Udaya Shumsher Rana

Udaya Shumsher Rana (; born 1970) is a Nepali politician and leader of the Nepali Congress who served as Minister of State for Finance from August 2017 to February 2018.

Early life Udaya Rana with his sons Ayush Rana and Samar Rana at Wembley .

Personal life Rana was born in Lalitpur, Bagmati Province, to Sagar SJB Rana and Brinda Rana. He has spent most of his formative life in both Nepal and India. He is married to Urvashi Singh Rana and they have two sons Ayush and Samar.

Education He received his primary education from St. Xavier's School Jawalakhel, Lalitpur.

Career Rana has various publications in both Nepali and English in leading Nepali news media Udaya Rana Receiving Sushma Swaraj at Tribhuvan International airport in Kathmandu, Nepal Upon returning to Nepal he devoted majority of his young days in grassroots politics. While being a member of NTD, he fought his first Constitutional Assembly (CA) elections from Lalitpur Constituency No. 1 in 2008.

As a member of parliament, he was a member of the Finance Committee 2014–17 and was also a member of three sub-committees that finalized bills that was passed by the parliament as an Act, which are as follows:

2022 House of Representatives Election- Lalitpur 1

2017 House of Representatives Election Lalitpur – 1 Party Candidate Votes StatusCPN (UML) Nawaraj Silwal 26,951 Elected Nepali Congress Udaya Shumsher Rana 20,729 Lost

2013 Constituent Assembly Election Lalitpur – 1 Party Candidate Votes Status Nepali Congress Udaya Shumsher Rana18,560 ElectedCPN (UML) Madhusudan Poudel 10,682 Lost

2008 Constituent Assembly Election Lalitpur – 1 Party Candidate Votes StatusCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Barshaman Pun 15,329 Elected Nepali Congress Udaya Shumsher Rana14,011 Lost