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Yam Lal Kandel

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Yam Lal Kandel
यामलाल कँडेल
4th Chief Minister of Karnali Province
Assumed office
10 April 2024
PresidentRam Chandra Poudel
GovernorTilak Pariyar
Yagya Raj Joshi
Preceded byRaj Kumar Sharma
Minister for Internal Affairs and Law of Karnali Province
Assumed office
10 April 2024
GovernorTilak Pariyar
Chief Ministerhimself
Preceded byKrishna Bahadur G.C.
Leader of the Opposition in the
Karnali Provincial Assembly
In office
9 April 2023 – 10 April 2024
GovernorTilak Pariyar
Chief MinisterRaj Kumar Sharma
Preceded byJeevan Bahadur Shahi
Succeeded byJeevan Bahadur Shahi
In office
3 November 2021 – 18 September 2022
GovernorTilak Pariyar
Chief MinisterJeevan Bahadur Shahi
Preceded byJeevan Bahadur Shahi
Succeeded byJeevan Bahadur Shahi
Parliamentary offices
Member of the Constituent Assembly / Legislature Parliament
In office
2008–2013
Preceded byHridaya Ram Thani
Succeeded byHridaya Ram Thani
ConstituencySurkhet 2
Member of the Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
1994–1998
Preceded byShiv Raj Joshi
Succeeded byHridaya Ram Thani
ConstituencySurkhet 2
Member of the Karnali Provincial Assembly
Assumed office
2018
Preceded byConstitution created
ConstituencySurkhet 2 (A)
Personal details
Born (1961-11-10) 10 November 1961 (age 62)
Gaibanna, Dailekh, Kingdom of Nepal
(present day Gurans Rural Municipality, Dailekh, Karnali Province, Nepal)
NationalityNepali
Political partyCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
Other political
affiliations
Nepal Communist Party
SpouseGita Adhikari Kandel
Children3
Parents
  • Maniram Kandel (father)
  • Bhagirathi Kandel (mother)
EducationMaster's degree in Commerce
Bachelor's degree in Education
Alma materTribhuvan University

Yam Lal Kandel (Nepali: यामलाल कँडेल) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist). He is currently serving as the 4th chief minister of Karnali Province since 10 April 2024.[1][2][3] Kandel is the Parliamentary Party leader of the CPN (UML) in the province[4][5][6][7] and is also member of Karnali Provincial Assembly from Surkhet 2(A) constituency since 2017.[8][9] He is the standing committee member of CPN-UML.

In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election he was elected from the Surkhet-2 constituency, winning 16297 votes. He completed his Master's degree in Commerce and Bachelor's degree in Education from Tribhuvan University in 1990 and has been engaged in full-time politics since 1979. He also served as a cabinet minister and was appointed Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal in 26 August 1998,[10] parliamentarian in 1994 and mayor in 1992.[11][12]

References

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  1. ^ "Karnali Chief Minister Kandel sworn in". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  2. ^ "Karnali CM Kandel takes oath". English.MakaluKhabar.com. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  3. ^ "Kandel sworn in as Karnali Chief Minister". Radio Nepal. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  4. ^ "Yam Lal Kandel UML PP leader in Province 6". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  5. ^ Republica. "UML leader Kandel elected as PP leader in Province 6". My Republica. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  6. ^ "एमाले कर्णाली प्रदेश सभा दलको नेतामा कँडेल चयन". Khabardrishti. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  7. ^ "CPN-UML elects Yamalal Kandel its leader of provincial assembly party in Karnali". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  8. ^ वीरेन्द्रनगर, नागरिक संवाददाता. "सुर्खेत-२ (क) मा एमालेका यामलाल कँडेल विजयी". nagariknews.nagariknetwork.com. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  9. ^ "सुर्खेत क्षेत्र नं २ प्रदेश (क) मा एमालेका कँडेल विजयी". Makalukhabar.com. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  10. ^ "राजदरबारको सूचना". [Notice from the Royal Palace] (Report) (in Nepali). Nepal Gazette. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  11. ^ Election Commission of Nepal
  12. ^ "|| Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) ||". cpnuml.org. Archived from the original on 2018-01-13.