{"id":"ganesh-singh-thagunna","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ganesh-singh-thagunna","language":"en","name":"Ganesh Singh Thagunna","name_en":"Ganesh Singh Thagunna","name_ne":"गणेश सिंह ठगुन्ना","description":"Member of Parliament of Nepal","headline":"Member of Parliament of Nepal","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Honorable Ganesh Singh Thagunna(Elected From Darchula 2026 MP )(born 7 December 1968) is a Nepali politician and former Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration .He is a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. Previously, he was also elected to the 2nd constituent assembly in 2013. He is a long time member of CPN UML. He is from Darchula District, where he won both the 2013 and 2017 elections from Darchula 1 (constituency).","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"7 December 1968","date":"1968-12-07"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45107020#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Darchula District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28601","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/darchula-district"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45107020#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45107020#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45107020#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Nepal Communist Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53700514"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45107020#P102"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Member of the 2nd Constituent Assembly of Nepal (19 November 2013 – 13 October 2017)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21328597","start":"2013-11-19","end":"2017-10-13"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45107020#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesh_Singh_Thagunna","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45107020"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Ganesh Singh Thagunna born?","a":"Ganesh Singh Thagunna was born on 7 December 1968 in Darchula District."},{"q":"What positions has Ganesh Singh Thagunna held?","a":"Positions held by Ganesh Singh Thagunna include: Member of the 2nd Constituent Assembly of Nepal (2013–2017)."}],"related":[{"name":"Sushil Koirala","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sushil-koirala"},{"name":"Madhav Kumar Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/madhav-kumar-nepal"},{"name":"Jhala Nath Khanal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jhala-nath-khanal"},{"name":"Baburam Bhattarai","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/baburam-bhattarai"},{"name":"Gagan Thapa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gagan-thapa"},{"name":"Rajeev Bikram Shah","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rajeev-bikram-shah"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/ganesh-singh-thagunna-a40796fd0d.jpg","width":500,"height":494,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Moshdude","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ganesh-Singh-Thagunna.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Ganesh Singh Thagunna","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesh_Singh_Thagunna","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q45107020","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45107020","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Ganesh-Singh-Thagunna.jpg by Moshdude (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ganesh-Singh-Thagunna.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Ganesh Singh Thagunna, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Ganesh-Singh-Thagunna.jpg — Moshdude, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Ganesh Singh Thagunna\". DigiNepal. Last updated 18 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/ganesh-singh-thagunna. Retrieved 21 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-18T02:58:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-10-21","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/ganesh-singh-thagunna","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/ganesh-singh-thagunna","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/ganesh-singh-thagunna?lang=ne"}}