Som Prasad Pandey
{{Short description|Nepali politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Som Prasad Pandey
| native_name = सोम प्रसाद पाण्डेय
| office = Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies
| term_start = 12 October 2015
| term_end = 26 August 2016
| successor = Nabindra Raj Joshi
| predecessor = Mahesh Basnet
| office1 = Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
| term_start1 = 4 March 2018
| term_end1 =
| constituency1 = Palpa 2
| predecessor1 = Lila Kumari Wagle
| term_start2 = October 1994
| term_end2 = May 2002
| constituency2 = Palpa 2
| predecessor2 = Gambhir Jung Karki
| successor2 = Lila Kumari Wagle
| office3 = Member of Constituent Assembly
| term_start3 = 21 January 2014
| term_end3 = 14 October 2017
| predecessor3 = Lila Kumari Wagle
| party = CPN (Unified Socialist)
| otherparty = CPN (UML)
| nationality = Nepali
|profession = Lawyer
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1956|6|2}}{{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}}
}}
Som Prasad Pandey ({{langx|ne|सोम प्रसाद पाण्डेय}}) Member of Parliament, Ex-Minister of Industry.
Professional career
A Nepali politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) and he became a member of Parliament. He is also an ex-minister of Industry and commerce.
Pandey won the Palpa-2 parliamentary seat in the 1994 election and the 1999 election.[http://www.election.gov.np/EN/toptwo.html Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305180248/http://www.election.gov.np/EN/toptwo.html |date=2008-03-05 }} He served as the Chairman of the Human Rights and External Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives.[http://www.solidnet.org/cgi-bin/agent?parties/0540=nepal,_communist_party_of_nepal_(uml)/999nepal23ap01.doc Solidarity Network Last UpDates: 11 20 URGENT_actions]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}[http://www.nepal.icbl.org/advocacy_lobbing.htm Advocacy & Lobbing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070924141557/http://www.nepal.icbl.org/advocacy_lobbing.htm |date=2007-09-24 }} In April 2008, he contested the Palpa-2 seat in the Constituent Assembly election, but was defeated by the Maoist candidate Lila Somai.[http://www.election.gov.np Election Commission of Nepal]
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Category:Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) politicians
Category:Government ministers of Nepal
Category:Nepal Communist Party (NCP) politicians
Category:People from Palpa District
Category:Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Category:Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians