Shakti Bahadur Basnet ( ne, शक्ति बहादुर बस्नेत; born 14 April 1971) is a Nepalese politician and current
Minister of Forest and Environment
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* Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric
** Minister (Catholic Church)
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** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...
. He is a Central Committee Member of
Nepal Communist Party
The Nepal Communist Party, abbreviated NCP ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी, ) is a defunct communist party of Nepal. It was founded on 17 May 2018, from the unification of two leftist parties, Communist ...
.
He served as
Minister of Home Affairs
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. He inaugurated the campaign "Police My Friend".
On December 2015, he had taken actions against the protesters hurling petrol bombs towards President
Bidhya Bhandari at
Janakpur, Nepal
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.
PM KP Oli expressed discontent with him after he acted against the PM's instruction to stop the transfer of CDOs.
He served as
Minister of Health and Population under the prime minister
Jhala Nath Khanal
Jhala Nath Khanal ( ne, झलनाथ खनाल, ; born 20 May 1950) is a Nepalese politician who was the 35th Prime Minister of Nepal from February 2011 to August 2011. He was previously the chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unifie ...
. He was elected in the
2017 Nepalese legislative election
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from
Jajarkot district
Jajarkot District ( ne, जाजरकोट जिल्ला) a part of Karnali Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Khalanga as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population of 1 ...
constituency number 1.
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.
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.
See also
*
List of Nepalese politicians
References
External links
*
1971 births
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) politicians
Living people
People from Jajarkot District
Government 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
Nepal MPs 2022–present
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