Pradeep Yadav (Nepalese politician)

Pradeep Yadav
प्रदीप यादव
Yadav in 2019
Minister of Water Supply
In office
15 July 2024 – 9 September 2025
PresidentRam Chandra Poudel
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Preceded byRajendra Kumar Rai
Joint general Secretary of People's Socialist Party
Assumed office
5 May 2024
Preceded byposition established
Minister of Health and Population
In office
13 May 2024 – 8 July 2024
PresidentRam Chandra Poudel
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded byUpendra Yadav
Succeeded byPradip Paudel
Minister of Forests and Environment
In office
4 July 2022 – 14 October 2022
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded byRam Sahaya Yadav
Succeeded bySher Bahadur Deuba
(as Prime Minister)
Member of Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
4 March 2018 – 12 September 2025
Preceded byRajendra Bahadur Amatya
ConstituencyParsa 1
Personal details
Born (1975-05-07) 7 May 1975[1]
NationalityNepali
PartyPeople's Socialist Party
Other political
affiliations
Rastriya Prajatantra Party
MJF-N
PSP-N
Websitepradipyadav.com

Pradeep Yadav (Nepali: प्रदीप यादव) (born 7 May 1975) is a Nepali politician and a member of the Federal Parliament of Nepal since 2017. He is currently serving as the Minister of Water Supply of Nepal.[2][3][4]

Yadav, who is the deputy secretary general of People's Socialist Party, has also served as Minister of Health & Population from May 13, 2024, to July 8, 2024, and as Minister of Forests & Environment from July 4, 2022, to October 13, 2022.[5][6][7]

In the 2017 general election, he was elected from the Parsa 1 constituency. He repeated his candidacy from the same constituency in 2023 general election, and was elected for the second consecutive term.[8][9] Yadav has also served as the whip for the Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal from May 26, 2023, to May 5, 2024.

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References

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-07-04. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  2. ^ "21 ministers also sworn in". Setopati. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  3. ^ "New Ministers of the cabinet take oath with President". onlineradionepal. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  4. ^ Samiti, Rastriya Samachar (2024-05-13). "t one time, 3 MPs from Parsa became ministers". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  5. ^ Setopati (2022-05-13). "JSP's Pradeep Yadav sworn in as health minister, Hasina Khan minister of state". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  6. ^ "President administers oath to three Janata Samajbadi ministers". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  7. ^ "Prime minister sacks four Janata Samajbadi ministers". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  8. ^ Sureis (2017-12-12). "Madhesi alliance dominates Parsa poll results". The Himalayan Times. Archived from the original on 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  9. ^ "Election Commission of Nepal" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2021-05-13.