Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary

Honourable
Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary
डिल्ली बहादुर चौधरी
Chief Minister of Lumbini Province
In office
27 April 2023 – 4 April 2024
GovernorAmik Sherchan
Preceded byLila Giri
Minister for Tourism, Rural and Urban Development of Lumbini Province
In office
12 August 2021 – 12 January 2023
GovernorAmik Sherchan
Province Assembly Member of Lumbini Province
Incumbent
Assumed office
2017
Preceded byAssembly Created
ConstituencyDang 3(A)
Minister of state for
Labour and Employment
In office
2017–2018
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Member of 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
In office
2013–2017
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterSushil Koirala
ConstituencyParty list
Personal details
BornDang, Nepal
Political partyNepali Congress
Websiteocmcm.lumbini.gov.np

Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary (Nepali: डिल्लीबहादुर चौधरी) is a Nepali politician of Nepali Congress and Chief minister of Lumbini government.[1][2] He is also serving as member of the Lumbini Province Provincial Assembly.[3] Chaudhary was elected to the 2017 and 2022 provincial assembly elections from Dang 3(A).[4] He has previously served as Minister for Tourism, Rural and Urban Development of Lumbini Province and as Minister of state for Labour and Employment in central government.[5]

In addition to these, Chaudhary had made appreciable contribution through an NGO Backward Society Education. He is chairman of this organisation and has won several awards and recognitions for the same.[6]

Electoral history

2022 Nepalese provincial elections

Dang 3(A)
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary 19,850
CPN (UML) Ghanshyam Pandey 14,450
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

Dang 3(A)
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary 17,036
CPN (Maoist Centre) Jag Prasad Sharma 14,700
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission

Awards

  • The Ashoka Fellowship Award, USA 1992
  • The Reebok International Human RIghts Award, USA 1994
  • The Antislavery International Award, UK 2002
  • The Ram Krishna Jaidayal Harmony Award, India 2003
  • Two Nepal Government Awards:

See also

References

  1. ^ "लुम्बिनीमा ७ सदस्यीय मन्त्रिपरिषद विस्तार". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  2. ^ "डिल्ली चौधरी : सामाजिक अभियन्तादेखि मुख्यमन्त्रीसम्म". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  3. ^ "Lumbini Province Assembly". Archived from the original on 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  4. ^ "Dang : Province 5 - Nepal Election Latest Updates and Result for Provincial Assembly". election.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  5. ^ "ग्रामीण तथा शहरी विकास मन्त्रालय". morud.lumbini.gov.np. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  6. ^ "Chairperson's Profile – Backward Society Education". Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  7. ^ "Chairperson's Profile – Backward Society Education".
Political offices
Preceded by Chief Minister of Lumbini Province
2023- 		Succeeded by
incumbent