Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary (Nepali: डिल्लीबहादुर चौधरी) is a Nepali politician of Nepali Congress and Chief minister of Lumbini government.[1][2] He is also serving as member of the Lumbini Province Provincial Assembly.[3] Chaudhary was elected to the 2017 and 2022 provincial assembly elections from Dang 3(A).[4] He has previously served as Minister for Tourism, Rural and Urban Development of Lumbini Province and as Minister of state for Labour and Employment in central government.[5]
Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary | |
|---|---|
| डिल्ली बहादुर चौधरी | |
| Chief Minister of Lumbini Province | |
| Assumed office 27 April 2023 | |
| Governor | Amik Sherchan |
| Preceded by | Lila Giri |
| Minister for Tourism, Rural and Urban Development of Lumbini Province | |
| In office 12 August 2021 – 12 January 2023 | |
| Governor | Amik Sherchan |
| Province Assembly Member of Lumbini Province | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Assembly Created |
| Constituency | Dang 3(A) |
| Minister of state for Labour and Employment | |
| In office 2017–2018 | |
| President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Member of 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 2013–2017 | |
| President | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Prime Minister | Sushil Koirala |
| Constituency | Party list |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dang, Nepal |
| Political party | Nepali Congress |
| Website | ocmcm |
In addition to these, Chaudhary had made appreciable contribution through an NGO Backward Societ Education. He is chairman of this organisation and has won several awards and recognitions for the same.[6]
Electoral history edit
2022 Nepalese provincial elections edit
| Dang 3(A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
| Nepali Congress | Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary | 19,850 | |
| CPN (UML) | Ghanshyam Pandey | 14,450 | |
| Result | Congress hold | ||
| Source: Election Commission | |||
2017 Nepalese provincial elections edit
| Dang 3(A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
| Nepali Congress | Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary | 17,036 | |
| CPN (Maoist Centre) | Jag Prasad Sharma | 14,700 | |
| Result | Congress gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission | |||
Awards edit
- The Ashoka Fellowship Award, USA 1992
- The Reebok International Human RIghts Award, USA 1994
- The Antislavery International Award, UK 2002
- The Ram Krishna Jaidayal Harmony Award, India 2003
- Two Nepal Government Awards:
- Suprabal Gorkha Dakshin Bahu Third 1994
- Suprabal Gorkha Dakshin Bahu Trishakti Patta 2004[7][third-party source needed]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "लुम्बिनीमा ७ सदस्यीय मन्त्रिपरिषद विस्तार". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ^ "डिल्ली चौधरी : सामाजिक अभियन्तादेखि मुख्यमन्त्रीसम्म". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2023-04-27.
- ^ "Lumbini Province Assembly". Archived from the original on 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
- ^ "Dang : Province 5 - Nepal Election Latest Updates and Result for Provincial Assembly". election.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ^ "ग्रामीण तथा शहरी विकास मन्त्रालय". morud.lumbini.gov.np. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ^ "Chairperson's Profile – Backward Society Education". Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ^ "Chairperson's Profile – Backward Society Education".