Umakant Chaudhary
Umakant Chaudhary | |
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उमाकान्त चौधरी | |
| Deputy General Secretary of Nepali Congress | |
| Assumed office 17 December 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Prakash Sharan Mahat |
| Minister for Water Supply | |
| In office 8 October 2021 – 25 December 2022 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for Bara 1 | |
| In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Ram Ayodhya Prasad Yadav |
| In office May 1999 – May 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Mukunda Neupane |
| Succeeded by | Saroj Kumar Yadav |
| Member of Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Balbir Prasad Chaudhary |
| Constituency | Bara 5 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 August 1966 Bara, Nepal |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Political party | Nepali Congress |
| Spouse | Gayatri Devi Tharuni |
| Children | 4 |
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Umakant Chaudhary (Nepali: उमाकान्त चौधरी) is a Nepalese politician and the former minister for Water Supply of Nepal. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 2017 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.
He was appointed in 2004 as minister of state for agriculture and cooperation. In 2009 he became Health Minister. He hails from Bara and elected from Bara 1.