Yam Lal Kandel

Yam Lal Kandel (यामलाल कँडेल) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist). He is currently serving as the 4th chief minister of Karnali Province since 10 April 2024. Kandel is the Parliamentary Party leader of the CPN (UML) in the province   and is also member of Karnali Provincial Assembly from Surkhet 2(A) constituency since 2017. He is the standing committee member of CPN-UML.

In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election he was elected from the Surkhet-2 constituency, winning 16297 votes. He completed his postgraduation in Commerce from Tribhuvan University in 1990 and has been engaged in full-time politics since 1979. He was nominated as minister in 1998, parliamentarian in 1994 and mayor in 1992.