Hari Shankar Mishra is the current

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. He was appointed

, as per the Article 163 (2) of the

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by the President

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on the recommendation of the

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of the

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on 17 August 2021. He is a former member of

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Political life

Before being appointed Governor, he was member of the

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party. He was elected to the

from Mahottari-2 in the 1991 Nepalese general election with a margin of 4,000 votes.

Personal life

Mishra's father, Ram Narayan Mishra, was one of the founders of the Nepali Congress, and served as Minister for Industry and Commerce in the B.P. Koirala cabinet which was elected in 1959 as the first elected government of Nepal. Mishra's uncle,

Bhadrakali Mishra Bhadrakali Mishra (; 6 February 1920 – 1 June 2006) was a Nepali politician. In a political career lasting more than 50 years, several of which he spent in exile, he held numerous ministerial portfolios and was also the Chairman of King Biren ...

, was also a politician, who was a government minister in the 1950s.

Electoral history

1991 legislative elections

References

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Governors of Madhesh Province Nepali Congress politicians from Madhesh Province Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Nepal MPs 1991–1994 {{Province2NP-politician-stub