Pampha Bhusal (Nepali: पम्फा भुसाल) is a Nepali politician. She has served as an elected member of parliament and the constitutional assembly as well as a minister several times.[citation needed] She was the second woman to lead a political party in Nepal after Sahana Pradhan; she was the leader of the United Peoples’ Front (Samyukta Janamorcha) c. 1994.[2] On 13 July 2021 she became Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation in the newly formed cabinet under Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.
Pampha Bhusal | |
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पम्फा भुसाल | |
Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation | |
In office 12 July 2021 – 26 December 2022 | |
President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
Preceded by | Sharat Singh Bhandari |
Succeeded by | Rajendra Prasad Lingden |
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
In office 4 March 2018 – December 2022 | |
Preceded by | Madan Bahadur Amatya |
Succeeded by | Toshima Karki |
Constituency | Lalitpur 3 |
Member of Constituent Assembly | |
In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012 | |
Preceded by | Raghuji Pant |
Succeeded by | Madan Bahadur Amatya |
Constituency | Lalitpur 3 |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Arghakhanchi District | 19 July 1962
Nationality | Nepali |
Political party | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
Other political affiliations | CPN (Fourth Convention) CPN (Mashal) Samyukta Janamorcha |
Early life and career
editBhusal was born c. 1963 in Kimdada, a remote village in Arghakhanchi.[2]
She entered student politics in 1977 when she was studying in the eighth grade, and four years later, in 1981, she took active membership of the Communist Party of Nepal.[2]
References
edit- ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
- ^ a b c Neupane, Damodar; Bista, Dipendra (31 January 2015). "सानो छँदा : पम्फा भुसाल". Kantipur (in Nepali). Retrieved 5 August 2021.