Yam Lal Kandel

Yam Lal Kandel 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 Master's degree in Commerce and Bachelor's degree in Commerce from Tribhuvan University in 1990 and has been engaged in full-time politics since 1979. He also served as a cabinet minister and was appointed Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal in 26 August 1998, parliamentarian in 1994 and mayor in 1992.

During the 2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests his private residence in Bhairavasthan, Birendranagar was torched by protesters.