Prem Bahadur Singh
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affiliationsSamajbadi Janata Party
Prem Bahadur Singh | |
|---|---|
प्रेम बहादुर सिंह | |
| Assumed office 1999 | |
| Constituency | Kalikot-1 |
| Personal details | |
| Party | CPN (UML) |
| Other political affiliations | Samajbadi Janata Party |
| Website | https://prembahadursingh.com.np/ |
Prem Bahadur Singh (Nepali: प्रेम बहादुर सिंह) is a Nepalese politician. He is the chairman of the Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party, Nepal.[1] He was previously a political leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist).
Singh won the Kalikot-1 seat in the 1999 parliamentary election as a CPN(UML) candidate. Singh got 10813 votes, defeating the Nepali Congress candidate Netra Bahadur Shahi.[2] After the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, in which SPJPN won one Proportional Representation seat, Singh was selected to represent the party in the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly.[3]
On July 3, 2009, Singh was appointed Minister for Law and Justice.[4]
He was Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation until he resigned from his post in July 2016.[5] He was sworn in for the same post in January 2017, again. He was the only member of his party in the parliament.[6]
