Lalbabu Raut


Mohammad Lalbabu Raut Gaddhi is the first Chief Minister of Province 2, one of seven federal States in Nepal. He is the parliamentary party leader of Federal Socialist Forum-Nepal for Province 2. He is the first Madheshi origin Nepali Musalman leader of Nepal to become the Chief Minister.
Raut, a resident of Parsa was elected to the 2017 provincial assembly elections from Parsa-2. Earlier, he served as a member of the Constituent Assembly which promulgated the Constitution of Nepal 2015.
Before being elected in the first-ever constitutional assembly, Rawat had also served few years as a teacher in Thakur-ram Multiple Campus at Birgunj.
On 15 February 2018, Governor Ratneshwar Lal Kayastha administered the oath of office and secrecy to Raut at the governor's office in Janakpur.