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Paudel served as the deputy prime minister and Minister of Finance in the Third Dahal cabinet.\nHe has earlier served as deputy prime minister (2021), and headed other prominent ministries such as Finance, Home Affairs (2021), Industry (2021), Water and Defence (2011).","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1959","date":"1959"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2904678#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Syangja 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Bishnu Prasad Paudel\". DigiNepal. Last updated 13 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/bishnu-prasad-paudel. Retrieved 21 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-13T03:25:48Z","facts_checked":"2026-10-21","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/bishnu-prasad-paudel","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/bishnu-prasad-paudel","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/bishnu-prasad-paudel?lang=ne"}}