Upendra Yadav

Honourable Upendra Yadav
उपेन्द्र यादव
Yadav in 2017
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
In office 10 March 2024 – 13 May 2024 Serving with Narayan Kaji Shrestha and Rabi Lamichhane
President	Ram Chandra Poudel
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded by	Purna Bahadur Khadka
In office 1 June 2018 – 24 December 2019 Serving with Ishwar Pokhrel
President	Bidya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	KP Sharma Oli
Preceded by	Bimalendra Nidhi
Succeeded by	Bishnu Prasad Paudel Raghubir Mahaseth
Minister of Health and Population
In office 10 March 2024 – 13 May 2024
President	Ram Chandra Poudel
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded by	Mohan Bahadur Basnet
Succeeded by	Pradeep Yadav
In office 1 June 2018 – 20 November 2019
President	Bidya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	KP Sharma Oli
Preceded by	KP Sharma Oli as Prime Minister
Succeeded by	Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 4 May 2011 – 29 August 2011
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Jhala Nath Khanal
Preceded by	Bishnu Prasad Paudel
Succeeded by	Narayan Kaji Shrestha
In office 18 August 2008 – 25 May 2009
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded by	Sahana Pradhan
Succeeded by	Sujata Koirala
Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
In office 21 November 2019 – 24 December 2019
President	Bidya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	KP Sharma Oli
Preceded by	Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal
Succeeded by	Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe
President of People's Socialist Party
In office 2020–2023
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Raj Kishor Yadav
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 May 2023
Preceded by	Ram Sahaya Yadav
Constituency	Bara 2
In office 4 March 2018[1] – 18 September 2022
Preceded by	Ashok Kumar Mandal
Succeeded by	Chandra Kant Raut
Constituency	Saptari 2
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office 28 May 2008 – 14 October 2017
Preceded by	Girija Prasad Koirala
Succeeded by	Consuituency abolished
Constituency	Sunsari 5
Personal details
Born	Upendra Yadav (1961-01-08) 8 January 1961 (age 63) Bhagawatpur, Saptari, Nepal
Political party	PSP-N (2020–present)
Other political affiliations	CPN (UML) (1991–1999) CPN (Maoist) (1999–2005) MJF-N (2006–2015) FSF-N (2015–2019) Samajbadi (2019–2020)
Spouse	Parbati Yadav
Children	Amrendra Yadav and 1 daughter
Parents	Dhani Lal Yadav (father) Phudani Devi Yadav (mother)
Residence(s)	Biratnagar, Morang

Upendra Yadav (Nepali: उपेन्द्र यादव; born 12 November 1960) is a Nepalese politician who has twice served as Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal and also served as the chairman of the People's Socialist Party, Nepal from 2020 until 2023.^[2]

He was previously the Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal and Minister of Health and Population. ^[3][4] He also served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Dahal cabinet from 2008 to 2009 and in the Khanal cabinet in 2011.^[5][6] Yadav lost an election in 2022, being defeated by Janamat Party chair CK Raut in Saptari 2 with a margin of 18,000 votes.^[7][8]