Umakant Chaudhary | |
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उमाकान्त चौधरी | |
Deputy General Secretary of Nepali Congress | |
Assumed office 17 December 2021 | |
Preceded by | Prakash Sharan Mahat |
Minister for Water Supply | |
In office 8 October 2021 – 25 December 2022 | |
President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for Bara 1 | |
In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022 | |
Preceded by | Ram Ayodhya Prasad Yadav |
In office May 1999 – May 2002 | |
Preceded by | Mukunda Neupane |
Succeeded by | Saroj Kumar Yadav |
Member of Constituent Assembly | |
In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Succeeded by | Balbir Prasad Chaudhary |
Constituency | Bara 5 |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Bara, Nepal | 31 August 1966
Nationality | Nepali |
Political party | Nepali Congress |
Spouse | Gayatri Devi Tharuni |
Children | 4 |
Parents |
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Umakant Chaudhary (Nepali: उमाकान्त चौधरी) is a Nepalese politician and the former minister for Water Supply of Nepal.[2] He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 2017 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.[3]
He was appointed in 2004 as minister of state for agriculture and cooperation. In 2009 he became Health Minister. He hails from Bara and elected from Bara 1.[4][5]