022 Nepalese general election, he was elected as the member of the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal.[4]
References
edit- ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
- ^ House of Representative, Nepal
- ^ Election Commission of Nepal Archived October 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Republica. "Results of 165 HoR seats declared, NC wins highest 57". My Republica. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
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