Raghubir Mahaseth () is a Nepalese politician. He is the current Deputy Prime Minister and the Physical Infrastructure and Transportation Minister. He serves as the Central Secretary of CPN UML, the in-charge of the Madhesh Province of Nepal for CPN UML, and a member of the

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of the federal parliament of Nepal. He previously served as the

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and

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in 2021, the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport from 2018 to 2020, and the Minister of Irrigation in 2011.

Electoral history

He has been elected to the

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from Dhanusha-4

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on a CPN (UML) ticket. He contested 1999 elections from Marxist–Leninist for the first time. He contested election but won only in 2009 by-election from Dhanusha-5 and 2017 election from Dhanusha-4 once each

1999 legislative elections

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2013 Constituent Assembly election

Dhanusha-5

2017 legislative elections

References

External links

Official website of Nepal Communist Party

Official website of Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport
Living people Nepal Communist Party (NCP) politicians Nepal MPs 2017–2022 Deputy prime ministers of Nepal Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians 1961 births Nepal MPs 2022–present Ministers of foreign affairs of Nepal {{Province2NP-politician-stub