Prakash Jwala

Prakash Jwala (Nepali: प्रकाश ज्वाला; born 27 November 1966) is a Nepali politician currently serving as minister of physical infrastructure and transport of Government of Nepal. He also served in the House of Representatives from 1999 until 2008 and in the Karnali Provincial Assembly from 2018 until his expulsion in April 2021, representing the Salyan 1 constituency as a member of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist). After his expulsion, Jwala joined the newly-formed Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist), and is running as one of its candidates for the House of Representatives in the 2022 Nepalese general election.

The Honourable
Prakash Jwala
MP MPA
प्रकाश ज्वाला
Minister of Physical Infrastructure
and Transport
Assumed office
16 April 2023
PresidentRam Chandra Paudel
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Vice PresidentRam Sahaya Yadav
Preceded byNarayan Kaji Shrestha
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
2023
Preceded byTek Bahadur Basnet
In office
May 1999 – 16 January 2008
Preceded byRajendra Bahadur Shah
Succeeded byTek Bahadur Basnet
ConstituencySalyan 1
Secretary of the CPN (Unified Socialist)
Assumed office
2021
PresidentMadhav Kumar Nepal
Member of the
Karnali Provincial Assembly
In office
February 2018 – 23 April 2021
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byTo be determined
ConstituencySalyan 1(B)
Ministerial offices
Minister of Finance, Karnali
In office
18 February 2018 – 5 April 2021
Chief MinisterMahendra Bahadur Shahi
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byGopal Sharma
Member of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
In office
2013–2017
Preceded byUma Kant Sharma
Succeeded byOffice disestablished
ConstituencySalyan 2
Personal details
Born (1966-11-27) 27 November 1966
Bangad, Nepal
Political party
Children2
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