Surendra Pandey
{{about|former MP and CPN UML politician|Gandaki chief minister politician|Surendra Raj Pandey}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Honourable
| name = Surendra Prasad Pandey
| native_name =सुरेन्द्र प्रसाद पाण्डे
| office = Vice Chairman of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
| caption =
| primeminister =
| president = KP Sharma Oli
| term_start = 8 March 2021
| term_end =
| predecessor =
| office1 = Minister of Finance
| term_start1 = 23 May 2009
| term_end1 = 6 February 2011
| president1 = Ram Baran Yadav
| primeminister1 = Madhav Kumar Nepal
| office2 =Member of House of Representatives
| constituency2 = Chitwan 1 (constituency)
| parliament2 =
| majority2 =15,720
| predecessor2 = Rajendra Prasad Burlakoti
| successor2 =
| term_start2 = 2017
| term_end2 = 2022
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|08|25}}
| birth_place = Gajuri–8, Dhading
| party = Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
| parents = {{ubl|Netra Raj Pandey|Man Maya Pandey}}
| spouse = Purna Shova Chitrakar
| nationality = Nepali
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Surendra Prasad Pandey is a nepalese politician and current vice chairman of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist).He was recently past Chairman of Nepal-Japan Friendship Parliamentary Association (2017-2023).
He was a member of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly. He won the Chitwan–1 seat in 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election from the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist).{{cite web|url=http://www.myrepublica.com/election/dr.php?dr=2|publisher=MyRepublica.com|title=MyRepublica :: Election Special|accessdate=14 July 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://election.nepalnews.com/elected.htm|publisher=Nepalnews.com|title=Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens :: Elected Members|access-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714213320/http://election.nepalnews.com/elected.htm|archive-date=14 July 2014}}
Personal life
A CPN-UML’s vice chairman and ex-finance minister, Surendra Pandey was born on August 25, 1958, in Gajuri-8 of Dhading to parents of Netra Raj and Man Maya Pandey and grew up in Chitwan district. When he was of small age, his family moved from Dhading district and settled to Chitwan district.{{cite web|url=http://election.ujyaaloonline.com/candidates/69/Surendra-Pandey/|title=Surendra PandeyCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified-Marxist- Leninist) Election Area: Chitwan-1 (Elected)|accessdate=8 August 2014}} He was born to a brahmin family.
Political career
Pandey was elected to the National Council in 1999, was the CA member in the first Constituent Assembly Election of 2008 from proportional representation. He was also the finance minister{{cite web|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/surendra-pandey-19621.html|publisher=Ekantipur.com|title=Related News {{!}} Surendra Pandey {{!}} Ekantipur.com|accessdate=14 July 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2013/jul/jul04/news15.php|publisher=Nepalnews.com|title=Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens {{!}} UML leader Pandey claims he never received money from Unity|accessdate=14 July 2014}} in the Madhav Kumar Nepal-led government.{{cite web|url=http://election.ujyaaloonline.com/candidates/69/Surendra-Pandey/|title=Election Candidate - Surendra Pandey|publisher=Ujyaaloonline.com|accessdate=14 July 2014}} Pandey then said his budget would focus on job creation, boosting law and order, creating a better investment climate and implementing power projects to end a crippling shortage of electricity that has stunted economic growth.{{cite web|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-41005620090713|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307055005/http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-41005620090713|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 7, 2016|title=Nepal budget aims to conclude peace with Maoists|publisher=reuters.com|accessdate=13 July 2009}} Pandey is specially known within CPN-UML for his contributions towards assisting the party in developing economic reform plans. His economic development ideologies have appeared in numerous platforms putting him in the forefront of CPN-UML's economic policy planners.
Pandey's term at the Nepal Government as the Finance Minister was considered very successful thus thwarting initial skepticism.{{cite web|url=https://ekantipur.com/printedition/2011/02/05/236071.html|title=पाण्डे भए सफल अर्थमन्त्री|publisher=ekantipur.com|accessdate=6 February 2011}} Thus CIAA's charges against Pandey on 4 December 2015 was understood as a personal grudge. It was believed that the then CIAA Chief Lok Man Singh Karki was furious over Pandey's position against CIAA's unconstitutional jurisdictional overstepping and thus pressed charges against Pandey as a show of power.{{cite web|url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/printedition/news/2014-11-05/house-finance-committee-grills-ciaa-chief-karki.html|title=House Finance Committee grills CIAA chief Karki|publisher=ekantipur.com|accessdate=6 November 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://kantipur.ekantipur.com/news/2016-10-22/20161021204009.html?ref=http://naya.com.np|title=लोकमानसिंह कार्की: प्रतिशोध प्रवृत्तिका पात्र|publisher=ekantipur.com|accessdate=20 October 2016}} Lok Man Singh Karki was later sacked in 21 October 2016 as he was proven under-qualified for the appointment to the office of the chief of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority.{{Cite web|url=https://kathmandupost.com/miscellaneous/2017/01/09/court-disqualifies-karki-as-ciaa-chief|title=Court disqualifies Karki as CIAA chief|website=kathmandupost.com|language=English|access-date=2019-09-17}}