# Prem Bahadur Singh

_Nepalese politician_

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> Prem Bahadur Singh (Nepali: प्रेम बहादुर सिंह) is a Nepalese politician. He is the chairman of the Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party, Nepal. He was previously a political leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist).

## Quick facts

- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7240121#P27))
- **Occupation:** politician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7240121#P106))
- **Political party:** Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party, Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7240121#P102))
- **Positions held:** Member of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly; Member of the Parliament of Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7240121#P39))

## About

Singh won the Kalikot-1 seat in the 1999 parliamentary election as a CPN(UML) candidate. Singh got 10813 votes, defeating the Nepali Congress candidate Netra Bahadur Shahi. After the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, in which SPJPN won one Proportional Representation seat, Singh was selected to represent the party in the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly.

On July 3, 2009, Singh was appointed Minister for Law and Justice.

He was Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation until he resigned from his post in July 2016. He was sworn in for the same post in January 2017, again. He was the only member of his party in the parliament.

## Questions

**What positions has Prem Bahadur Singh held?**  
Positions held by Prem Bahadur Singh include: Member of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly; Member of the Parliament of Nepal.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Prem Bahadur Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prem_Bahadur_Singh) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q7240121](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7240121) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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