Kamal Bahadur Shah

Kamal Bahadur Shah
कमल बहादुर शाह
Chief Minister of Sudurpashchim Province
In office
5 August 2024 – 13 August 2026
PresidentRam Chandra Poudel
GovernorNajir Miya
Preceded byDirgha Bahadur Sodari
Succeeded byKhag Raj Bhatta
In office
10 February 2023 – 17 April 2024
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Ram Chandra Poudel
GovernorDev Raj Joshi
Najir Miya
Preceded byRajendra Singh Rawal
Succeeded byDirgha Bahadur Sodari
Other senior positions
Leader of the Opposition in the Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly
Assumed office
14 August 2026
Chief MinisterKhag Raj Bhatta
Preceded byKhag Raj Bhatta
In office
18 April 2024 – 4 August 2024
Chief MinisterDirgha Bahadur Sodari
Preceded byRajendra Singh Rawal
Succeeded byMan Bahadur Dhami
In office
12 January 2023 – 9 February 2023
Chief MinisterRajendra Singh Rawal
Preceded byPrakash Bahadur Shah
Succeeded byKhag Raj Bhatta
Parliamentary Party Leader of the Nepali Congress in the Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly
Assumed office
4 January 2023
Preceded byRan Bahadur Rawal
Member of the Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly
Assumed office
30 December 2022
Preceded byRatan Bahadur Thapa
ConstituencyKailali 2(A)
Personal details
Born
PartyNepali Congress
CabinetKamal Bahadur Shah cabinet

Kamal Bahadur Shah (Nepali: कमल बहादुर शाह) is a Nepalese politician who has served as the Chief Minister of Sudurpaschim Province from February 2023 to April 2024[1][2][3], and again from August 2024 to August 2026.[4][5][6] He is also a member of the Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly elected from Kailali 2(A).[7][8][9]

Shah has been served as the parliamentary party leader of the Nepali Congress in the Assembly since January 2023[10][11][12], and as Leader of the Opposition in the Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly from January 2023 to February 2023, from April 2024 to August 2024, and again since August 2026.[13][14]

Electoral history

Kailali 2(A)
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Kamal Bahadur Shah 10,433
Nagrik Unmukti Party Ratan Bahadur Thapa 8,775
CPN (UML) Kamala Kumari Oli 8,082
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Mohan Singh Rathore 11,932
Nepali Congress Kamal Bahadur Shah 8,396
UCPN (Maoist) Bhim Bahadur Kadayat Chhetri 5,952
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) Bilari Tharu 4,348
Tharuhat Terai Party Nepal Bir Bahadur Dagaura 2,934
Others 2,868
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Nepali Congress Kamal Bahadur Shah appointed Sudurpaschim chief minister". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  2. ↑ diwakar (5 March 2023). "Sudurpaschim CM Kamal Bahadur Shah gets a vote of confidence from two-thirds MPs - OnlineKhabar English News". Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Chief Minister Shah, two ministers sworn in in Sudurpashchim". HimalPress | English. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Shah became the Chief Minister of Far West for the second time". Ekantipur. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Congress lawmaker Shah becomes Sudurpaschim chief minister". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Shah appointed Sudurpashchim CM for second time". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "कैलाली २ (क) मा कांग्रेसका शाह विजयी". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  8. ↑ विजयी, सीआईएन कैलाली २ (क) मा नेपाली काँग्रेसका शाह. "कैलाली २ (क) मा नेपाली काँग्रेसका शाह विजयी". कैलाली २ (क) मा नेपाली काँग्रेसका शाह विजयी. Retrieved 14 August 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ "कैलाली–२ (१) मा कांग्रेसका कमलबहादुर शाह विजयी". Bikash News (in Nepali). Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  10. ↑ Adhikari, Adarsha. "Shah appointed NC province parliamentary leader". epardafas.com. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "Shahi elected as PP leader of NC in Province-6". My Republica. 9 February 2018. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  12. ↑ चयन, उज्यालो सहकर्मी कांग्रेस सुदूरपश्चिम संसदीय दलको नेतामा कमलबहादुर शाह. "कांग्रेस सुदूरपश्चिम संसदीय दलको नेतामा कमलबहादुर शाह चयन". कांग्रेस सुदूरपश्चिम संसदीय दलको नेतामा कमलबहादुर शाह चयन. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  13. ↑ NayaPage. "सुदूरपश्चिममा कांग्रेस संसदीय दलको नेतामा कमल शाह". nayapage.com. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  14. ↑ "Chief Minister of Sudurpaschim Province Kamal Bahadur Shah resigns". Ekantipur. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 25 March 2015. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2020.