{"id":"gauri-kumari-yadav","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gauri-kumari-yadav","language":"en","name":"Gauri Kumari Yadav","name_en":"Gauri Kumari Yadav","name_ne":"गौरी कुमारी","description":"Nepalese politician","headline":"Nepalese politician","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Gauri Kumari Yadav (born 19 January 1972) is a Nepalese politician who served as the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies from 10 April 2026 until her resignation on 10 September 2026. She is a member of parliament Pratinidhi Sabha from Rastriya Swatantra Party. She joined the active politics from Rastriya Swatantra Party in 2026 and secured a party ticket to contest 2026 general election from Mahottari 4.","summary_more":["In the 2026 general election, she won from Mahottari 4 and secured 30,132 votes, defeating Mahendra Kumar Raya, sitting MP of the Nepali Congress, and Surendra Kumar Yadav, former MP of People's Socialist Party, Nepal. She is also one of the 14 elected women candidates to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 2026 general election, under the FPTP electoral system."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"19 January 1972","date":"1972-01-19"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138798005#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Samsi Rural Municipality","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60761575"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138798005#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138798005#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138798005#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Rastriya Swatantra Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112895056","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/rastriya-swatantra-party"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138798005#P102"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Member of the Parliament of Nepal (since 26 March 2026 · BS 12 Chaitra 2082 onwards)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19694523","start":"2026-03-26"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138798005#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauri_Kumari_Yadav","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138798005"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Gauri Kumari Yadav born?","a":"Gauri Kumari Yadav was born on 19 January 1972 in Samsi Rural Municipality."},{"q":"What positions has Gauri Kumari Yadav held?","a":"Positions held by Gauri Kumari Yadav include: Member of the Parliament of Nepal (since 26 March 2026)."}],"related":[{"name":"Ram Baran Yadav","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ram-baran-yadav"},{"name":"K. 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: The Official portrait of Gauri Kumari Yadav.jpg — BTSOT, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Gauri Kumari Yadav\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/gauri-kumari-yadav. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T15:28:16Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/gauri-kumari-yadav","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/gauri-kumari-yadav","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/gauri-kumari-yadav?lang=ne"}}