Bishnu Prasad Paudel
Bishnu Prasad Paudel () is a Nepalese politician, who is the vice chairman of Nepal Communist Party (UML).He was the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Nepal. He is the leader of main opposition party of Nepal CPN(UML). He was elected Member of Parliament from Rupandehi 2. He won the election with a margin of 22,000 votes in the parliamentary election of 2017. During the second Constituent Assembly Election in 2013, he defeated the former prime minister Baburam Bhattarai from Rupendehi 4. Paudel previously served as the Minister of Finance from 5 November 2015 to 1 August  2016 in the first cabinet of prime minister KP Sharma Oli’. He also served as Minister of Defence from 6 February 2011 to 29 August 2011, under prime minister Jhala Nath Khanal and as the Minister for Water Resources from 18 August 2008 to 25 May 2009 under prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. He also served as the Minister for Youth, Sports and Culture in 1997 under prime minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand’. Early life. Bishnu Prasad Paudel was born to Devilal Paudel and Devaki Paudel on 20 November 1959 in Syangja Nepal. He joined politics in 1976. During the Panchayat  System in Nepal, he faced jail time. In 1977, he passed the SLC examination and moved to Rupendehi from Syangja to start the career as a Primary School teacher and he influenced by the communist activists. He resigned from the teaching profession and joined the Communist Party at the age of 18. Paudel broke the Bhairahawa Jail and went back to people's movement. Paudel was taken to Bhairahawa jail with three thousand rupees fine in charge of state of affairs after facing the case for 3 years. He revolted in the jail after 45 days comprehensive preparation. Electoral history . Paudel is a four time parliamentarian. He was an elected member in the 2nd Constituent Assembly from Rupandehi when he competed against former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai who came third. 1994 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Palpa-3 1999 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Rupendehi-3 2008 Constituent Assembly Election Rupandehi-4 2013 Constituent Assembly Election Rupandehi-4 2017 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Rupandehi-2