Narayan Prakash Saud

Narayan Prakash Saud
नारायण प्रकाश साउद
Narayan Prakash Saud in 2023
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
16 April 2023 – 4 March 2024
PresidentRam Chandra Paudel
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded byBimala Rai Paudyal
Succeeded byNarayan Kaji Shrestha
Minister of Irrigation
In office
25 February 2014 – 11 October 2015
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterSushil Koirala
Preceded byUmakant Jha
Succeeded byUmesh Kumar Yadav
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
22 December 2022
Preceded byNar Bahadur Dhami
ConstituencyKanchanpur 2
In office
May 1999 – May 2002
Preceded byRam Kumar Gyawali
Succeeded byPuran Rana Tharu (as member of Constituent Assembly)
ConstituencyKanchanpur 1
Member of the Constituent Assembly / Legislature Parliament
In office
21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Preceded byDevi Lal Chaudhary
Succeeded byNar Bahadur Dhami (as member of Pratinidhi Sabha)
ConstituencyKanchanpur 2
Personal details
Born (1962-08-09) 9 August 1962 (age 62)
Dadeldhura, Nepal
NationalityNepali
Political partyNepali Congress
SpouseJyotshna Saud

Narayan Prakash Saud (Nepali: नारायण प्रकाश साउद, commonly known as NP Saud) is a Nepali politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from April 2023 to March 2024.[1] A central member of Nepali Congress, Saud previously served as the Minister of Irrigation from 25 February 2014 to 11 October 2015 in Sushil Koirala's cabinet.[2][3][4][5] He is a member of the Pratinidhi Sabha from Kanchanpur 2, having won the seat in the 2022 general election.[6]

First elelcted to the Pratinidhi Sabha from Kanchanpur 1 in the 1999 general election, Saud served as the Minister of State for Education and Sports from 1999 to 2001.[2] He opted to switch seat to Kanchapur 2 in the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, but was defeated by CPN (Maoist)'s Devi Lal Chaudhary.[7][8] He was elected from Kanchanpur 2 in the 2013 CA election, but was again defeated in the 2017 general election.[2][9] Saud won the seat back in 2022, defeating the sitting member, Nar Bahadur Dhami of CPN (UML).[6]

  1. ^ "Foreign Minister NP Saud takes oath of office and secrecy". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "परराष्ट्रमन्त्री साउद : देउवा संकटका सहयोगी". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  3. ^ "18 Ministers sworn-in, Cabinet meeting held". My Republica. 25 February 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Nepali Times | The Brief » Blog Archive » Meet the new cabinet of Ministers". Nepali Times. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Diplomatic initiatives being made to ease border blockade: Minister Saud". Himalayan Times. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  6. ^ a b "NP Saud from Nepali Congress elected in Kanchanpur-2". nepalnews.com. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  7. ^ Election Commission of Nepal Archived 2006-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ The Rising Nepal Archived 2007-07-26 at archive.today
  9. ^ "NP Saud loses with more than 8,000 votes". myRepublica. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2018.