Narayan Prakash Saud (, commonly known as NP Saud) is a Nepali politician who served as

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from April 2023 to March 2024. A central member of

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, Saud previously served as the Minister of Irrigation from 25 February 2014 to 11 October 2015 in Sushil Koirala's cabinet. He is a member of the

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from Kanchanpur 2, having won the seat in the

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. 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. He opted to switch seat to Kanchapur 2 in the

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, but was defeated by

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's Devi Lal Chaudhary. He was elected from Kanchanpur 2 in the 2013 CA election, but was again defeated in the 2017 general election. Saud won the seat back in 2022, defeating the sitting member,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saud, Narayan Prakash Living people Nepali Congress politicians from Sudurpashchim Province Government ministers of Nepal Nepal MPs 1999–2002 Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly Nepal MPs 2022–present 1962 births Ministers of foreign affairs of Nepal