Bijay Kumar Gachhadar

{{short description|Nepali politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Bijay Kumar Gachhadar

| native_name = विजय कुमार गच्छदार

| image = File:Bijay Kumar Gachhadar.jpg

| caption = Gachhadar as Home minister and Deputy Prime-minister

| office1 = Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal{{cite web|title=Backgrounder: Nepali cabinet member list|url=http://en.people.cn/90001/90777/90851/6762840.html|publisher=People.cn|accessdate=1 November 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043333/http://en.people.cn/90001/90777/90851/6762840.html|url-status=dead}}

| term_start1 = 25 May 2009

| term_end1 = 6 February 2011

| president1 = Ram Baran Yadav

| primeminister1 = Madhav Kumar Nepal

| term_start2 = 4 September 2011

| term_end2 = 14 March 2013

| president2 = Ram Baran Yadav

| primeminister2 = Baburam Bhattarai

| term_start3 = 12 October 2015

| term_end3 = 4 August 2016

| president3 = *Ram Baran Yadav

• Bidhya Devi Bhandari

| primeminister3 = KP Oli

| term_start4 = 8 May 2017

| term_end4 = 31 May 2017

| president4 = Bidhya Devi Bhandari

| primeminister4 = Puspa Kamal Dahal

| term_start5 = 7 June 2017

| term_end5 = 15 February 2018

| president5 = Bidhya Devi Bhandari

| primeminister5 = Sher Bahadur Deuba

| office6 = Minister for Physical Planning and Transport

| termstart6 = 18 August 2008

| termend6 = 25 May 2009

| primeminister6 = Puspa Kamal Dahal

| president6 = Ram Baran Yadav

| termstart7 = 25 May 2009

| termend7 = 6 February 2011

| primeminister7 = Madhav Kumar Nepal

| president7 = Ram Baran Yadav

| termstart8 = 12 October 2015

| termend8 = 4 August 2016

| primeminister8 = KP Oli

| president8 = Ram Baran Yadav

• Bidhya Devi Bhandari

| office9 = Minister of Federal Affairs and Local Development

| termstart9 = 8 May 2017

| termend9 = 31 May 2017

| primeminister9 = Pushpa Kamal Dahal

| president9 = Bidhya Devi Bhandari

| termstart10 = 7 June 2017

| termend10 = 15 February 2018

| primeminister10 = Sher Bahadur Deuba

| president10 = Bidhya Devi Bhandari

| office11 = Minister of Home Affairs

| termstart11 = 4 September 2011

| termend11 = 14 March 2013

| primeminister11 = Baburam Bhattarai

| president11 = Ram Baran Yadav

| predecessor11 = Krishna Bahadur Mahhara

| successor11 = Madhav Ghimir

| office12 = Member of the Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha

| term_start12 = 4 March 2018

| term_end12 = 17 September 2022
{{small|(suspended since 5 February 2020)}}

| predecessor12 = Himself {{small|(as member of the Legislature Parliament)}}

| successor12 =

| constituency12 = Sunsari 3

| office13 =

| term_start13 = May 1991

| term_end13 = May 2002

| predecessor13 = Constituency created

| successor13 = Himself {{small|(as member of the Constituent Assembly)}}

| constituency13 = Sunsari 2

| office14 = Member of the Constituent Assembly

| term_start14 = 28 May 2008

| term_end14 = 14 October 2017

| predecessor14 = Himself {{small|(as member of the House of Representatives)}}

| successor14 = Himself {{small|(as member of the House of Representatives)}}

| constituency14 = Sunsari 3

| office = Vice-President of the Nepali Congress

| alongside = Bimalendra Nidhi

| term_start = 2018

| term_end = 16 December 2021

| predecessor = Ram Chandra Paudel

| successor = Dhanraj Gurung

| office15 = Chairperson of the Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)

| term_start15 = 2008

| term_end15 = 2017

| predecessor15 = Party created

| successor15 = Party dissolved(merger with Rastriya Janamukti Party (Democratic) Nepal and Dalit Janajati Party, Nepal){{cite web|title=3 parties merge to form Nepal Democratic Forum|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/3-parties-merge-form-nepal-democratic-forum/|website=THT Online|accessdate=5 June 2017|date=2017-04-05}}

| office16 = Chairperson of the Nepal Loktantrik Forum

| term_start16 = 5 April 2017

| term_end16 = 16 October 2017

| predecessor16 = Party created

| successor16 = Party dissolved(joined Nepali Congress)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|2|1|df=y}}{{Cite book |url=https://hr.parliament.gov.np/uploads/attachments/z3qljvte6vwen2cy.pdf |title=संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका |publisher=Federal Parliament Secretariat |year=2021 |location=Nepal |pages=270 |language=ne |trans-title=Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet}}

| birth_place = Sunsari, Nepal

| nationality = Nepalese

| occupation = Politician

| party = Nepali Congress {{small|(17 October 2017 –present)}}

| otherparty = Nepali Congress (before 2008)
Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (2008-2009)
Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) (2009-2017)
Nepal Democratic Forum

| spouse = Nirmala Gachchhadar

| blank1 = Ethnicity

| data1 = Tharu

}}

Bijay Kumar Gachhadar ({{langx|ne|बिजयकुमार गच्छदार}}; born 1 February 1954) is a Nepalese politician and leader of the Nepali Congress. He has served five terms as deputy prime minister of Nepal under the government of Madhav Kumar Nepal, Baburam Bhattarai, KP Sharma Oli, Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Sher Bahadur Deuba. He was the second vice-president of Nepali Congress.{{Cite web|title=कांग्रेस उपसभापतिमा पूर्णबहादुर खड्का र धनराज गुरुङ निर्वाचित|url=https://ekantipur.com/news/2021/12/15/163958696548034649.html|access-date=2021-12-15|website=ekantipur.com|language=ne}}