Prem Ale

Honourable Prem Bahadur Ale Magar
प्रेम बहादुर आले मगर
Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 October 2021
President	Bidya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Minister of Forests and Environment
In office 25th December of 2020 – 4th June of 2021
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	KP Sharma Oli
Member of House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 2017
Preceded by	Bir Bahadur Balayar
Constituency	Doti 1 (constituency)
Majority	1,632
Personal details
Born	(1970-04-28) April 28, 1970 (age 51)
Political party	CPN (Unified Socialist)

Prem Bahadur Ale Magar (born 28 April 1970) is a Nepali politician belonging to CPN (Unified Socialist). He is serving as the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation since October 2021 in the current Nepali Congress led government.

Magar has previously served as the Minister for Forests and Environment of Nepal.^[1][2]

Political life[]

He started his career as a local cadre first being elected as a ward member in Doti. After losing by in the 2013 Constituent Assembly, he was elected, in the 2017 general election, as a member of the House of Representatives from Doti 1 constituency.^[3]

In 2022, Ale gained widespread popularity after exposing the corruption behind land appropriation in the Narayanhiti Palace by Yogesh Bhattarai.^[4] He further accused Bhattarai of taking part in illegal gun smuggling after the end of the Civil War in 2008. He was praised by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba for his bold actions and he has vowed stern action against those accused in the fraud.^{[citation needed]}

Electoral history[]

2017 legislative elections[]

See also[]

• CPN (Unified Socialist)

References[]

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