Shakti Bahadur Basnet

Shakti Bahadur Basnet (Nepali: शक्ति बहादुर बस्नेत; born 11 May 1969) is a Nepalese politician and former Minister of Forest and Environment.[5] He is a Central Committee Member of Nepal Communist Party.[6][7][8] He is currently serving as the Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation.

Shakti Bahadur Basnet
शक्ति बहादुर बस्नेत
Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
Assumed office
31 March 2023
PresidentRam Chandra Paudel
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Vice PresidentRam Sahaya Yadav
Preceded byPushpa Kamal Dahal
Minister of Forest and Environment
In office
16 March 2018 – 25 December 2020
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKhadga Prasad Oli
Preceded byBikram Pandey
Succeeded by Prem Ale
Minister of Home Affairs[1]
In office
19 October 2015 – 4 August 2016
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKhadga Prasad Oli[2]
Preceded byBam Dev Gautam
Succeeded byBimalendra Nidhi
Ministry of Health and Population (Nepal)[3]
In office
6 February 2011 – 29 August 2011
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterJhala Nath Khanal
Preceded byUmakanta Chaudhari
Succeeded byRajendra Mahato
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
4 March 2018
ConstituencyJajarkot 1
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Preceded byKali Bahadur Malla
ConstituencyJajarkot 1
Personal details
Born (1969-05-11) 11 May 1969[4]
Kalegaun, Bheri, Jajarkot, Nepal
Political partyCPN (Maoist Centre)
Other political
affiliations		CPN (Mashal)
CPN (Unity Centre)
SpouseSatya Pahadi
Parents
  • Danda Bir Basnet (father)
  • Dharma Kumari Basnet (mother)
NicknameSuresh Singh (Maoist guerrilla name)

He served as Minister of Home Affairs.[9] He inaugurated the campaign "Police My Friend".[1] On December 2015, he had taken actions against the protesters hurling petrol bombs towards President Bidhya Bhandari at Janakpur, Nepal.[10] PM KP Oli expressed discontent with him after he acted against the PM's instruction to stop the transfer of CDOs.[2][11] 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.[3][12][13]

Early years

In 1990, he began his active career into politics with alias Suresh Singh. In 1998, he was selected as Central Committee Member of UCPN Maoist.[3]

Family

He was born in Kalegaun, Jajarkot, Nepal to father Danda Bir Basnet and mother Dharma Kumari Basnet. He is married to fellow politician Satya Pahadi.[3][14]

See also

References
  1. "'Police My Friend' campaign begins". thehimalayantimes.com. July 11, 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  2. "thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/basnet-pun-dropped-cabinet/". thehimalayantimes.com. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  3. "Shakti Bahadur Basnet 'Suresh Singh'". election.ujyaaloonline.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  4. "Shakti Bahadur Basnet 'Suresh Singh'". संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Members of Parliament, 2014 Introductory Handbook] (in Hindi). Federal Parliament Secretariat. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023.
  5. "Minister Basnet stresses tourism promotion for country's prosperity". The Himalayan Times. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  6. "एकीकृत नेकपा (माओवादी) केन्द्रीय समिति सदस्यहरुको नामावलीः- | एकीकृत नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (माओवादी)". ucpnmaoist.org. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  7. "Forest Minister off to London". Setopati. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  8. "Former Home Minister Shakti Basnet wins in Jajarkot". My Republica. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  9. "Current problems would be resolved soon: Minister Basnet". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  10. "People behind Janakpur incident booked: Basnet – National – The Kathmandu Post". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  11. "Maoists-Nepal PM rift deepens; home minister likely to be sacked | The Indian Express". The Indian Express. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  12. "वन तथा वातावरणमन्त्री शक्ति बस्नेतले ल्याए १०० बुँदे कार्ययोजना :वनबाट एक बर्षमा एक लाख रोजगारी". RatoPati (in Nepali). Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  13. "५ लाखको रोजगारी श्रृजनामा वन मन्त्रालयले २० प्रतिशत योगदान दिने". Setopati. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  14. "उम्मेदवार - शक्ति बहादुर वस्नेत". Ujyaalo Online Election. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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