# Gyan Chandra Acharya

_Nepalese diplomat_

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> Gyan 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.

## Quick facts

- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5623963#P27))
- **Occupation:** diplomat; politician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5623963#P106))
- **Education:** Tribhuvan University ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5623963#P69))

## Questions

**Where did Gyan Chandra Acharya study?**  
Gyan Chandra Acharya was educated at Tribhuvan University.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Gyan Chandra Acharya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyan_Chandra_Acharya) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q5623963](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5623963) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: GyanChandraAcharya.jpg by United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) (CC BY 2.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GyanChandraAcharya.jpg)

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