Shakti Bahadur Basnet
Shakti Bahadur Basnet | |
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शक्ति बहादुर बस्नेत | |
Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation | |
Assumed office 31 March 2023 | |
President | Ram Chandra Paudel |
Prime Minister | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
Vice President | Ram Sahaya Yadav |
Preceded by | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
Minister of Forest and Environment | |
In office 16 March 2018 – 25 December 2020 | |
President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | Khadga Prasad Oli |
Preceded by | Bikram Pandey |
Succeeded by | Prem Ale |
Minister of Home Affairs[1] | |
In office 19 October 2015 – 4 August 2016 | |
President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | Khadga Prasad Oli[2] |
Preceded by | Bam Dev Gautam |
Succeeded by | Bimalendra Nidhi |
Ministry of Health and Population (Nepal)[3] | |
In office 6 February 2011 – 29 August 2011 | |
President | Ram Baran Yadav |
Prime Minister | Jhala Nath Khanal |
Preceded by | Umakanta Chaudhari |
Succeeded by | Rajendra Mahato |
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
Assumed office 4 March 2018 | |
Constituency | Jajarkot 1 |
Member of Constituent Assembly | |
In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017 | |
Preceded by | Kali Bahadur Malla |
Constituency | Jajarkot 1 |
Personal details | |
Born | [4] Kalegaun, Bheri, Jajarkot, Nepal | 11 May 1969
Political party | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
Other political affiliations | CPN (Mashal) CPN (Unity Centre) |
Spouse | Satya Pahadi |
Parents |
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Nickname | Suresh Singh (Maoist guerrilla name) |
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.
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
- ^ a b "'Police My Friend' campaign begins". thehimalayantimes.com. July 11, 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- ^ a b "thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/basnet-pun-dropped-cabinet/". thehimalayantimes.com. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- ^ a b c d "Shakti Bahadur Basnet 'Suresh Singh'". election.ujyaaloonline.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Minister Basnet stresses tourism promotion for country's prosperity". The Himalayan Times. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "एकीकृत नेकपा (माओवादी) केन्द्रीय समिति सदस्यहरुको नामावलीः- | एकीकृत नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (माओवादी)". ucpnmaoist.org. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- ^ "Forest Minister off to London". Setopati. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Former Home Minister Shakti Basnet wins in Jajarkot". My Republica. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Current problems would be resolved soon: Minister Basnet". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "People behind Janakpur incident booked: Basnet – National – The Kathmandu Post". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- ^ "Maoists-Nepal PM rift deepens; home minister likely to be sacked | The Indian Express". The Indian Express. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- ^ "वन तथा वातावरणमन्त्री शक्ति बस्नेतले ल्याए १०० बुँदे कार्ययोजना :वनबाट एक बर्षमा एक लाख रोजगारी". RatoPati (in Nepali). Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "५ लाखको रोजगारी श्रृजनामा वन मन्त्रालयले २० प्रतिशत योगदान दिने". Setopati. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "उम्मेदवार - शक्ति बहादुर वस्नेत". Ujyaalo Online Election. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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- 1971 births
- Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) politicians
- Living people
- People from Jajarkot District
- Environment ministers of Nepal
- Forestry ministers of Nepal
- Interior ministers of Nepal
- Nepal Communist Party (NCP) politicians
- Nepal MPs 2017–2022
- People of the Nepalese Civil War
- Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
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