Upendra Yadav

Nepalese politician

Upendra Yadav (Nepali: उपेन्द्र यादव) is a Nepalese politician.

Honourable

Upendra Yadav
उपेन्द्र यादव
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
1 June 2018 – 24 December 2019
Serving with Ishwar Pokhrel
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Preceded byBijay Kumar Gachhadar
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
28 August 2008 – 25 May 2009
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded bySahana Pradhan
Succeeded bySujata Koirala
In office
4 May 2011 – 29 August 2011
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterJhala Nath Khanal
Preceded byBishnu Prasad Paudel
Succeeded byNarayan Kaji Shrestha
Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
In office
21 November 2019 – 24 December 2019
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Preceded byBhanu Bhakta Dhakal
Succeeded byShiva Maya Tumbahamphe
Minister of Health and Population
In office
1 June 2018 – 20 November 2019
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Preceded byKP Sharma Oli
Succeeded byBhanu Bhakta Dhakal
President of People's Socialist Party, Nepal
Assumed office
2020
Preceded byOffice created
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
4 March 2018[1]
ConstituencySaptari 2
Preceded byAshok Kumar Mandal
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
2008–2017
Preceded byGirija Prasad Koirala
Succeeded byConsuituency abolished
ConstituencySunsari 5
Personal details
Born
Upendra Yadav

(1961-01-08) 8 January 1961 (age 63)
Bhagawatpur, Saptari, Nepal
Political partyPSP-N (2020–present)
Other political
affiliations
CPN (UML) (1991–1999)
CPN (Maoist) (1999–2005)
MJF-N (2006–2015)
FSF-N (2015–2019)
Samajbadi (2019–2020)
Spouse(s)Parbati Yadav
ChildrenAmrendra Yadav and 1 daughter
MotherPhudani Devi Yadav
FatherDhani Lal Yadav
ResidenceBiratnagar, Morang

He has served as the chairman of the People's Socialist Party, Nepal since 2020.[2]

He has been the Member of Parliament for Saptari 2 since 2017. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal under the government of KP Sharma Oli from 2018 to 2020.[3][4] He also served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Dahal cabinet from 2008 to 2009 and in the Khanal cabinet in 2011.[5][6]

References

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  1. "First meeting of House of Representatives concluded". The Himalayan Times. 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  2. "Upendra Yadav, Ashok Rai announce unity, form FSF-N". The Himalayan Times. 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  3. कर्ण, खगेन्द्र (2021-05-24). "मधेसवाद कि अवसरवाद?‍" [Madhesh-ist or Opportunist?]. eKagaj (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  4. "Nepali prime minister expands cabinet for fourth time". Xinhua. Archived from the original on September 8, 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  5. "Ministers of Democratic Federal Republic of Nepal". 2008-11-20. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  6. "Upendra Yadav becomes new Nepal DPM and Foreign Minister | Asia News". Zee News. 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2022-06-10.