Krishna_Kumar_Shrestha

Krishna Kumar Shrestha

Krishna Kumar Shrestha

Nepali politician

Krishna Kumar Shrestha (Nepali: कृष्ण कुमार श्रेष्ठ) is a Nepali politician belonging to CPN (Unified Socialist).

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He most recently served for 8 months as Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security of Nepal in the ruling coalition government led by Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba. He is also a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal.[2]

Early life

Shrestha was born on December 22, 1967, in Jamune-9 of Tanahun, to Kewal Bahadur and Les Kumari Shrestha.[3] He has an education up to proficiency certificate level.[3]

Political career

Shrestha joined politics in 1985.[3] As of 2013, he was an advisor to CPN UML, Tanahun.[3]

He was a candidate for the CPN UML in Tanahun-2 constituency in the 2013 constituent assembly election but lost to senior leader of Nepali Congress,[3][4] Ram Chandra Paudel.[5][3]

He was elected from Tanahun-1 constituency in the 2017 legislative election under the first-past-the-post system, as a joint candidate of the left alliance.[6][4] He defeated incumbent Ram Chandra Paudel by more than 6,000 votes.[7] He received 34,492 votes to Paudel's 27,690.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. [2]
    "MP provides monthly salary for social cause". Setopati. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  3. [3]
    "Krishna Kumar Shrestha". election2013.ujyaaloonline.com. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  4. [4]
    "NC heavyweight Paudel trails behind left alliance's Shrestha". The Himalayan Times. 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  5. [5]
    "Tanahu-2". election2013.ujyaaloonline.com. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  6. [6]
    "Tanahun : Province 4 - Nepal Election Latest Updates and Result for Federal Parliament". election.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  7. [7]
    Republica. "NC canidate [sic] Paudel loses polls with 6,000 votes margin". My Republica. Retrieved 2019-08-24.


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