Padam Giri

Padam Giri is a Nepali communist politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal.[2][3] Giri served as the Minister of Health and Population from 17 January 2023 to 27 February 2023. He was elected from Parbat District representing CPN UML under the first-past-the-post system in the 2017 legislative election.[4] He defeated his nearest rival, Arjun Prasad Joshi of Nepali Congress, by acquiring 39,275 votes to Joshi's 26,819.[5]

Padam Giri
पदम गिरि
Minister of Health and Population
In office
17 January 2023  27 February 2023
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded byBhawani Prasad Khapung
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Preceded byArjun Prasad Joshi
ConstituencyParbat 1
Personal details
Born (1977-03-11) 11 March 1977[1]
NationalityNepali
Political partyCPN (UML)

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. "Padam Giri". hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  3. "New trekking route to Ghodepani". The Himalayan Times. 2019-04-06. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  4. Dahal, Ashok. "42 pc new faces in parliament under FPTP". My Republica. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  5. "Parbat : Province 4 - Nepal Election Latest Updates and Result for Federal Parliament". election.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2019-10-25.


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