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Nepalese politician (born 1945)Gauri Narayan Sah TeliGauri Narayan Sah Teli is a Nepalese politician who is the elected member of the Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province from Loktantrik Samajbadi Party, Nepal. Sah, a resident of Brahmapuri, Sarlahi was elected to the 2017 provincial assembly election from Sarlahi 2(A).
Nepalese politicianGita Kumari YadavGita Kumari Yadav is a Nepalese politician who is elected member of Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province from Nepali Congress. Yadav is a resident of Rajbiraj.
Nepalese politicianGovinda Bahadur NeupaneGovinda Bahadur Neupane is a Nepalese politician who is an elected member of the Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province from CPN(Unified Socialist). Neupane, a resident of Surunga Municipality is a central committee member of the CPN & Saptari District incharge for the party. Neupane was elected to the 2017 & 2022 provincial assembly election from Saptari 4(A). He is provincial assembly party leader of CPN(Unified Socialist) in Madhesh Provincial Assembly.
Nepali ambassador to the United KingdomGyan Chandra AcharyaGyan Chandra Acharya is the Nepali ambassador to the United Kingdom since January 2021, and the former United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States. He was appointed to this position by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 14 August 2012.
Nepali politicianHridaya Ram ThaniHridya Ram Thani is a Nepalese politician. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha, Surkhet Constituency 2, in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.
Nepalese politicianJagataren Devi SudinJagataren Devi Sudin is a Nepalese politician who is elected member of Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province from CPN. Sudin is a resident of Naraha Rural Municipality, Siraha.
Nepalese politician and modelKhusbu OliKhusbu Oli is a Nepalese politician, social worker, former model, and beauty pageant titleholder who serves as a member of parliament (MP) from the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP). She is also known for her involvement in the development sector, her modeling career, and her participation in several music videos.
Nepalese politicianKishori Sah KamalKishori Sah Kamal is a Nepalese politician and a former member of the Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province from the Rastriya Swatantra Party. Sah, a resident of Sabaila, Nepal, was elected in the 2017 provincial assembly election from Dhanusha 1(A).
Nepalese diplomatKrishna Shumsher Jung Bahadur RanaLieutenant-General Sir Krishna Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (Nepali: कृष्ण शमशेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा; 1900–1977) was a Nepalese diplomat who served as the Nepalese Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1935 to 1939.
Nepali politicianMahadev BajgaiMahadev Bajgain is a Nepalese politician and a former mayor of Lamki Chuha Municipality in Kailali District. He is a member of the secretariat of the CPN-UML Sudurpaschim Province Committee.
Nepali politicianMahendra YadavMahendra Yadav is a Nepali politician affiliated with the Nepali Congress. He served as Minister of Water Supply and Sanitation in the cabinet led by Sher Bahadur Deuba and formerly held the position of Deputy General Secretary of the Nepali Congress.
Nepali politicianMalabar Singh ThapaMalbar Singh Thapa (Nepali: मलाबर सिंह थापा) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Rastriya Janamukti Party. After the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, he was selected to represent the party in the Syangja District from the closed list proportional representation system. Thapa had contested the 1994 legislative election in the Rupandehi-3 seat as the RJMP candidate. Then he got 1815 votes.
Nepalese politicianManoj Kumar SinghManoj Kumar Singh is a Nepalese politician who is elected member of Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province from CPN. Singh is a resident of Tilathi Koiladi Rural Municipality, Saptari.
Nepalese politicianMarshall Julum ShakyaMarshall Julum Shakya was a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Nepali Congress. He was a founder member of Nepal Student Union established in March 1970. He spent 15 years in prison during the panchayat regime. As of 1988, he was the president of the Kathmandu District of Nepali Congress. During the 1990 Jana Andolan he was the convenor of the Central Action Committee of Nepali Congress, and one of the most prominent party leaders not under arrest.
Nepalese politicianNagendra Prasad SinhaNagendra Prasad Sinha is a Nepalese politician who is an elected member of the Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province from Nepali Congress. Sinha, a resident of Ishanath, Rautahat was elected to the 2017 provincial assembly election from Rautahat 2(A).
Nepali politicianNaradmuni ThulungNaradmuni Thulung was a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Nepali Congress. He was an anti-Rana democratic politician. He took charge of the Bhojpur Front during the 1951 democratic revolution of Nepal. In November 1951 he became Minister of Local Self-Development in the cabinet of Matrika Prasad Koirala. He held the position until August 1952. He also served as Defence minister and acted as Prime Minister during Matrika P Koirala's premiership. Thulung became the chairman of the Royal Land Reform Commission. Under Thulung's chairmanship the commission suggested introduction of land limits, tenancy and agriculture loans. These reforms were, however, not implemented. He was born on Chaitra 27, 1965 Vikram Samvat and died on Magh 22, 2047 Vikram Samvat.
Nepalese politicianNarahari AcharyaNarahari Acharya, (Nepali:नरहरि आचार्य) a central member of Nepali Congress, assumed the post of the Minister of Law, Justice, Constituent Assembly, Parliamentary Affairs and Peace and Reconstruction on 25 February 2014 under Sushil Koirala-led government.
Nepalese politicianNetra Bikram ShahNetra Bikram Shah is a Nepalese politician, who is a former member of the Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province, from People's Socialist Party, Nepal. Shah is a resident of Rajbiraj, Saptari.
Nepalese politicianNilam Devi BhumiharaniNilam Devi Bhumiharani or Nilam Devi Bhumiharin is a Nepalese politician who is elected member of Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province from Loktantrik Samajbadi Party, Nepal. Shah is a resident of Balara, Nepal.
Nepalese politicianParmeshwor Sah SudiParmeshwor Sah Sudi is a Nepalese politician who is elected member of Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province from Loktantrik Samajbadi Party, Nepal. Shah, a resident of Janakpur was elected in the 2017 Nepalese provincial elections, from Dhanusha 3(B).
Nepali politicianPurusottam PoudelPurushottam Paudel, a member of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), assumed the post of the Minister of Youth and Sports of Nepal on 25 February 2014 under Sushil Koirala-led government.
Nepalese political partyRajeev JhaThe Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM) is a political organisation in Nepal. It was formed in 2004 as a split from the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) around Jay Krishna Goit. The group accused the CPN-M of not guaranteeing the autonomy of the Terai region.
Nepali politicianSanjay Kumar GautamSanjay Kumar Gautam (Nepali: संजय कुमार गौतम) is a Nepalese politician who was Irrigation minister in Sher Bahadur Deuba's cabinet.
American politicianSarahana ShresthaSarahana Shrestha is a Nepalese-American democratic socialist politician and activist. She is a member of the New York State Assembly, representing the New York's 103rd State Assembly district in the mid-Hudson Valley. She was first elected in November 2022.
Nepali politicianSatya PahadiSatya Pahadi is a member of the Pratinidhi Sabha of Nepal. She is former Minister of Peace and Reconstruction of Nepal.
Nepalese politicianShailendra Kumar YadavShailendra Kumar Yadav is a Nepalese politician and a former member of the Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province from the People's Socialist Party, Nepal. Yadav, a resident of Shahidnagar in Dhanusha was elected to the Provincial Assembly in the 2017 election from Dhanusha 2(A).
Nepali politicianShashanka KoiralaShashank Koirala is a Nepalese politician and a former member of House of Representatives, belonging to the political dynasty of Koirala family. Shashank is also a renowned ophthalmologist.
Nepalese politicianShiv Raj JoshiShiv Raj Joshi is a Nepalese politician. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress. He was elected to the House of Representatives from Surkhet in the 2048, 2051 and 2056 BS. He has been a Minister of the. First as an assistant minister, second as a minister of state, and also served as the Minister of Information and Communications in the Prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala cabinet. Joshi is a permanent resident of Chaukune Rural Municipality Ward No 8 Gutu.
Nepalese politician (born 1976)Sita GurungSita Gurung is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Nepali Congress currently serving as a member of the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal. In the 2022 Nepalese general election, she won the election from Tehrathum 1 (constituency).
Nepalese politicianSuresh Kumar MandalSuresh Kumar Mandal is a Nepalese politician and former member of Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province from People's Socialist Party, Nepal. Mandal, a resident of Kalyanpur, Siraha was elected to the 2017 provincial assembly election from Siraha 4(B).
Nepali politicianSurya Man Dong TamangSurya Man Dong is a Nepalese politician from the Nepali Communist Party. He has served as a member of the Nepalese legislature, including the Constituent Assembly and the House of Representatives, and was Minister of State for Energy in the cabinet of Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai from November 2011 to May 2012.
Nepali politicianTirtha Bahadur LamaTirtha Bahadur Lama (Nepali: तिर्थ बहादुर लामा) is a Nepali politician affiliated with the Nepali Congress. He has served as a member of the Bagmati Provincial Assembly since 2023 and was Minister for Water, Energy and Irrigation of Bagmati Province from April 2023 to March 2024. He is also a member of the Nepali Congress Central Committee, having been elected under the Indigenous category at the party's 15th General Convention.
Nepalese politicianUdaya Shumsher RanaUdaya Shumsher Rana is a Nepali politician who is serving as the General Secretary of the Nepali Congress. He previously served as Minister of State for Finance from August 2017 to February 2018.
Nepalese politicianUmakant ChaudharyUmakant Chaudhary (Nepali: उमाकान्त चौधरी) is a Nepalese politician and the former minister for Water Supply of Nepal. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 2017 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.
Nepali politicianYam Lal KandelYam Lal Kandel is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal. 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.
Nepalese politicianYogendra Rae YadavYogendra Rae Yadav is a Nepalese politician who is former member of Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province from People's Socialist Party, Nepal. Mandal, a resident of Rajdevi was elected to the 2017 provincial assembly election from Rautahat 1(B).
Nepali politicianYuvaraj AdhikariYuvaraj Adhikari (Nepali: युवराज अधिकारी) (1920–1983) was a Nepalese politician belonging to the Nepali Congress Party (NCP) . He was in the forefront of the leaders who took part in 1947 Biratnagar jute mill strike along with Girija Prasad Koirala, Tarini Prasad Koirala and Man Mohan Adhikari.
Nepali politicianAnanda Prasad DhunganaAnand Prasad Dhungana is a Nepali politician affiliated with the Nepali Congress. He is a member of the National Assembly of Nepal representing Madhesh Province and a former member of the House of Representatives. Dhungana previously served as a member of the 2nd Constituent Assembly and as a central committee member of the Nepali Congress. He has held several ministerial portfolios, including Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation, Minister for Supplies, and Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation in the Second Girija Prasad Koirala cabinet in 1998.
Indian politician and member of the 17th Lok SabhaAshok Kumar YadavAshok Kumar Yadav is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Madhubani, Bihar in the 2019 Indian general election as member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Keoti as a member of Bharatiya Janata party in February 2005, October 2005 and again in 2010. He is the son of BJP leader Hukumdev Narayan Yadav.
Indian wrestler (born 1989)Babita KumariBabita Kumari Phogat (born 20 November 1989) is a former Indian professional wrestler and a politician from the state of Haryana. She is a multiple Commonwealth Games medalist, winning the gold medal in 2014 Commonwealth Games, and silver medals at the 2010 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. When she won the 2014 Commonwealth gold medal, she became the second Indian women wrestler to win a Commonwealth gold in the 55 kg category after her sister Geeta Phogat, who had won it in 2010.
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