Raghubir Mahaseth

Raghubir Mahaseth (Nepali: रघुविर महासेठ), is a Nepalese politician, who served as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs since 4 June 2021 but was removed from the post by 22 June 2021 making the tenure just 18 days which is shortest till date.[1] He previously served as the Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport from 16 March 2018 to 20 November 2019.[2][3] He also served as Minister of Irrigation in the Jhalala Nath Khanal cabinet in 2011. He is the richest minister in the cabinet which has been dusputed at times.[4][5][6]

Raghubir Mahaseth
रघुविर महासेठ
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
4 June 2021 – 22 June 2021
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKhadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Preceded byIshwar Pokhrel
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
4 June 2021 – 22 June 2021
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKhadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Preceded byPradeep Kumar Gyawali
Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport
In office
16 March 2018 – 20 November 2019
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKhadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Preceded byBir Bahadur Balayar
Succeeded byBasanta Kumar Nemwang
Minister of Irrigation
In office
13 February 2011 – 29 August 2011
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterJhala Nath Khanal
Preceded byBal Krishna Khand
Succeeded byMahendra Raya Yadav
Personal details
Political partyCommunist Party of Nepal (UML) (before 2018; 2021-present)
Other political
affiliations		Nepal Communist Party (2018-2021)

Electoral history

He has been elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha from Dhanusha-4 2017 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[7][8][9]

1999 legislative elections
Dhanusha-3
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Ananda Prasad Dhungana 15,026
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) Hem Bahadur Malla 13,736
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Anand Yadav 10,256
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Raghubir Mahaseth 9,974
Others 3,272
Invalid Votes 1,301
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[10][11]

2008 Constituent Assembly election
Dhanusha 4
Party Candidate Votes
Madhesi Janadhikar Forum, Nepal Sanjay Kumar Sah 13,422
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Raghubir Mahaseth 9,282
Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party Brishesh Chandra Lal 4,965
Nepali Congress Lila Koirala 4,363
CPN (Maoist) Arbind Kumar Lal Karna 1,847
Sadbhavana Party Ram Dayal Sah 1,344
Others 3,197
Invalid votes 2,941
Result Forum Nepal gain
Source: Election Commission[12]

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Dhanusha-5

Party Candidate Votes Status
Nepali Congress Chandra Mohan Yadav 11,703 Elected
CPN-UML Raghubir Mahaseth 10,023 Lost
Result Congress hold
Source:

2017 legislative elections
Dhanusha 4
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Raghubir Mahaseth 22,532
Nepali Congress Mahendra Yadav 19,991
Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Mahajan Yadav 19,662
Others 1,271
Invalid votes 3,861
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

See also

References
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  2. "Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport". Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  3. "The Official Portal of Government of Nepal". Government of Nepal. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  4. "Mahaseth the richest minister in Cabinet". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  5. Sureis (2018-05-24). "Ministers' spouses richer than their better halves - The Himalayan Times - Nepal's No.1 English Daily Newspaper | Nepal News, Latest Politics, Business, World, Sports, Entertainment, Travel, Life Style News". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  6. Republica. "Govt unveils ministers' property details; Mahaseth tops rich list". My Republica. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  7. "List of members elected in the 2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election", Wikipedia, 2021-04-06, retrieved 2021-06-17
  8. "List of members elected in the 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election", Wikipedia, 2021-01-05, retrieved 2021-06-17
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  11. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  12. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.


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