Raj Kishor Yadav

Raj Kishor Yadav is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the People's Socialist Party. He was Industry, Commerce and Supplies Minister of Nepal since 10 June 2021 but was removed from the post by Supreme Court on 22 June 2021, making his 12-day tenure the shortest for any Nepali minister till date. In the 2017 Nepalese general election he was elected from the Siraha 4 constituency, securing 21144 (40.19%) votes. His two sons are Saurav Raj Yadav and Sharad Raj Yadav.^[2][3]

Honourable Raj Kishor Yadav
राज किशोर यादव
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies
In office 10 June 2021 – 22 June 2021
President	Bidya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	KP Sharma Oli
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 December 2022
Preceded by	Suresh Chandra Das
Constituency	Siraha 2
In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Preceded by	Ram Chandra Yadav
Succeeded by	Birendra Prasad Mahato
Constituency	Siraha 4
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Ganesh Kumar Mandal
Constituency	Siraha 6
Personal details
Born	(1973-08-01) 1 August 1973 (age 52)[1]
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	People's Socialist Party
Other political affiliations	MJF-N MJF-N (Republican) Rastriya Janata Party

Electoral history

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Raj Kishor Yadav	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	24,178	35.68
	Chitra Lekha Yadav	Nepali Congress	23,028	33.98
	Binod Kumar Yadav	Janamat Party	16,902	24.94
	Others		3,660	5.40
Total			67,768	100.00
Majority			1,150
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal
Source: [4]

2017 general elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Raj Kishor Yadav	21,144
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Ajay Shankar Nayak	17,575
	Nepali Congress	Mokhtar Ahmed	10,088
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Ram Iqbal Yadav	2,219
	Others		1,585
Invalid votes			4,744
Result		RJPN gain
Source: Election Commission