Bam Dev Gautam (Nepali: बाम देव गौतम, born July 11, 1944 in Pyuthan District) is the current Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal. He is a senior leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN(UML)). He is currently the senior Vice Chairman of CPN(UML) and a member of the Standing Committee of the Party. Bam dev Gautam joined the Communist party of Nepal in 1964 and participated in full-time party activities from Rupandehi District in 1969.