Dhan Bahadur Buda

Dhan Bahadur Buda is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist). In his hometown Buda is famously known as Dhanu who has won consecutively three times as member of house of representatives and served as the Minister of Urban Development of Nepal.^[2][3][4] He was a Minister of State for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation in Second Oli's cabinet from 2018 to 2019.^[5][6]

Dhan Bahadur Buda ( Dhanu)
धन बहादुर बुढा (धनु )
Minister of Urban Development
In office 6 March 2024 – 15 July 2024
President	Ram Chandra Poudel
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded by	Sita Gurung
Succeeded by	Prakash Man Singh
Minister of State for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
In office 16 March 2018 – 20 November 2019
President	Bidya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	KP Sharma Oli
Preceded by	Sumitra Tharuni
Succeeded by	Sushila Sirpali Thakuri
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 March 2018
Preceded by	Himself (as member of the Legislature Parliament)
Constituency	Dolpa 1
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Preceded by	Ram Bahadur Bohara
Succeeded by	Himself (as member of the House of Representatives)
Constituency	Dolpa 1
Personal details
Born	(1975-02-19) 19 February 1975 (age 50)[1] Dolpa District
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	CPN (Unified Socialist)
Other political affiliations	CPN (UML)
Spouse	Himali Budha

He is a member of the House of Representatives elected from Dolpa district, Parliamentary Constituency 1, in the 2017 election of the Federal Parliament.^[7][8]