Dormani Poudel

{{short description|Nepalese politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = DormaniPaudel.png

| image_size = 250 px

| honorific_prefix =

| name = Dormani Poudel

| native_name = डोरमणि पौडेल

| office = 1st Chief Minister of Bagmati Province

| term_start = 12 February 2018

| termend = 18 August 2021

| governor = Anuradha Koirala
Bishnu Prasad Prasain

| office2 = 3rd Mayor of Hetauda

| term_start2 = 1992

| term_end2 = 2005

| deputy2 = Hari Bahadur Mahat

| predecessor2 = Omnath Parajuli

| successor2 = Hari Bahadur Mahat

| party = Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|03|28}}

| birth_place = Pharping, Nepal

| nationality = Nepalese

| term_start1 = 21 January 2018

| termend1 = 2022

| constituency1 = Makwanpur 1(B)

| predecessor = Office established

| successor = Astalaxmi Shakya

| successor1 = Ek Lal Shrestha

| predecessor1 = Constituency established

| office1 = Member of Provincial Assembly of
Bagmati Province

}}

Dormani Poudel ({{langx|ne|डोरमणि पौडेल}}) is a Nepali politician and former chief minister of Bagmati Province. He was in office from 12 February 2018 to 18 August 2021.{{Cite web |url=https://english.khabarhub.com/2021/18/203804/ |title=Bagmati Province Chief Minister Poudel resigns |website=Khabarhub |language=en |access-date=2021-08-18}}{{Cite web |url=http://reviewnepal.com/national/dormani-paudel-takes-oath-of-office-and-secrecy-as-chief-minister-of-province-3.html |title=Dormani Paudel takes oath of office and secrecy as Chief Minister of Province 3 |last=Nepal |first=Review |website=Review Nepal News |language=en |access-date=2018-03-20}} Poudel was elected parliamentary party leader of the CPN (UML), the largest party in the provincial assembly, on 9 February 2018, receiving 34 votes among 58 provincial assembly members.{{Cite web|title=Dor Mani Paudel elected UML PP leader of Province 3, set to be CM|url=http://setopati.net/political/116937|access-date=2018-03-20|website=setopati.net|language=en-US}} He was subsequently appointed the first chief minister of Bagmati Province on 12 February 2018, after taking the oath of office from province governor Anuradha Koirala.{{Cite web |url=http://therisingnepal.org.np/news/21866 |title=Chief Minister Poudel assumes office |website=therisingnepal.org.np |language=en |access-date=2018-03-20}} He previously served as the mayor of Hetauda from 1992 to 2005.{{Cite web |url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/dormani-poudel-elected-uml-pp-leader/ |title=Dor Mani Poudel elected UML PP leader |date=2018-02-09 |website=The Himalayan Times |language=en-US |access-date=2018-03-20}}{{Cite web |url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2018-02-12/province-3-cm-paudel-takes-oath-of-office-and-secrecy.html |title=Province 3 CM Poudel takes oath of office and secrecy |language=en |access-date=2018-03-20}}(by Aashish Bhandari)