Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary

Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary (Nepali: डिल्लीबहादुर चौधरी) is a Nepali politician of Nepali Congress and Chief minister of Lumbini government.^[1][2] He is also serving as member of the Lumbini Province Provincial Assembly.^[3] Chaudhary was elected to the 2017 and 2022 provincial assembly elections from Dang 3(A).^[4] He has previously served as Minister for Tourism, Rural and Urban Development of Lumbini Province and as Minister of state for Labour and Employment in central government.^[5]

Honourable Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary
डिल्ली बहादुर चौधरी
Chief Minister of Lumbini Province
In office 27 April 2023 – 4 April 2024
Governor	Amik Sherchan
Preceded by	Lila Giri
Minister for Tourism, Rural and Urban Development of Lumbini Province
In office 12 August 2021 – 12 January 2023
Governor	Amik Sherchan
Province Assembly Member of Lumbini Province
Incumbent
Assumed office 2017
Preceded by	Assembly Created
Constituency	Dang 3(A)
Minister of state for Labour and Employment
In office 2017–2018
President	Bidya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Member of 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
In office 2013–2017
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Sushil Koirala
Constituency	Party list
Personal details
Born	Dang, Nepal
Political party	Nepali Congress
Website	ocmcm.lumbini.gov.np

In addition to these, Chaudhary had made appreciable contribution through an NGO Backward Society Education. He is chairman of this organisation and has won several awards and recognitions for the same.^[6]

Electoral history

2022 Nepalese provincial elections

Dang 3(A)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary	19,850
	CPN (UML)	Ghanshyam Pandey	14,450
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

Dang 3(A)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary	17,036
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Jag Prasad Sharma	14,700
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission

Awards

• The Ashoka Fellowship Award, USA 1992
• The Reebok International Human RIghts Award, USA 1994
• The Antislavery International Award, UK 2002
• The Ram Krishna Jaidayal Harmony Award, India 2003
• Two Nepal Government Awards:
  • Suprabal Gorkha Dakshin Bahu Third 1994
  • Suprabal Gorkha Dakshin Bahu Trishakti Patta 2004^{[7][independent source needed]}

See also

• Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary cabinet
• Kamal Bahadur Shah
• Surendra Raj Pandey