Pradip Paudel

Honourable
Pradip Paudel
MP
प्रदिप पौडेल
Minister of Health and Population of Nepal
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 July 2024
PresidentRam Chandra Poudel
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Preceded by Pradeep Yadav
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 December 2022
Preceded byIshwar Pokhrel
ConstituencyKathmandu 5
Personal details
Born (1975-03-27) 27 March 1975 (age 49)
Tanahun District, Nepal
NationalityNepali
Political partyNepali Congress

Pradip Paudel (Nepali: प्रदिप पौडेल) is a Nepali politician serving as the Minister of Health and Population in the cabinet led by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.[1][2] He has been a Central Committee Member of Nepali Congress (NC) Party since 2014 and Member of Parliament (MP) from Kathmandu 5 since 2022.[3][4][5] Paudel is from Tanahun, and began his political career with the Nepal Student Union, the student wing of the NC.

Political Career

Paudel started his political career as a Nepal Student Union (NSU) leader at the Amrit Campus in Kathmandu.[6] He was first elected as a Free Student Union president in 1996. From 2000-2002, he served as a central committee member of the NSU. He was subsequently elected as the vice president of Nepal Student Union for three consecutive terms from 2002-2007, after which he served as president of the Nepal Student Union from 2007 to 2012.[7]

In September 17, 2014, then Prime Minister Sushil Koirala appointed Paudel as a member of the NC Central Committee, bringing him to the forefront of national politics within the Congress Party.[5]

In the 2017 Nepali Provincial Elections, Paudel placed his candidacy from Tanahun-2(A) for the Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Province. However, he lost the office by five votes to Asha Koirala of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre).[8]

In the 14th general convention of the NC held from December 13-15 2021, Paudel ran for the office of General Secretary of the NC under the panel led by Sher Bahadur Deuba, however he lost the election to two youth politicians Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma.[9] He was once again appointed Central Committee Member of the NC party President Sher Bahadur Deuba.

In the 2022 Nepalese general election, he was elected as the member of the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal.[10] He eventually supported the candidacy of Gagan Thapa for parliamentary party leader in the NC against Sher Bahadur Deuba voicing the need for youth and change in national politics.[11][12]

In July 15, 2024, he was appointed as the Minister of Health and Population in the coalition government formed by the NC and CPN-UML.[2]

Electoral history

2022 Nepalese general election

Kathmandu 5

CandidatePartyVotes%
Pradip PaudelNepali Congress15,26934.45
Ishwor PokharelCPN (UML)10,19022.99
Pranaya Shamsher RanaRastriya Swatantra Party5,47712.36
Ram Prasda UpretiRastriya Prajatantra Party3,1627.14
Shreeram GurungIndependent2,7616.23
Hemraj ThapaIndependent2,4465.52
Sushant ShresthaIndependent1,7123.86
Shailesh DangolNepal Workers Peasants Party1,1222.53
Others2,1774.91
Total44,316100.00
Majority5,079
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [13]

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

Tanahun 2(B)
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist Centre) Asha Koirala 16,646
Nepali Congress Pradip Paudel 16,641
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Sobha Thapa Magar 1,039
Others 1,395
Invalid votes 1,357
Result Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

See also

References

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  9. ^ "Thapa, Sharma win Congress general secretary posts". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
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  13. ^ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.