Sharat Singh Bhandari

Honourable
Sharat Singh Bhandari
शरतसिंह भण्डारी
Minister of Labour, Employment and
Social Security of Nepal
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 July 2024
PresidentRam Chandra Paudel
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Preceded byDol Prasad Aryal
In office
31 March 2023 – 4 March 2024
PresidentRam Chandra Paudel
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded byDol Prasad Aryal
Succeeded byDol Prasad Aryal
Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation of Nepal
In office
4 June 2021 – 22 June 2021
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Preceded byTop Bahadur Rayamajhi
Succeeded byPampha Bhusal
Minister of Defence of Nepal
In office
4 September 2011 – 14 March 2013
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterBaburam Bhattarai
Succeeded byKhil Raj Regmi
Parliamentary offices
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Preceded byKiran Yadav
ConstituencyMahottari 2
In office
May 1999 – May 2002
Preceded byRam Vilas Yadav
Succeeded byGanesh Tiwari Nepali
ConstituencyMahottari 3
In office
October 1994 – May 1999
Preceded byBeni Madhav Singh
Succeeded byMahendra Kumar Ray
ConstituencyMahottari 4
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded bySitaram Bhandari
ConstituencyMahottari 6
Personal details
Born (1954-10-08) 8 October 1954 (age 70)[1]
NationalityNepalese
Political partyLoktantrik Samajwadi Party
Other political
affiliations		People's Socialist Party (2020–2021)
Rastriya Janata Party (2017–2020)
Rastriya Madhesh Samajbadi (2013–2020)
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) (2009–2013)
Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (2008–2009)
Nepali Congress (Democratic) (2002–2007)
Nepali Congress (1992–2002, 2007-2008)
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (? –1991)
Mr. Sharat Singh Bhandari is shown at a formal table in front of Nepalese flags in his capacity as Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation signing an air and railway infrastructure agreement with the Union Minister For External Affairs, Shri S.M. Krishna. A large mirror adorns the wall over an ornate mantelpiece in the background. An unknown person in a smart suit is also in attendance, standing in the right background of the photo.
Mr. Sharat Singh Bhandari in his capacity as Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation signing an air and railway infrastructure agreement with the Union Minister For External Affairs, Shri S.M. Krishna. February 16, 2010.

Sharat Singh Bhandari (Nepali: शरतसिंह भण्डारी) is a Nepalese politician and a former Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation of Government of Nepal. HIs ministerial tenure began on 4 June 2021 but he was removed from the post by the Supreme Court on 22 June 2021, making his tenure of just 18 days one of the shortest for ministers in Nepal till date (the shortest being that of Raj Kishor Yadav).[2][3] He also assumed the post of Ministry of Defence in the Baburam Bhattarai cabinet. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.[4] He is one of the most time entries as a minister in cabinet of Nepal.

References

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ "PM Oli reshuffles cabinet; inducts 8 new faces".
  3. ^ "मन्त्रिपरिषद् विस्तारविरुद्ध सर्वोच्चको अन्तरिम आदेश : २० मन्त्री जिम्मेवारीमुक्त (आदेशको पूर्णपाठ)". मन्त्रिपरिषद् विस्तारविरुद्ध सर्वोच्चको अन्तरिम आदेश : २० मन्त्री जिम्मेवारीमुक्त (आदेशको पूर्णपाठ). Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  4. ^ Election Commission of Nepal Archived October 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine


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