People

• Nepali politician and former Constituent Assembly memberJagadiswor Narsingh KCJagadiswor Narsingh KC (Nepali: जगदिश्वरनरसिंह केसी; also spelled Jagadish Narsingh KC or Jagadiswar Narsingh KC; born February 28, 1964) is a Nepali politician and social activist affiliated with the Nepali Congress party. He previously served as the Member of Parliament (MP) from Nuwakot District and was a member of both the first and second Constituent Assemblies of Nepal.
• Nepalese politician and former Chief Minister of Gandaki ProvinceKrishna Chandra Nepali PokharelKrishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel (Nepali: कृष्णचन्द्र नेपाली पोखरेल), also known as Krishna Chandra Nepali, is a Nepalese politician and Chief Minister of Gandaki Province. He was unanimously selected Parliamentary Party leader of Nepali Congress for Gandaki Province after potential CM candidate Pradip Poudel lost in his constituency with less than 100 vote's margin. Nepali is ex-member of NC central committee.
• Nepali politicianMahendra Bahadur PandeyMahendra Bahadur Pandey is a Nepalese politician and diplomat. A politburo member of the Communist Party of Nepal, on 25 February 2014 he assumed the post of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal under Sushil Koirala-led government. Since April 2020, he is the Ambassador of Nepal to China. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he assumed his post from Kathmandu until September 2020.
• Nepali politicianMangala Devi SinghMangala Devi Singh (Nepali: मंगलादेवी सिंह) was a pioneer feminist and prominent democratic right activist of Nepal. Singh got involved in politics in 1940 at the age of 16. Her husband was the leading Nepali Congress Leader Ganesh Man Singh.
• Nepali politicianNarayan Prakash SaudNarayan Prakash Saud (Nepali: नारायण प्रकाश साउद, commonly known as NP Saud) is a Nepali politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from April 2023 to March 2024. A central member of Nepali Congress, Saud previously served as the Minister of Irrigation from 25 February 2014 to 11 October 2015 in Sushil Koirala's cabinet. He is a member of the Pratinidhi Sabha from Kanchanpur 2, having won the seat in the 2022 general election.
• Nepali politicianPradeep Kumar GyawaliPradeep Kumar Gyawali is a Nepalese politician. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 14 March 2018 to 4 June 2021 under prime minister KP Sharma Oli. He is a central committee member of the Communist Party of Nepal. He currently serves as the Member of Parliament from Gulmi–1, having been elected in the 2017 general election with a majority of over 7,000 votes. He previously served as the member of parliament from Gulmi–2 from 1999 to 2013. Gyawali also served as the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation from May 2006 to April 2007 under prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala.
• Nepalese politicianPrakash Man SinghPrakash Man Singh is a Nepalese politician and a leader of the Nepali Congress and former Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal. He is the son of Nepali politician Ganesh Man Singh. He has also been the Minister of Local Development and Federalism in Sushil Koirala's Cabinet.
• Nepali politicianRajendra MahatoRajendra Mahato (Nepali: राजेन्द्र महतो; born 19 November 1958) is a Nepalese politician, who had been serving as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Urban Development since 4 June 2021 but was removed from the post by the Supreme Court on 22 June 2021, making his tenure of just 18 days the shortest till date. He was the parliamentary party leader of the People's Socialist Party, Nepal although the status matter of conflict within the party.
• MPA of Madhesh ProvinceRam Saroj YadavRam Saroj Yadav is a Nepalese politician and member of Provincial Assembly. Yadav was also the parliamentary party leader for the Nepali Congress in the Provincial Assembly and Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development of Madhesh Province. He is also an expeditionary of Maithili language and had come in light after demanding it as official language of Madhesh Province.
• Nepalese writer, politician and human rights activistRishikesh ShahRishikesh Shah was a Nepalese writer, politician and human rights activist.
• Nepali politicianSaraswati ChaudharySaraswati Chaudhary is a Nepali politician in the Nepali Congress. She is a member of the Province No. 2 Provincial Assembly.
• Nepalese politicianSaroj Kumar YadavSaroj Kumar Yadav is a Nepalese politician who served as the 2nd chief minister of the Madhesh Province from People's Socialist Party, Nepal. He was also the 1st Speaker of the Madhesh Provincial Assembly.
• Nepalese revolutionary leader and martyr (1926–1953)Bhimdatta PantaBhimdatta Pant was a farmer, revolutionary leader and a martyr from Dadeldhura District of Nepal. He is known for raising a protest in favour of peasants and oppressed farmers in the Far-Western Region of Nepal by the landlord's "elite Thakuris". He was martyred with the charges of treason by local elites in 1953 A.D, aged 27. The town Bhim Datta Municipality in Kanchanpur district is named after him. A non-profit organization was named by two farmers leaders, Dr. Dev Dhawal and Bhimdatta Pant, as Dev Dhawal and Bhim Datta Foundation for Farmers Right and Respect.
• Nepalese politicianBhuwan Kumar PathakBhuwan Kumar Pathak is a Nepalese politician and currently serving as the Speaker of the Bagmati Provincial Assembly since 13 January 2023. He is a member of the Bagmati Provincial Assembly from Rastriya Prajatantra Party. In the 2022 Nepalese provincial election he was elected as a proportional representative from the Khas people category.
• Nepali politicianDamodar BhandariDamodar Bhandari is a Nepalese politician and former Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies of Nepal. He was also a Member of the House of Representatives. He was also member of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly. He won Baitadi–1 seat in the 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly elections, and House of Representatives from Communist Party of Nepal.
• Nepalese historian and politicianDilli Raman RegmiDilli Raman Regmi was a scholar, political figure, statesman and academician of Nepal. He dedicated his life to research, study, writing and politics. He was one of the driving forces behind creating Nepali Rastriya Congress party in 1946.
• Nepali politicianGovinda Raj JoshiGovinda Raj Joshi is a Nepalese politician. Govinda Raj Joshi was born in 1949 at Khalte village in Rupakot Village Development Committee of Tanahun district, Nepal, He stepped into the field of politics in 1964 when he had just begun his student life. Joshi who regards late BP Koirala as his ideal was the president of the free student union (College of Education) and Gandaki Student Council in 1967. Joshi was a member of Tarun Dal, the youth wing of the Nepali Congress Party, in the year 1969 in Tanahun district, He formed the Nepali Congress Tanahun district committee and was the secretary of Nepali Congress, Tanahun, in 1976, He was the secretary of the multiparty campaign committee of Nepali Congress Party in 1979, He was the vice- president of Nepali Congress Party, Tanahun district and eventually made it to the central committee member of the party in the year 1997. Likewise, Mr. Joshi was elected as a central committee member of the party in the year 2000. Twice a central committee member; Mr. Joshi has already held the post of a joint general secretary of the party. He actively worked as a coordinator while the construction of the Nepali Congress Party Building was underway at Sanepa, Lalitpur. Joshi who started his career as a teacher was also the founder of Tribhuwan High School, Tanahu district. He was the founding headmaster of the school and taught at the very school for six years as a volunteer and spent his personal money to establish a high school in his own village. Later on, he was the headmaster of Shiva Secondary School Rising and also the founder of Adikabi Bhanubhakta Multiple College, Tanahun. He taught at the very college for two years as a volunteer.
• Nepali politicianKrishna Prasad SitaulaKrishna Prasad Sitaula is a Nepali politician, belonging to the Nepali Congress. He is the Member of Parliament of in the upper house, the National Assembly.
• Nepalese politician (born 1977)Mahendra Bahadur ShahiMahendra Bahadur Shahi (Nepali: महेन्द्र बहादुर शाही) is a Nepalese politician and former Chief Minister of Karnali, a province in western Nepal. He was a member of 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly and was Minister of Energy, Nepal. He was unanimously selected as the Parliamentary Party leader of the CPN (MC) for Karnali on 14 February 2018.
• Nepalese politicianManish Kumar SumanManish Kumar Suman is a Nepalese politician and is serving as the Labour and Transport Minister of Madhesh Province from 31 December 2025. He is a member of the Madhesh Provincial Assembly and central member of People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020). Suman left the Rastriya Janata Party and joined People's Socialist Party, Nepal in 2020.
• Nepalese politicianNagina YadavNagina Yadav is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Nepali Congress Party. She is currently serving as a member of the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal. In the 2022 Nepalese general election she was elected as a proportional representative from the Madhesi people category.
• Nepalese politician and Minister of Madhesh ProvinceOm Prakash SharmaOm Prakash Sharma (Nepali: ओम प्रकाश शर्मा) is a Nepali politician of Nepali Congress and Minister for Energy and Drinking water since 9 June 2021. He is also serving as member of the Madhesh Province Provincial Assembly.
• Nepalese politicianPost Bahadur BogatiPost Bahadur Bogati (18 July 1953 – 15 September 2014) represented Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) in the CA Election-2008. He was assigned as the General Secretary from the 7th convention of UCPN- Maoist, held in Hetauda. He was the Minister for Information and Communications as well as Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. He was also the vice-chairman of UCPN (Maoist).
• Nepalese politicianPurna Bahadur KhadkaPurna Bahadur Khadka is a Nepali politician, belonging to the Nepali Congress, who previously served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal and as Minister for Home and Defence at two different times. A six time parliamentarian Khadka has been working at strength of acting president of Nepali Congress party.
• Nepali politicianRam Sharan MahatRam Sharan Mahat (born 1 January 1951) is a Nepali politician, economist and author affiliated with the Nepali Congress. He has served multiple terms as Nepal's Minister of Finance, including from 2014 to 2015 under Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, and also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2000.
• Nepalese politicianRanjeeta ShresthaRanjeeta Shrestha (Nepali: रञ्जिता श्रेष्ठ) is a Nepalese politician and chairwoman of the Nagrik Unmukti Party. Shrestha is the current Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation since 31 March 2023.
• Nepali politicianRenu DahalRenu Dahal (Nepali: रेणु दाहाल) is a Nepalese politician and former mayor of Bharatpur Metropolitan City. She joined the CPN (Maoist Centre) party in 1994 and became a full-time member of the party in 1996. Dahal is a daughter of the former prime minister and chairman of CPN (MC), Pushpa Kamal Dahal. She was a member (Proportional Representation) of First Constituent Assembly of Nepal.
• Nepalese politician and former Chief Minister of Madhesh ProvinceSatish Kumar SinghSatish Kumar Singh is a Nepalese politician who served as the 3rd Chief Minister of Madhesh Province from 7 June 2024 until his resignation on 14 October 2025.
• Nepali politicianSatya Narayan MandalSatya Narayan Mandal is a Nepalese politician and the former party leader of Province No. 2. He was a member of the Communist Party of Nepal till 2022 general election.
• Nepali politicianShankar PokharelShankar Pokhrel is the former Chief Minister of Lumbini Province. He was elected as the central secretary of Communist Party of Nepal from 1998 to 2008.
• Nepalese PoliticianShekhar KoiralaShekhar Koirala is a central working committee member of the Nepali Congress and a member of the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal.
• Nepalese Education, Science and Technology MinisterSumana ShresthaSumana Shrestha (Nepali: सुमना श्रेष्ठ, Nepali pronunciation: [sumʌna sresʈʰʌ]) is a Nepalese politician and former Minister of Education, Science and Technology. She was elected member of the Federal Parliament in the 6th House of Representatives, representing the Rastriya Swatantra Party in 2022. Shrestha resigned from the party on 14 September 2025, citing its culture of leader-worship.
• Nepalese politicianTulsi Lal AmatyaTulsi Lal Amatya was a Nepalese politician.
• Nepalese politicianUpama Kumari DevUpama Kumari Dev is a Nepalese politician who is former member of Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province from People's Socialist Party, Nepal. Dev is a resident of Rajbiraj. She is also a Deputy Speaker of Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province, took office on 16 February 2018.
• Nepali politicianYadav PantYadav Prasad Pant was a Nepalese economist and politician. During his career he held several high level positions including senior economist at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok, Thailand; Governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank (1968–1973); Ambassador to Japan (1975–1979); and Minister for Commerce, Supplies, Finance (1980–1983) and Water Resources (1986–1988). He died at the age of 82 in Bumrungrad Hospital in Thailand.
• Nepali politicianAbhishek Pratap ShahAbhishek Pratap Shah is a Nepalese politician belonging to Nepali Congress. He is Deputy Leader of opposition. Also he serves as the member of parliament for Kapilvastu 3. He was previously a member of the first and second Constituent Assembly of Nepal representing Kapilvastu 5. Shah filed a complaint against former prime minister K. P. Sharma Oli for firing on the protesters in the Gen Z strike.
• Nepalese politicianAlka Kumari JhaAlka Kumari Jha is a Nepalese politician who is member of Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province. Jha left People's Socialist Party and joined Loktantrik Samajwadi Party since 2021.
• Nepalese politicianAnil Kumar JhaAnil Kumar Jha is a Nepalese politician from Rautahat District belonging to Nepali Congress.
• Nepal minister of defense (1888–1960)Baber Shumsher Jung Bahadur RanaSir Baber Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana was a member of the Rana dynasty who served as the Minister of Defence of Nepal in 1951. A prominent member of the Rana oligarchy, he fought valiantly in the First World War. He was the second son of Maharaja Sir Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana and Bada Maharani Chandra Loka Bhakta Lakshmi Devi. He was the younger brother of Maharaja Sir Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana and older brother of Field Marshal Sir Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana.
• Nepalese songwriterBadri PandeyBadri Pandey is a Nepali songwriter, producer, and music composer. He is also known as B. Pandey, a lyricist of the Nepali music industry. He has written over 150 songs across various genres, starting his career in 2001 with "Shankha Nagara," voiced by Rajesh Payal Rai and Binaya Niroula. He was born on 4 March 1980 in Nuwakot District of Nepal.

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