Upendra Yadav

For the Indian cricketer, see Upendra Yadav (cricketer).
Honourable
Upendra Yadav
उपेन्द्र यादव
Yadav in 2017
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
10 March 2024 – 13 May 2024
PresidentRam Chandra Poudel
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded byPurna Bahadur Khadka
In office
1 June 2018 – 24 December 2019
Serving with Ishwar Pokhrel
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Preceded byBimalendra Nidhi
Succeeded byBishnu Prasad Paudel
Raghubir Mahaseth
Minister of Health and Population
In office
10 March 2024 – 13 May 2024
PresidentRam Chandra Poudel
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded byMohan Bahadur Basnet
Succeeded byPradeep Yadav
In office
1 June 2018 – 20 November 2019
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Preceded byKP Sharma Oli as Prime Minister
Succeeded byBhanu Bhakta Dhakal
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
4 May 2011 – 29 August 2011
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterJhala Nath Khanal
Preceded byBishnu Prasad Paudel
Succeeded byNarayan Kaji Shrestha
In office
18 August 2008 – 25 May 2009
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded bySahana Pradhan
Succeeded bySujata Koirala
Minister of Law, Justice
and Parliamentary Affairs
In office
21 November 2019 – 24 December 2019
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Preceded byBhanu Bhakta Dhakal
Succeeded byShiva Maya Tumbahamphe
President of People's Socialist Party
In office
2020–2023
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byRaj Kishor Yadav
Member of Parliament,
Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 May 2023
Preceded byRam Sahaya Yadav
ConstituencyBara 2
In office
4 March 2018[1] – 18 September 2022
Preceded byAshok Kumar Mandal
Succeeded byChandra Kant Raut
ConstituencySaptari 2
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
28 May 2008 – 14 October 2017
Preceded byGirija Prasad Koirala
Succeeded byConsuituency abolished
ConstituencySunsari 5
Personal details
Born
Upendra Yadav

(1961-01-08) 8 January 1961 (age 63)
Bhagawatpur, Saptari, Nepal
Political partyPSP-N (2020–present)
Other political
affiliations		CPN (UML) (1991–1999)
CPN (Maoist) (1999–2005)
MJF-N (2006–2015)
FSF-N (2015–2019)
Samajbadi (2019–2020)
SpouseParbati Yadav
ChildrenAmrendra Yadav and 1 daughter
Parents
  • Dhani Lal Yadav (father)
  • Phudani Devi Yadav (mother)
Residence(s)Biratnagar, Morang

Upendra Yadav (Nepali: उपेन्द्र यादव; born 12 November 1960) is a Nepalese politician who has twice served as Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal and also as the chairman of the People's Socialist Party, Nepal from 2020 until 2023.[2]

He was previously a Minister of Health and Population. [3][4] He also served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Dahal cabinet from 2008 to 2009 and in the Khanal cabinet in 2011.[5][6] Yadav lost an election in 2022, being defeated by Janamat Party chair CK Raut in Saptari 2 with a margin of 18,000 votes.[7][8]

  1. ^ "First meeting of House of Representatives concluded". The Himalayan Times. 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  2. ^ "Upendra Yadav, Ashok Rai announce unity, form FSF-N". The Himalayan Times. 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  3. ^ कर्ण, खगेन्द्र (2021-05-24). "मधेसवाद कि अवसरवाद?‍" [Madhesh-ist or Opportunist?]. eKagaj (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  4. ^ "Nepali prime minister expands cabinet for fourth time". Xinhua. Archived from the original on September 8, 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  5. ^ "Ministers of Democratic Federal Republic of Nepal". 2008-11-20. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  6. ^ "Upendra Yadav becomes new Nepal DPM and Foreign Minister | Asia News". Zee News. 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  7. ^ "CK Raut elected as HoR member from Saptari-2". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  8. ^ Ghimire, Santosh (2022-11-28). "The fall of Upendra Yadav in Nepal's politics". Indianarrative. Retrieved 2023-04-04.