Prem Bahadur Singh | |
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प्रेम बहादुर सिंह | |
Assumed office 1999 | |
Constituency | Kalikot-1 |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Nepali |
Political party | CPN (UML) |
Other political affiliations | Samajbadi Janata Party |
Website | https://prembahadursingh.com.np/ |
Prem Bahadur Singh ( Nepali: प्रेम बहादुर सिंह) is a Nepalese politician. He is the chairman of the Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party, Nepal. [1] He was previously a political leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist).
Singh won the Kalikot-1 seat in the 1999 parliamentary election as a CPN(UML) candidate. Singh got 10813 votes, defeating the Nepali Congress candidate Netra Bahadur Shahi. [2]
Singh was expelled from CPN(UML) on the ground of supporting the monarchy. [3] After the royal coup d'etat in February 2005, Singh was appointed Minister by King Gyanendra. [4]
After the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, in which SPJPN won one Proportional Representation seat, Singh was selected to represent the party in the Constituent Assembly. [5]
On July 3, 2009, Singh was appointed Minister for Law and Justice. [6]
He was Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation until he resigned from his post in July 2016. [7] He was sworn in for the same post in January 2017, again. He was the only member of his party in the parliament. [8]
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