Yam Lal Kandel
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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.
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यामलाल कँडेल | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4th Chief Minister of Karnali Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 10 April 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
President | Ram Chandra Poudel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Governor | Tilak Pariyar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Raj Kumar Sharma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minister for Internal Affairs and Law of Karnali Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 10 April 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Governor | Tilak Pariyar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chief Minister | himself | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Krishna Bahadur G.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leader of the Opposition in the Karnali Provincial Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 9 April 2023 – 10 April 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Governor | Tilak Pariyar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chief Minister | Raj Kumar Sharma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Jeevan Bahadur Shahi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Jeevan Bahadur Shahi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 3 November 2021 – 18 September 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Governor | Tilak Pariyar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chief Minister | Jeevan Bahadur Shahi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Jeevan Bahadur Shahi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Jeevan Bahadur Shahi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Nepali | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election he was elected from the Surkhet-2 constituency, winning 16297 votes. He completed his postgraduation in Commerce from Tribhuvan University in 1990 and has been engaged in full-time politics since 1979. He was nominated as minister in 1998, parliamentarian in 1994 and mayor in 1992.[10][11]