Dilendra Prasad Badu Explained

Honorific Prefix:Honourable
Dilendra Prasad Badu
Honorific Suffix:MP
Native Name:दिलेन्द्र प्रसाद बडू
Native Name Lang:nep
Office:Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies
Term Start:8 October 2021
Term End:26 December 2022
President:Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Primeminister:Sher Bahadur Deuba
Predecessor:Sher Bahadur Deuba
Successor:Damodar Bhandari
Party:Nepali Congress
Office4:Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for
Nepali Congress party list
Term Start4:4 March 2018
Term End4:18 September 2022
Office1:Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Term Start1:22 December 2022
Predecessor1:Ganesh Singh Thagunna
Constituency3:Darchula 1
Term Start2:May 1999
Term End2:May 2002
Predecessor2:Prem Singh Dhami
Successor2:Laxman Dutta Joshi
Term Start3:May 1991
Term End3:August 1994
Predecessor3:Constituency established
Successor3:Prem Singh Dhami
Birth Date:9 January 1954[1]
Birth Place:Darchula District
Nationality:Nepali
Spouse:Madhavi Badu
Children:3
Father:Nandi Badu
Mother:Kalasha Devi Badu

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] He was previously elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.[3]

D. P. Badu has been a member of the central working committee for Nepali Congress since 2003, having been appointed for 2 tenure and elected for another 2 tenures. He also served as spokesperson of the party from 2010 to 2016. He has been Member of Parliament four times and minister thrice 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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका . Federal Parliament Secretariat . 2021 . Nepal . 270 . ne . Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet.
  2. http://hr.parliament.gov.np House of Representative, Nepal
  3. http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php Election Commission of Nepal
  4. Web site: Republica. Results of 165 HoR seats declared, NC wins highest 57. My Republica. 2022-12-28.