# Shakti Bahadur Basnet

_Former Home Minister of Nepal_

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> Shakti Bahadur Basnet (Nepali: शक्ति बहादुर बस्नेत; born 11 May 1969) is a Nepalese politician and former Minister of Forest and Environment. He is a Central Committee Member of Nepal Communist Party. He served as Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 14 April 1971 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29380681#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Khalanga, Jajarkot ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29380681#P19))
- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29380681#P27))
- **Occupation:** politician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29380681#P106))
- **Political party:** Nepal Communist Party ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29380681#P102))
- **Positions held:** Member of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29380681#P39))
- **Facebook:** shaktibdrbasnet ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29380681#P2013))

## Public office

- Officeholder record: https://diginpl.com/next/explore/person/shakti-bahadur-basnet

## About

He served as Minister of Home Affairs. He inaugurated the campaign "Police My Friend". In December 2015, he had taken actions against the protesters hurling petrol bombs towards President Bidhya Bhandari at Janakpur, Nepal. PM KP Oli expressed discontent with him after he acted against the PM's instruction to stop the transfer of CDOs. He served as Minister of Health and Population under the prime minister Jhala Nath Khanal. He was elected in the 2017 Nepalese legislative election from Jajarkot district constituency number 1.

## Questions

**When was Shakti Bahadur Basnet born?**  
Shakti Bahadur Basnet was born on 14 April 1971 in Khalanga, Jajarkot.

**What positions has Shakti Bahadur Basnet held?**  
Positions held by Shakti Bahadur Basnet include: Member of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly.

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- [Khalanga, Jajarkot](https://diginpl.com/places/khalanga-jajarkot)

## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Shakti Bahadur Basnet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakti_Bahadur_Basnet) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): शक्ति बहादुर बस्नेत](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q29380681](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29380681) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Shakti Bahadur Basnet in Jajarkot.jpg by Bnod Basnet (CC BY-SA 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shakti_Bahadur_Basnet_in_Jajarkot.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Shakti Bahadur Basnet, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Shakti Bahadur Basnet in Jajarkot.jpg — Bnod Basnet, CC BY-SA 4.0.

## Cite this page

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