Som Prasad Pandey

Som Prasad Pandey (Nepali: सोम प्रसाद पाण्डेय) Member of Parliament, Ex-Minister of Industry.

Som Prasad Pandey
सोम प्रसाद पाण्डेय
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies
In office 12 October 2015 – 26 August 2016
Preceded by	Mahesh Basnet
Succeeded by	Nabindra Raj Joshi
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 March 2018
Preceded by	Lila Kumari Wagle
Constituency	Palpa 2
In office October 1994 – May 2002
Preceded by	Gambhir Jung Karki
Succeeded by	Lila Kumari Wagle
Constituency	Palpa 2
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Preceded by	Lila Kumari Wagle
Personal details
Born	(1956-06-02) 2 June 1956 (age 69)[1]
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	CPN (Unified Socialist)
Other political affiliations	CPN (UML)
Profession	Lawyer

Professional career

A Nepali politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) and he became a member of Parliament. He is also an ex-minister of Industry and commerce.

Pandey won the Palpa-2 parliamentary seat in the 1994 election and the 1999 election.^[2] He served as the Chairman of the Human Rights and External Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives.^[3][4] In April 2008, he contested the Palpa-2 seat in the Constituent Assembly election, but was defeated by the Maoist candidate Lila Somai.^[5]