Lila Nath Shrestha
Honourable Lila Nath Shrestha | |
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लीला नाथ श्रेष्ठ | |
Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs | |
In office 25 December 2020 – 12 July 2021 | |
President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | KP Oli |
Preceded by | Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe |
Succeeded by | Gyanendra Bahadur Karki |
Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation | |
In office 24 June 2021 – 12 July 2021 | |
President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | KP Oli |
Preceded by | Laxman Lal Karna |
Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation | |
In office 24 June 2021 – 12 July 2021 | |
President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | KP Oli |
Preceded by | Uma Shankar Aragriya |
Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration | |
In office 24 June 2021 – 12 July 2021 | |
President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | KP Oli |
Preceded by | Ganesh Kumar Pahadi |
Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens | |
In office 14 October 2020 – 25 December 2020 | |
President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | KP Oli |
In office 24 June 2021 – 12 July 2021 | |
President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli |
Personal details | |
Born | January 28, 1962 |
Nationality | Nepali |
Political party | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
Lila Nath Shrestha (born 28 January 1962) is a Nepali communist politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal.[1] He was the current Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and also served as Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens . He joined politics as a student and has remained a prominent communist politician from Siraha District. He was a candidate in the constituent assembly elections of 2013 but was defeated. He finally won his first seat in parliament in the 2017 legislative election from Siraha-3 constituency.
Biography[]
Born on 28 January 1962 to Jit Bahadur and Dhan Maya Shrestha, in Chandralalpur-2 of Siraha, he is a graduate in Law and has two children – a son and a daughter.[2]
He joined politics as a student in 1980, and went on to become a prominent member of the student wing of CPN ML, ANNFSU, and later the youth wing of CPN UML.[2] He was a long-time member and prominent leader of CPN UML in Siraha District, until the party's dissolution in 2018.[2] Following the merger of CPN UML and CPN (Maoist Centre), he was appointed the "District Incharge" of Siraha for the newly formed Nepal Communist Party (NCP).[3]
He was the candidate for the second constituent assembly in the 2013 election from CPN UML, but was defeated by Pushpa Kamal Dahal, chairman of the CPN (Maoist) party.[2]
He was finally elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in the 2017 legislative election.[4] He was elected from Siraha-3 constituency under the first-past-the-post system representing CPN UML of the left alliance. He defeated his nearest rival, Asheswor Yadav, by acquiring 23,227 votes to Yadav's 21,220.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Discussion for sake of discussion useless, say MPs". The Himalayan Times. 2019-01-01. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- ^ a b c d "Siraha-5". election2013.ujyaaloonline.com. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- ^ "NCP appoints 77 districts' incharge". The Himalayan Times. 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- ^ "62 new faces in parliament, just 2 women". Setopati. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- ^ "Siraha : Province 2 – Nepal Election Latest Updates and Result for Federal Parliament". election.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- Living people
- 1962 births
- Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians
- People from Siraha District
- Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) politicians
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