Lila Nath Shrestha

Lila Nath Shrestha (born 28 January 1962) is a Nepali communist politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal.[2] He was the former Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and also served as Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens . He joined politics as a student and has remained a prominent communist politician from Siraha District.

Lila Nath Shrestha
लिलानाथ श्रेष्ठ
Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
In office
25 December 2020  12 July 2021
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Oli
Preceded byShiva Maya Tumbahamphe
Succeeded byGyanendra Bahadur Karki
Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
In office
24 June 2021  12 July 2021
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Oli
Preceded byLaxman Lal Karna
Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
In office
24 June 2021  12 July 2021
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Oli
Preceded byUma Shankar Aragriya
Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration
In office
24 June 2021  12 July 2021
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Oli
Preceded byGanesh Kumar Pahadi
Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens
In office
14 October 2020  25 December 2020
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Oli
Preceded byParbat Gurung
Succeeded byJulie Kumari Mahato
In office
24 June 2021  12 July 2021
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKhadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Preceded byJulie Kumari Mahato
Succeeded byUma Regmi
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Preceded bySita Devi Yadav
ConstituencySiraha 3
Personal details
Born (1962-01-28) January 28, 1962[1]
NationalityNepali
Political partyCPN (UML)

Biography

Born on 28 January 1962 to Jit Bahadur and Dhan Maya Shrestha, in Chandralalpur-2 of Siraha, he is a graduate in Law and has two children – a son and a daughter.[3]

He joined politics as a student in 1980, and went on to become a prominent member of the student wing of CPN ML, ANNFSU, and later the youth wing of CPN UML.[3] He was a long-time member and prominent leader of CPN UML in Siraha District, until the party's dissolution in 2018.[3] Following the merger of CPN UML and CPN (Maoist Centre), he was appointed the "District Incharge" of Siraha for the newly formed Nepal Communist Party (NCP).[4]

He was the candidate for the second constituent assembly in the 2013 election from CPN UML, but was defeated by Pushpa Kamal Dahal, chairman of the CPN (Maoist) party.[3]

He was finally elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in the 2017 legislative election.[5] He was elected from Siraha-3 constituency under the first-past-the-post system representing CPN UML of the left alliance. He defeated his nearest rival, Asheswor Yadav, by acquiring 23,227 votes to Yadav's 21,220.[6]

See also

References

  1. संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. "Discussion for sake of discussion useless, say MPs". The Himalayan Times. 2019-01-01. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  3. "Siraha-5". election2013.ujyaaloonline.com. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  4. "NCP appoints 77 districts' incharge". The Himalayan Times. 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  5. "62 new faces in parliament, just 2 women". Setopati. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  6. "Siraha : Province 2 – Nepal Election Latest Updates and Result for Federal Parliament". election.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2019-08-27.


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