Narayan Prakash Saud

The Honourable Narayan Prakash Saud
नारायण प्रकाश साउद
Narayan Prakash Saud in 2023
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 16 April 2023 – 4 March 2024
President	Ram Chandra Paudel
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded by	Bimala Rai Paudyal
Succeeded by	Narayan Kaji Shrestha
Minister of Irrigation
In office 25 February 2014 – 11 October 2015
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Sushil Koirala
Preceded by	Umakant Jha
Succeeded by	Umesh Kumar Yadav
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 December 2022
Preceded by	Nar Bahadur Dhami
Constituency	Kanchanpur 2
In office May 1999 – May 2002
Preceded by	Ram Kumar Gyawali
Succeeded by	Puran Rana Tharu (as member of Constituent Assembly)
Constituency	Kanchanpur 1
Member of the Constituent Assembly / Legislature Parliament
In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Preceded by	Devi Lal Chaudhary
Succeeded by	Nar Bahadur Dhami (as member of Pratinidhi Sabha)
Constituency	Kanchanpur 2
Personal details
Born	(1962-08-09) 9 August 1962 (age 62) Dadeldhura, Nepal
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	Nepali Congress
Spouse	Jyotshna Saud

Narayan Prakash Saud (Nepali: नारायण प्रकाश साउद, commonly known as NP Saud) is a Nepali politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from April 2023 to March 2024.^[1] A central member of Nepali Congress, Saud previously served as the Minister of Irrigation from 25 February 2014 to 11 October 2015 in Sushil Koirala's cabinet.^[2][3][4][5] He is a member of the Pratinidhi Sabha from Kanchanpur 2, having won the seat in the 2022 general election.^[6]

First elelcted to the Pratinidhi Sabha from Kanchanpur 1 in the 1999 general election, Saud served as the Minister of State for Education and Sports from 1999 to 2001.^[2] He opted to switch seat to Kanchapur 2 in the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, but was defeated by CPN (Maoist)'s Devi Lal Chaudhary.^[7][8] He was elected from Kanchanpur 2 in the 2013 CA election, but was again defeated in the 2017 general election.^[2][9] Saud won the seat back in 2022, defeating the sitting member, Nar Bahadur Dhami of CPN (UML).^[6]

References

1. "Foreign Minister NP Saud takes oath of office and secrecy". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
2. "परराष्ट्रमन्त्री साउद : देउवा संकटका सहयोगी". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 18 April 2023.
3. "18 Ministers sworn-in, Cabinet meeting held". My Republica. 25 February 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
4. "Nepali Times | The Brief » Blog Archive » Meet the new cabinet of Ministers". Nepali Times. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
5. "Diplomatic initiatives being made to ease border blockade: Minister Saud". Himalayan Times. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
6. "NP Saud from Nepali Congress elected in Kanchanpur-2". nepalnews.com. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
7. Election Commission of Nepal Archived 2006-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
8. The Rising Nepal Archived 2007-07-26 at archive.today
9. "NP Saud loses with more than 8,000 votes". myRepublica. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2018.