Hridayesh Tripathi
हृदयेश त्रिपाठी
Chairman of People's Progressive Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 December 2021
Preceded by	Position created
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies
In office 2006–2008
President	Gyanendra of Nepal
Prime Minister	Girija Prasad Koirala
Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
In office 4 September 2011 – 14 March 2013
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Baburam Bhattarai
Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration
In office 21 November 2019 – 25 December 2020
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	KP Oli
Preceded by	Lal Babu Pandit
Minister of Health and Population
In office 25 December 2020 – 4 June 2021
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	KP Sharma Oli
Preceded by	Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal
Succeeded by	Birodh Khatiwada
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Constituency	Nawalparasi West 1
In office May 1991 – May 2002
Constituency	Nawalparasi 3
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Constituency	Nawalparasi 6
Personal details
Born	(1959-06-18) June 18, 1959 (age 64)[1] Parsauni, Nawalparasi, Nepal
Political party	People's Progressive Party
Other political affiliations	Nepal Sadbhawana Party(1991-2006) Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party(2007-2017) CPN (UML)(2017-2021)

Hridayesh Tripathi (Nepali: हृदयेश त्रिपाठी) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the People's Progressive Party. He's also the current chairman of the party.^[2]

A former Minister of Health and Population Tripathi has worked several terms as minister under the government of Nepali Congress and CPN (UML).^[3]

Early life and education

Tripathi was born in Nawalparasi to Harishankar Triphati and Kunti Devi. He completed his secondary education in Palpa and studied political science at the Institute of Oriental Studies in the Soviet Union.^[4][5][6]

Political career

He started his political career in Communist Party of Nepal (Rayamajhi). He contested the 1986 Rastriya Panchayat elections but failed to get elected. After the non-partisan panchayat system was removed and democracy was re-established in Nepal by the 1990 Nepalese revolution, Triphathi joined the Nepal Sadbhawana Party. He was elected to the House of Representatives from Nawalparasi 3 in the 1991 elections and retained his seat in the 1994 and 1999 elections.^[6]

In the wake of the Madhesh movement in 2007, Tripathi resigned from the government of Girija Prasad Koirala and formed the Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party with Mahantha Thakur. He was elected to the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly at the 2008 elections from Nawalparasi 6 but failed to retain his seat at the 2013 elections.^[6]

In 2017, he quit the Rastriya Janata Party Nepal and formed the Independent Political Group that contested the 2017 elections under the election symbol of CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist).^[7] He was elected to the House of Representatives from Nawalparasi West 1 and was a member of the CPN (UML) parliamentary party.^[2]

On 14 December 2021, he announced the formation of People's Progressive Party. He emphasized the need of a party concentrated towards agrarianism, ideological debate and addressing the demands of Madhesh and Tharuhat region which were not included in constitution.^[2]

Personal life

Tripathi is married to Shobha Tripathi with whom he has two daughters and a son.^[4]

Electoral history