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Bishnu Prasad Paudel | |
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विष्णुप्रसाद पौडेल | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal | |
| Assumed office 15 July 2024 Serving with Prakash Man Singh | |
| President | Ram Chandra Poudel |
| Prime Minister | Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli |
| Preceded by | Raghubir Mahaseth Narayan Kaji Shrestha Rabi Lamichhane Upendra Yadav (until 13 May 2024) |
| In office 26 December 2022 – 27 February 2023 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Preceded by | himself Rajendra Mahato Raghubir Mahaseth |
| Succeeded by | Purna Bahadur Khadka |
| In office 4 June 2021 – 22 June 2021 Serving with Rajendra Mahato and Raghubir Mahaseth | |
| President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli |
| Preceded by | Ishwar Pokhrel Upendra Yadav (until 24 December 2019) |
| Succeeded by | himself Rajendra Mahato Raghubir Mahaseth |
| Minister of Finance of Nepal | |
| Assumed office 15 July 2024 | |
| President | Ram Chandra Poudel |
| Prime Minister | Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli |
| Preceded by | Barshaman Pun |
| In office 26 December 2022 – 27 February 2023 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Preceded by | Janardan Sharma |
| Succeeded by | Prakash Sharan Mahat |
| In office 14 October 2020 – 12 July 2021 | |
| President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli |
| Preceded by | Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada |
| Succeeded by | Janardan Sharma |
| In office 5 November 2015 – 1 August 2016 | |
| President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli |
| Preceded by | Dr. Ram Saran Mahat |
| Succeeded by | Krishna Bahadur Mahara |
| Minister of Home Affairs of Nepal | |
| In office 24 June 2021 – 12 July 2021 | |
| President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli |
| Preceded by | Khagaraj Adhikari |
| Succeeded by | Bal Krishna Khand |
| Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies of Nepal | |
| In office 24 June 2021 – 12 July 2021 | |
| President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli |
| Preceded by | Raj Kishor Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Gajendra Bahadur Hamal |
| Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation of Nepal | |
| In office 24 June 2021 – 12 July 2021 | |
| President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli |
| Preceded by | Sharat Singh Bhandari |
| Succeeded by | Pampha Bhusal |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 6 February 2011 – 29 August 2011 | |
| President | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Prime Minister | Jhala Nath Khanal |
| Preceded by | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
| Succeeded by | Baburam Bhattarai |
| Minister for Water Resources of Nepal | |
| In office 18 August 2008 – 25 May 2009 | |
| President | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Prime Minister | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Preceded by | Chitra Lekha Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Prakash Sharan Mahat |
| In office October 1994 – May 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Hari Nepal |
| Constituency | Palpa 3 |
| Member of the Constituent Assembly / Legislature Parliament | |
| In office 28 May 2008 – 14 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Surya Prasad Pradhan (as MP) |
| Constituency | Rupandehi 4 |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| Assumed office 18 March 2018 | |
| Constituency | Rupandehi-2 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 November 1959 Syangja, Nepal |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Political party | CPN (UML) (before 2018; 2021-present) |
| Other political affiliations | Nepal Communist Party (NCP) (2018-2021) |
| Website | bishnuprasadpaudel |
Bishnu Prasad Paudel (Nepali: विष्णुप्रसाद पौडेल) is a Nepalese politician, who is the vice-chairman of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist).[1] Paudel served as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in the Third Dahal cabinet.[2] He has earlier served as Deputy Prime Minister (2021), and headed other prominent Ministries such as Finance (2020-2021, 2015-2016), Home Affairs (2021), Industry (2021), Water (2021, 2008-2009, 1994-1999) and Defence (2011).
He is a member of the House of Representatives elected from Rupandehi district, Parliamentary Constituency 2, in the election of the Federal Parliament held in 2017. He won the election with a huge margin of 22,000 votes at that time. During the second Constituent Assembly Election in 2013, he defeated the former prime minister Baburam Bhattarai from Rupendehi 4.[3]
Paudel previously successfully served as the Minister of Finance from 5 November 2015 to 1 August 2016 in the first cabinet of prime minister KP Sharma Oli. He also served as Minister of Defence from 6 February 2011 to 29 August 2011, under prime minister Jhala Nath Khanal and as the Minister for Water Resources from 18 August 2008 to 25 May 2009 under prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. He has also served as the Minister for Youth, Sports and Culture in 1997 under prime minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand.
- ^ "Central Secretariat of CPN (UML)". CPN (UML) Official Site. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ "Dahal sworn in as prime minister". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ "Bishnu Paudel wins Baburam Bhattarai". Retrieved 22 November 2013.