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Nepali politician

Pradeep Yadav
प्रदीप यादव
Minister of Water Supply
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 July 2024
President Ram Chandra Poudel
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli
Preceded by Rajendra Kumar Rai
Joint general Secretary of People's Socialist Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2024
Preceded by position established
Minister of Health and Population
In office13 May 2024 – 8 July 2024
President Ram Chandra Poudel
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded by Upendra Yadav
Succeeded by Pradip Paudel
Minister of Forests and Environment
In office4 July 2022 – 14 October 2022
President Bidya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded by Ram Sahaya Yadav
Succeeded by Sher Bahadur Deuba(as Prime Minister)
Member of Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 March 2018
Preceded by Rajendra Bahadur Amatya
Constituency Parsa 1
Personal details
Born (1975-05-07) 7 May 1975 (age 49)[1]Parsa District
Nationality Nepali
Political party People's Socialist Party
Other politicalaffiliations Rastriya Prajatantra PartyMJF-NPSP-N
Website pradipyadav.com

Pradeep Yadav (Nepali: प्रदीप यादव) (born 7 May 1975) is a Nepali politician and a member of the Federal Parliament of Nepal since 2017. He is currently serving as the Minister of Water Supply of Nepal.[2][3][4]

Yadav, who is the deputy secretary general of People's Socialist Party, has also served as Minister of Health & Population from May 13, 2024, to July 8, 2024, and as Minister of Forests & Environment from July 4, 2022, to October 13, 2022.[5][6][7]

In the 2017 general election, he was elected from the Parsa 1 constituency. He repeated his candidacy from the same constituency in 2023 general election, and was elected for the second consecutive term.[8][9] Yadav has also served as the chip for the Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal from May 26, 2023, to May 5, 2024.

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  2. ^ "21 ministers also sworn in". Setopati. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  3. ^ "New Ministers of the cabinet take oath with President". onlineradionepal. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  4. ^ Samiti, Rastriya Samachar (2024-05-13). "t one time, 3 MPs from Parsa became ministers". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  5. ^ Setopati (2022-05-13). "JSP's Pradeep Yadav sworn in as health minister, Hasina Khan minister of state". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  6. ^ "President administers oath to three Janata Samajbadi ministers". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  7. ^ "Prime minister sacks four Janata Samajbadi ministers". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  8. ^ Sureis (2017-12-12). "Madhesi alliance dominates Parsa poll results". The Himalayan Times. Archived from the original on 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  9. ^ "Election Commission of Nepal" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2021-05-13.