Padma Kumari Aryal

Padma Kumari Aryal
पद्मा कुमारी अर्याल
Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development
In office
3 August 2018 – 25 December 2020
President Bidya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister KP Oli
Preceded by Ghanashyam Bhusal
Succeeded by Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe
Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
In office
3 August 2018 – 25 December 2020
President Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister KP Oli
State Minister of Health and Population
In office
16 March 2018 – 3 August 2018
President Bidya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister KP Oli
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Preceded by Kamal Prasad Pangeni
Constituency Syangja 2
Member of Constituent Assembly for
CPN (UML) party list
In office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Personal details
Born 1 January 1969
Nationality Nepalese
Political party CPN (UML)
Website padmaaryal.com

Padma Kumari Aryal is a Nepali communist politician, a former member of the House of Representatives, former cabinet minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation and current Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development. She was also previously the Minister of State for Health and Population.

CPN UML career

As of 2017, she was the central committee member of CPN UML and district chairperson of Syangja district for the party.

2017 legislative election

In the federal legislative election of 2017, she was the CPN UML candidate for Syangja-2 constituency under the first-past-the-post system. She won the election, defeating her nearest rival Gopal Man Shrestha of Nepali Congress by more than 3,500 votes. She received 35,142 votes while Shrestha received 31,436. She was one of only eight women to be elected to parliament by a direct vote of the people in the 2017 election.

Personal life

Aryal has four brothers and three sisters. Her mother died in October 2018.