Pradip Paudel ( ne, प्रदिप पौडेल) is a Nepali politician and a Central Committee Member of

Nepali Congress The Nepali Congress ( ne, नेपाली कांग्रेस ; abbr. NC) is the largest social democratic political party in Nepal. As per the results of recent local election, ''Nepali Congress'' stands as the single largest party o ...

Party. He was elected as the central committee member of the party with top 5 votes in the 13th General Convention of Nepali Congress. Paudel is from Tanahun, and began his political career with the

Nepal Student Union Nepal Student Union ( NSU) is one of the major student political wings in Nepal. The Nepal Student Union represents the Nepali Congress, currently the ruling party of Nepal. During the autocratic King's rule (''Panchayati Byawastha''), the unio ...

, the student wing of the

. He was a member of the Nepali Congress Central Committee, accepting the appointment from

Sushil Koirala Sushil Prasad Koirala (; 12 August 1931 – 9 February 2016) was a Nepalese politician and the Prime Minister of Nepal from 11 February 2014 to 10 October 2015. He was also President of the Nepali Congress from 2010 to 2016, having earlier serve ...

on September 17, 2014.

Biography

Paudel started his political life from

Amrit Campus Amrit Campus is the first science campus of Nepal, located in Lainchaur, Kathmandu. It was formerly known as Public Science College (PUSCOL.) It was later renamed in the memory of Amrit Prasad Pradhan. Pradhan was born in 1918 at Thamel, Kathma ...

as a

leader. He was elected as a Free Student Union president in 1996. Between 2000 and 2002, Paudel served on the central committee of the

. He was vice president of

for three terms between 2002 and 2007, after which he served as president of the

from 2007 to 2012. Paudel was the candidate for the Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Province from Tanahun-2(A). He lost the office by five votes to Asha Koirala of the

Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) (), abbreviated CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN Maoist Centre, or CPN (MC), is the third largest political party in Nepal. It was founded in 1994 after breaking away from the Communist P ...

, and protested the result claiming the elections were rigged. He is seen in the fore front leading movements by

. In the

2022 Nepalese general election General elections are expected to be held in Nepal in November 2022 unless the House of Representatives is dissolved earlier. The discussion is underway due to interest of leading Nepali Congress while the opposition, CPN (UML), is already deman ...

, he was elected as the member of the

2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal The Second Federal Parliament of Nepal, was elected by the 2022 general elections on 20 November 2022. The elections elected 275 Members of Parliament (MPs), 165 for each constituency and 110 through the party list, to the House of Representati ...

Central Committee Member

Paudel was appointed Central Committee Member of Nepali Congress by Party President

Sher Bahadur Deuba Sher Bahadur Deuba ( ne, शेरबहादुर देउवा, ; born 13 June 1946) is a Nepali politician and former prime minister of Nepal. He has also been serving as the president of the Nepali Congress since 2016. Deuba has served ...

. He took part in 14th general convention of Nepali Congress as the candidate of General Secretary but he lost the election. However in 13th general convention he was elected as Central Committee Member with 1709 votes. He was a member of the committee drafting amendments in party's constitution.

Electoral history

2022 Nepalese general election General elections are expected to be held in Nepal in November 2022 unless the House of Representatives is dissolved earlier. The discussion is underway due to interest of leading Nepali Congress while the opposition, CPN (UML), is already deman ...

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2022 Nepalese provincial elections Provincial assembly elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 along with the general election. 330 seats in the seven provincial assemblies will be elected by first-past-the-post voting and 220 by proportional representation. Electoral ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Paudel, Pradip Living people Nepali Congress politicians from Gandaki Province 21st-century Nepalese politicians Nepal MPs 2022–present 1975 births

Biography

Central Committee Member

Electoral history

2022 Nepalese general election General elections are expected to be held in Nepal in November 2022 unless the House of Representatives is dissolved earlier. The discussion is underway due to interest of leading Nepali Congress while the opposition, CPN (UML), is already deman ...

Kathmandu 5 Kathmandu 5 is one of 10 parliamentary constituencies of Kathmandu District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017. Incorporated areas Kathmandu 5 parl ...

2022 Nepalese provincial elections Provincial assembly elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 along with the general election. 330 seats in the seven provincial assemblies will be elected by first-past-the-post voting and 220 by proportional representation. Electoral ...

See also

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