Sharat Singh Bhandari

Nepalese politician

Mr. Sharat Singh Bhandari in his capacity as Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation signing an air and railway infrastructure agreement with the Union Minister For External Affairs, Shri S.M. Krishna. February 16, 2010.

Sharat Singh Bhandari (Nepali: शरतसिंह भण्डारी) is a Nepalese politician and was Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation of Government of Nepal since 4 June 2021 but was removed from the post by Supreme Court on 22 June 2021 making his tenure of just 18 days one of the shortest till date (the shortest being that of Raj Kishor Yadav).^[2][3] He also assumed the post of Ministry of Defence under Baburam Bhattarai cabinet. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.^[4] He is one of the most time entries as a minister in cabinet of Nepal.

References

1. संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
2. "PM Oli reshuffles cabinet; inducts 8 new faces".
3. "मन्त्रिपरिषद् विस्तारविरुद्ध सर्वोच्चको अन्तरिम आदेश : २० मन्त्री जिम्मेवारीमुक्त (आदेशको पूर्णपाठ)". मन्त्रिपरिषद् विस्तारविरुद्ध सर्वोच्चको अन्तरिम आदेश : २० मन्त्री जिम्मेवारीमुक्त (आदेशको पूर्णपाठ). Retrieved 2021-06-22.
4. Election Commission of Nepal Archived October 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine