Prem Bahadur Singh
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Prem Bahadur Singh ({{langx|ne|प्रेम बहादुर सिंह}}) is a Nepalese politician. He is the chairman of the Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party, Nepal.{{cite web |url=http://www.election.gov.np/EN/toptwo.html |title=Finalised Constituencies with Top Two Candidates |accessdate=2017-10-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120802223911/http://www.election.gov.np/EN/toptwo.html |archivedate=August 2, 2012 }} He was previously a political leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist).
Singh won the Kalikot-1 seat in the 1999 parliamentary election as a CPN(UML) candidate. Singh got 10813 votes, defeating the Nepali Congress candidate Netra Bahadur Shahi.{{cite web |url=http://www.election.gov.np/EN/toptwo.html |title=Finalised Constituencies with Top Two Candidates |accessdate=2017-10-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120802223911/http://www.election.gov.np/EN/toptwo.html |archivedate=August 2, 2012 }}After the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, in which SPJPN won one Proportional Representation seat, Singh was selected to represent the party in the Constituent Assembly.[http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/apr/apr29/news08.php Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
On July 3, 2009, Singh was appointed Minister for Law and Justice.{{cite web |url=http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=202349 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-07-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707091515/http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php |archivedate=2009-07-07 }}
He was Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation until he resigned from his post in July 2016.[https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/minister-prem-bahadur-singh-resigns/ Minister Prem Bahadur Singh resigns] He was sworn in for the same post in January 2017, again. He was the only member of his party in the parliament.[https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/cabinet-expansion-kumar-khadka-prem-bahadur-singh-sworn-in-as-ministers/ Cabinet expansion: Singh, Khadka sworn in as ministers]
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