Narayan Khadka

Honourable Dr. Narayan Khadka
डा. नारायण खड्का
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 22 September 2021 – 26 December 2022
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded by	Pradeep Kumar Gyawali
Succeeded by	Bimala Rai Paudyal
1st Minister of Urban Development of Nepal
In office 25 February 2014 – 10 October 2015
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Sushil Koirala
Vice President	Paramananda Jha
Preceded by	established created
Succeeded by	Arjun Narasingha K.C.
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 March 2018
Constituency	Udayapur 1[1]
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office 28 May 2008 – 14 October 2017
Preceded by	Suresh Kumar Rai
Personal details
Born	(1949-03-20) 20 March 1949 (age 75) Dingla, Nepal
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	Nepali Congress
Spouse	Dr. Isabella C. Bassignana Khadka
Parents	Chitra Bahadur Khadka Dharma Kumari Khadka
Education	University of Pune (PhD)[2]

Narayan Khadka is a member of Nepali Congress who has served as the Foreign minister of Nepal since 2021. He has worked previously as Minister of Urban Development under Sushil Koirala-led government.^[3][4]

He was a member of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly. He won the Udayapur–1 seat in 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election from the Nepali Congress.^[5][6][1] He was appointed as Foreign Minister by President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on September 22, 2021.

Personal life

Narayan Khadka was born on 20 March 1949 in Bhojpur to Chitra Bahadur Khadka and Dharma Kumari Khadka. He has done his Ph.D. in Economics from Pune, India.

Political career

He joined politics in 1967. He had served as the vice-chairman of National Planning Commission of Nepal.

He was also the member of 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly where he was a member of the National Interest Preservation Committee.^[1]

References

1. "Election Candidate - Dr. Narayan Khadka". Ujyaaloonline.com. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
2. "About Minister of Foreign Affairs Nepal". mofa.gov.np. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
3. "18 Ministers sworn-in, Cabinet meeting held". My Republica. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
4. "Nepali Times | The Brief » Blog Archive » Meet the new cabinet of Ministers". Nepali Times. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
5. "MyRepublica :: Election Special". MyRepublica.com. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
6. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens :: Elected Members". Nepalnews.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.