President Ram Chandra Paudel administered the oath of office and secrecy to newly appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs Narayan Prakash (NP) Saud amidst a special ceremony at the Office of the President in Sheetal Niwas today. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal had appointed Saud, a Nepali Congress leader and member of the House of Representatives, today. Vice-President Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav, Prime Minister Dahal, Speaker Devraj Ghimire and National Assembly Chairperson Ganesh Prasad Timilsina were present in the program.

Minister Saud also today took charge of his office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Singha Durbar.

The Nepali Congress central committee member Saud has already served as the Minister for Irrigation in 2070 BS and as the Minister of State for Education and Sports in 2057 BS. He was elected to the House of Representatives from Kanchanpur-2 in 2056 BS and 2070 BS. He was also elected to the House of Representatives from the same constituency in the election held on November 20, 2022. Saud joined the Nepal Students Union (NSU), the student wing of the Nepali Congress, in 2036 BS and forayed into politics. He was elected the vice-president of NSU in 2043 BS and went on to become the central president in 2048 BS. He was born to father Khadga Singh Saud and mother Kushilya Devi on August 9, 1962 in Dadeldhura. His permanent address is Shuklaphanta Municipality-6, Kanchanpur district in Sudurpaschim province. He has visited India, the United States of America, Australia, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, France, Germany, the Philippines, South Korea, Egypt, Japan, Singapore, Qatar, Thailand, among other countries.