Bhim Acharya () secretary of

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, is the former

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. Governor

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appointed Bhim Acharya as the chief minister as per Article 168 (1) of the

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after He was unanimously elected parliamentary party leader of the

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on 26 August 2021, following the resignation of outgoing chief minister Sher Dhan Rai as both the parliamentary party leader and chief minister. He assumed the post of the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal on 25 February 2014 under

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-led government. He is a member of the

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. He won the Sunsari–6 seat in

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from the

Personal life

Bhim Acharya was born on 27 April 1959 in Toliya-6,

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. He is the son of Bala Prasad and Laxmi Devi Acharya. He has obtained master's degree in management.

Political career

Acharya joined students movement in 1975. He joined

in 1979. He won the

2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election Constituent Assembly elections were held in Nepal on 10 April 2008,

from Sunsari-6 constituency with 15,606 votes defeating Narendra Bahadur Basnet of

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. He was appointed as the Chief Whip of the Parliamentary Party of the

. Bhim Acharya was elected as the leader of the CPN-UML's state-1 parliamentary party on 26 August 2021

References

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