Narayan Prakash Saud

Narayan Prakash Saud (Nepali: नारायण प्रकाश साउद, commonly known as NP Saud) is a Nepali politician serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs since April 2023.[1] A central member of Nepali Congress, Saud previously served as the Minister of Irrigation from 25 February 2014 to 11 October 2015 in Sushil Koirala's cabinet.[2][3][4][5] He is a member of the Pratinidhi Sabha from Kanchanpur 2, having won the seat in the 2022 general election.[6]

Honourable Narayan Prakash Saud
नारायण प्रकाश साउद
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 April 2023
President	Ram Chandra Paudel
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded by	Bimala Rai Paudyal
Minister of Irrigation
In office 25 February 2014 – 11 October 2015
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Sushil Koirala
Preceded by	Umakant Jha
Succeeded by	Umesh Kumar Yadav
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 December 2022
Preceded by	Nar Bahadur Dhami
Constituency	Kanchanpur 2
In office May 1999 – May 2002
Preceded by	Ram Kumar Gyawali
Succeeded by	Puran Rana Tharu (as member of Constituent Assembly)
Constituency	Kanchanpur 1
Member of the Constituent Assembly / Legislature Parliament
In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Preceded by	Devi Lal Chaudhary
Succeeded by	Nar Bahadur Dhami (as member of Pratinidhi Sabha)
Constituency	Kanchanpur 2
Personal details
Born	(1962-08-09) 9 August 1962 Dadeldhura, Nepal
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	Nepali Congress
Spouse	Jyotshna Saud

First elelcted to the Pratinidhi Sabha from Kanchanpur 1 in the 1999 general election, Saud served as the Minister of State for Education and Sports from 1999 to 2001.[2] He opted to switch seat to Kanchapur 2 in the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, but was defeated by CPN (Maoist)'s Devi Lal Chaudhary.[7][8] He was elected from Kanchanpur 2 in the 2013 CA election, but was again defeated in the 2017 general election.[2][9] Saud won the seat back in 2022, defeating the sitting member, Nar Bahadur Dhami of CPN (UML).[6]