Narayan Prakash Saud

{{Short description|Nepali politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Narayan Prakash Saud

| native_name = {{nobold|नारायण प्रकाश साउद}}

| native_name_lang = नेपाली

| image = Narayan Prakash Saud 2023.jpg

| caption = Narayan Prakash Saud in 2023

| office1 = Minister of Foreign Affairs

| term_start1 = 16 April 2023

| term_end1 = 4 March 2024

| president1 = Ram Chandra Paudel

| primeminister1 = Pushpa Kamal Dahal

| predecessor1 = Bimala Rai Paudyal

| successor1 = Narayan Kaji Shrestha

| office2 = Minister of Irrigation

| term_start2 = 25 February 2014

| term_end2 = 11 October 2015

| president2 = Ram Baran Yadav

| primeminister2 = Sushil Koirala

| predecessor2 = Umakant Jha

| successor2 = Umesh Kumar Yadav

| office3 = Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha

| term_start3 = 22 December 2022

| term_end3 =

| predecessor3 = Nar Bahadur Dhami

| successor3 =

| constituency3 = Kanchanpur 2

| term_start4 = May 1999

| term_end4 = May 2002

| predecessor4 = Ram Kumar Gyawali

| successor4 = Puran Rana Tharu {{small|(as member of Constituent Assembly)}}

| constituency4 = Kanchanpur 1

| office5 = Member of the Constituent Assembly / Legislature Parliament

| term_start5 = 21 January 2014

| term_end5 = 14 October 2017

| predecessor5 = Devi Lal Chaudhary

| successor5 = Nar Bahadur Dhami {{small|(as member of Pratinidhi Sabha)}}

| constituency5 = Kanchanpur 2

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|08|09|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dadeldhura, Nepal

| death_date =

| nationality = Nepali

| party = Nepali Congress

| spouse = Jyotshna Saud

| honorific_prefix = The Honourable

}}

Narayan Prakash Saud ({{langx|ne|नारायण प्रकाश साउद}}, commonly known as NP Saud) is a Nepali politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from April 2023 to March 2024.{{Cite web |title=Foreign Minister NP Saud takes oath of office and secrecy |url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2023/04/16/foreign-minister-np-saud-takes-oath-of-office-and-secrecy |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}} A central member of Nepali Congress, Saud previously served as the Minister of Irrigation from 25 February 2014 to 11 October 2015 in Sushil Koirala's cabinet.{{Cite web |title=परराष्ट्रमन्त्री साउद : देउवा संकटका सहयोगी |url=https://ekantipur.com/feature/2023/04/16/168163767170088882.html |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=ekantipur.com |language=ne}}{{cite web |date=25 February 2014 |title=18 Ministers sworn-in, Cabinet meeting held |url=http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=70127 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304031548/http://myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=70127 |archive-date=4 March 2014 |accessdate=16 July 2014 |publisher=My Republica}}{{cite web |date=25 February 2014 |title=Nepali Times {{!}} The Brief » Blog Archive » Meet the new cabinet of Ministers |url=http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2014/02/25/meet-the-new-cabinet-of-ministers/ |accessdate=16 July 2014 |publisher=Nepali Times}}{{cite news |date=8 October 2015 |title=Diplomatic initiatives being made to ease border blockade: Minister Saud |work=Himalayan Times |url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/diplomatic-initiatives-being-made-to-ease-border-blockade-minister-saud/ |accessdate=15 February 2018}} He is a member of the Pratinidhi Sabha from Kanchanpur 2, having won the seat in the 2022 general election.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=NP Saud from Nepali Congress elected in Kanchanpur-2 |url=https://nepalnews.com/s/politics/np-saud-from-nepali-congress-elected-in-kanchanpur-2 |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=nepalnews.com}}

First elelcted to the Pratinidhi Sabha from Kanchanpur 1 in the 1999 general election, Saud served as the Minister of State for Education and Sports from 1999 to 2001. He opted to switch seat to Kanchapur 2 in the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, but was defeated by CPN (Maoist)'s Devi Lal Chaudhary.[http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php Election Commission of Nepal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061012034141/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|date=2006-10-12}}[http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/content.php?nid=36915 The Rising Nepal] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070726190528/http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/content.php?nid=36915 |date=2007-07-26 }} He was elected from Kanchanpur 2 in the 2013 CA election, but was again defeated in the 2017 general election.{{cite news|url=http://www.myrepublica.com/news/32403/?categoryId=81|title=NP Saud loses with more than 8,000 votes|date=11 December 2017|work=myRepublica|accessdate=15 February 2018}} Saud won the seat back in 2022, defeating the sitting member, Nar Bahadur Dhami of CPN (UML).