Dilendra Prasad Badu MP | |
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दिलेन्द्र प्रसाद बडू | |
| Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies | |
| Assumed office 8 October 2021 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Preceded by | Lekh Raj Bhatta |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| Assumed office 22 December 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Ganesh Singh Thagunna |
| In office May 1999 – May 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Prem Singh Dhami |
| Succeeded by | Laxman Dutta Joshi |
| In office May 1991 – August 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Prem Singh Dhami |
| Constituency | Darchula 1 |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for Nepali Congress party list | |
| In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 January 1954[1] Darchula District |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Political party | Nepali Congress |
| Spouse | Madhavi Badu |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents |
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| Website | Official website |
Dilendra Prasad Badu is a Nepalese politician who has served as the Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of Nepal since 2021. Elected through a proportional election system, he is currently serving as a Member of Parliament in the Nepali House of Representatives from Darchula and he is currently in its Parliamentary Committee for State Affairs and Good Governance.[2] Before this, he was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.[3]
D. P. Badu is member of central working committee for Nepali Congress since 2003, 2 tenure as appointed and 2 tenure elected. He also served as spokesperson of the party from 2010 to 2016. He has been Member of Parliament for times and minister for 3 times so far.
He started active politics in 1989, as a secretary of Nepali Congress, District Committee, Darchula. Before coming into active politics, he worked as a teacher in secondary school of Darchula (1977-1979), and as a faculty member and campus chief for Mahendra Multiple Campus, Nepalgunj, Banke, Tribhuvan University (1981-1990).
In the 2022 Nepalese general election, he was elected as the member of the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal.[4]