Dilendra Prasad Badu


Dilendra Prasad Badu is a Nepalese politician who has served as the Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of Nepal since 2021. Elected through proportional election system, he is currently serving as a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives, Nepal from Darchula and he is currently in its Parliamentary Committee for State Affairs and Good Governance.[2] Before this, he was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.[3]

Dilendra Prasad Badu
दिलेन्द्र प्रसाद बडू
Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies
Assumed office
8 October 2021
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for
Nepali Congress party list
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
May 1999 – May 2002
Preceded byPrem Singh Dhami
Succeeded byLaxman Dutta Joshi
ConstituencyDarchula 1
In office
May 1991 – August 1994
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byPrem Singh Dhami
ConstituencyDarchula 1
Personal details
Born (1954-01-09) 9 January 1954 (age 71)[1]
Darchula District
NationalityNepali
Political partyNepali Congress
Spouse(s)Madhavi Badu
Children3
Parents
  • Nandi Badu (father)
  • Kalasha Devi Badu (mother)
WebsiteOfficial website

D. P. Badu is member of central working committee for Nepali Congress since 2003, 2 tenure as appointed and 2 tenure elected. He also served as spokesperson of the party from 2010 to 2016. He has been Member of Parliament for times and minister for 3 times so far.

He started active politics in 1989, as a secretary of Nepali Congress, District Committee, Darchula. Before coming into active politics, he worked as a teacher in secondary school of Darchula (1977-1979), and as a faculty member and campus chief for Mahendra Multiple Campus, Nepalgunj, Banke, Tribhuvan University (1981-1990).

ReferencesEdit

  1. संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in नेपाली). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. House of Representative, Nepal
  3. Election Commission of Nepal Archived October 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine


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