Pradip Paudel
{{short description|Nepali politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Pradip Paudel
| native_name = प्रदिप पौडेल
| office = Minister of Health and Population of Nepal
| term_start = 15 July 2024
| term_end =
| president = Ram Chandra Poudel
| primeminister = KP Sharma Oli
| predecessor = Pradeep Yadav
| office1 = Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
| term_start1 = 22 December 2022
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Ishwar Pokhrel
| constituency1 = Kathmandu 5
| party = Nepali Congress
| nationality = Nepali
| image = Pradip Paudel Nepal Politician.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|03|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Tanahun District, Nepal
| honorific_prefix = Honourable
| honorific_suffix = MP
}}
Pradip Paudel ({{langx|ne|प्रदिप पौडेल}}) is a Nepali politician serving as the Minister of Health and Population in the cabinet led by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.{{Cite web |title=नवनियुक्त १९ मन्त्रीद्वारा शपथ ग्रहण |url=https://gorkhapatraonline.com/news/115930 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=GorakhaPatra}}{{Cite web |title=Prime Minister Oli forms 22-member Cabinet |url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2024/07/15/prime-minister-oli-forms-22-member-cabinet |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}} He has been a Central Committee Member of Nepali Congress (NC) Party since 2014 and Member of Parliament (MP) from Kathmandu 5 since 2022.{{Cite web |last=NepalNews |first=Nepal |title=3 nominated as Congress central members |url=https://nepalnews.com/s/politics/3-nominated-as-congress-central-members |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=nepalnews.com}}{{Cite web |title=Nepali Congress’ Pradip Paudel elected from Kathmandu-5 |url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2022/11/22/nepali-congress-pradeep-paudel-elected-from-kathmandu-5 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}}{{Cite web |title=नेविसंघका ६ जना पूर्व अध्यक्षहरु अटाउदा विश्व प्रकाश शर्मा अटाएनन् । – Youth, Politics & Nepal |url=http://youthpoliticsnepal.org/?p=826 |access-date=2019-11-18 |language=en-US}} Paudel is from Tanahun, and began his political career with the Nepal Student Union, the student wing of the NC.
Political Career
Paudel started his political career as a Nepal Student Union (NSU) leader at the Amrit Campus in Kathmandu.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-16 |title=Hopes for health: Pradip Poudel takes charge as health minister - OnlineKhabar English News |url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/hopes-for-health-pradip-poudel-takes-charge-as-health-minister.html |access-date=2024-07-17 |language=en-GB}} He was first elected as a Free Student Union president in 1996. From 2000-2002, he served as a central committee member of the NSU. He was subsequently elected as the vice president of Nepal Student Union for three consecutive terms from 2002-2007, after which he served as president of the Nepal Student Union from 2007 to 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nayapatrikadaily.com/news-details/6251/2019-02-16|title=नेविसंघको ४८ वर्ष ११ महाधिवेशन, १८ सभापति|website=Naya Patrika|language=ne|access-date=2019-11-13}}
In September 17, 2014, then Prime Minister Sushil Koirala appointed Paudel as a member of the NC Central Committee, bringing him to the forefront of national politics within the Congress Party.
In the 2017 Nepali Provincial Elections, Paudel placed his candidacy from Tanahun-2(A) for the Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Province. However, he lost the office by five votes to Asha Koirala of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre).{{Cite web|url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/ncs-paudel-moves-sc-demanding-election-re-run/|title=NC's Paudel moves SC, demanding election re-run|website=myrepublica|language=en|access-date=2020-02-07}}
In the 14th general convention of the NC held from December 13-15 2021, Paudel ran for the office of General Secretary of the NC under the panel led by Sher Bahadur Deuba, however he lost the election to two youth politicians Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma.{{Cite web |title=Thapa, Sharma win Congress general secretary posts |url=https://kathmandupost.com/politics/2021/12/16/thapa-sharma-win-congress-general-secretary-posts |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}} He was once again appointed Central Committee Member of the NC party President Sher Bahadur Deuba.
In the 2022 Nepalese general election, he was elected as the member of the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal.{{Cite web| last = Republica| title = Results of 165 HoR seats declared, NC wins highest 57| work = My Republica| accessdate = 2022-12-28| url = http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/134251/}} He eventually supported the candidacy of Gagan Thapa for parliamentary party leader in the NC against Sher Bahadur Deuba voicing the need for youth and change in national politics.{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-06-10 |title=Shekhar group calls meeting; Bishwa Prakash and Pradip invited |url=https://en.nepalkhabar.com/news/detail/6114/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=en.nepalkhabar.com |language=en-gb}}{{Cite web |last=Setopati |first= |title=Pradip Paudel supports Thapa's candidacy for NC parliamentary party leader |url=https://en.setopati.com/political/160095/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Setopati}}
In July 15, 2024, he was appointed as the Minister of Health and Population in the coalition government formed by the NC and CPN-UML.
Electoral history
= [[2022 Nepalese general election]] =
== [[Kathmandu 5 (constituency)|Kathmandu 5]] ==
{{Election results|cand1=Pradip Paudel|party1=Nepali Congress|votes1=15269|cand2=Ishwor Pokharel|party2=CPN (UML)|votes2=10190|cand3=Pranaya Shamsher Rana|party3=Rastriya Swatantra Party|votes3=5477|cand4=Ram Prasda Upreti|party4=Rastriya Prajatantra Party|votes4=3162|cand5=Shreeram Gurung|party5=Independent|votes5=2761|cand6=Hemraj Thapa|party6=Independent|votes6=2446|cand7=Sushant Shrestha|party7=Independent|votes7=1712|cand8=Shailesh Dangol|party8=Nepal Workers Peasants Party|votes8=1122|cand9=Others|votes9=2177|invalid=|electorate=|result=Nepali Congress gain|majority=5079|source={{Cite web |title=प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची|url=https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral2079.aspx |website=Election Commission of Nepal}}}}
= [[2017 Nepalese provincial elections]] =
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |Tanahun 2(B) |
| colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate !Votes |
|---|
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" |
|Asha Koirala |16,646 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|Pradip Paudel |16,641 |
| style="background-color:indianred" |
|Sobha Thapa Magar |1,039 |
| | colspan="2" |Others
|1,395 |
| colspan="3" |Invalid votes
|1,357 |
| colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |Maoist Centre gain |
| colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission] |
See also
References
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Category:Nepali Congress politicians from Gandaki Province