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Ram Karki
राम कार्की
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Ministry of Information and Communications
Assumed office
25 August 2016
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Personal details
Born
Ram Karki

(1956-10-14) 14 October 1956 (age 67)
Dhikur Pokhari, Okhaldhunga, Nepal
NationalityNepali
Political partyCommunist Party of Nepal
OccupationPolitician

Ram Karki (Nepali: राम कार्की), (born 14 October 1956) also known as Surendra Kumar Karki, is a Nepali atheist[1] and politician belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). As of August 2016 he is the minister for Information and Communications of Nepal.

Personal life and early career

He was born on 14 October 1956, at Rumjatar of Okhaldhunga district and had remained underground for 10 years during the decade-long insurgency in the country. He has been active in the politics for the past 35 years. He is currently married to Sherap Shenga, who was born and raised in Sikkim, India. Together they have a son and a daughter. Karki also has a daughter from his first wife but she is not close to him.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Ram Karki is new Nepalese Ambassador to India". zeenews.india.com.
  2. ^ "Minister for Information Ram Karki informs about huge pressure". onlinekhabar.com. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)