| Hridayesh Tripathi | |
| Native Name: | हृदयेश त्रिपाठी |
| Office: | Chairman of People's Progressive Party |
| Termstart: | 14 December 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Position created |
| Office1: | Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies |
| Termstart1: | 2006 |
| Termend1: | 2008 |
| Primeminister1: | Girija Prasad Koirala |
| President1: | Gyanendra of Nepal |
| Office2: | Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs |
| Termstart2: | 4 September 2011 |
| Termend2: | 14 March 2013 |
| Primeminister2: | Baburam Bhattarai |
| President2: | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Office3: | Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration |
| Termstart3: | 21 November 2019 |
| Termend3: | 25 December 2020 |
| Primeminister3: | KP Oli |
| President3: | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Predecessor3: | Lal Babu Pandit |
| Office4: | Minister of Health and Population |
| Term Start4: | 25 December 2020 |
| Term End4: | 4 June 2021 |
| President4: | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Primeminister4: | KP Sharma Oli |
| Predecessor4: | Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal |
| Successor4: | Birodh Khatiwada |
| Office5: | Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha |
| Term Start5: | 4 March 2018 |
| Term End5: | 18 September 2022 |
| Constituency5: | Nawalparasi West 1 |
| Term Start6: | May 1991 |
| Term End6: | May 2002 |
| Constituency6: | Nawalparasi 3 |
| Office7: | Member of Constituent Assembly |
| Term Start7: | 28 May 2008 |
| Term End7: | 28 May 2012 |
| Constituency7: | Nawalparasi 6 |
| Party: | People's Progressive Party |
| Otherparty: | Nepal Sadbhawana Party(1991-2006) Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party(2007-2017) CPN (UML)(2017-2021) |
| Birth Date: | 18 June 1959[1] |
| Birth Place: | Parsauni, Nawalparasi, Nepal |
| Nationality: | Nepalese |
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]
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]
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.
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. 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.
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.
Tripathi is married to Shobha Tripathi with whom he has two daughters and a son.
| Year | Office | Electorate | Party | Main opponent | Votes for Tripathi | Result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | . | ||||||||
| 1991 | Representative | Nawalparasi 3 | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | 16,707 | 41.8% | 1st | ||||
| 1994 | Representative | Nawalparasi 3 | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Triyugi Narayan Chaudhari | 15,297 | 35.7% | 1st | |||
| 1999 | Representative | Nawalparasi 3 | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Triyugi Narayan Chaudhari | 18,133 | 37.0% | 1st | |||
| 2008 | Constituent | Nawalparasi 6 | Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | Devkaran Prasad Kalwar | 10,029 | 25.0% | 1st | |||
| 2013 | Constituent | Nawalparasi 6 | Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | Devkaran Prasad Kalwar | 8,424 | 23.1% | 2nd | |||
| 2017 | Representative | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Devkaran Prasad Kalwar | 38,592 | 51.0% | 1st | ||||
| 2017 | Representative | People's Progressive Party (Nepal) | Binod Chaudhary | 22,328 | 31.0% | 2nd | ||||