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Ram Karki
राम कार्की
Ministry of Information and Communications
Assumed office
25 August 2016
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Preceded byRabin Koirala
ConstituencyJhapa 1
Member of Constituent Assembly for
UCPN (Maoist) party list
In office
21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Personal details
Born
Surendra Kumar Karki

(1956-10-14) 14 October 1956 (age 68)[1]
Rumjatar, Okhaldhunga, Nepal
NationalityNepali
Political partyCPN (Maoist Centre)
Other political
affiliations
Nepali Congress
Janabadi Morcha
CPN (Fourth Convention)
OccupationPolitician

Ram Karki (Template:Lang-ne), (born 14 October 1956) also known as Surendra Kumar Karki, is a Nepali politician belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).[2] 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. He remained underground for 10 years during the decade-long insurgency in the country. He has been active in politics for the past 35 years, and held several posts within the Maoist party. He was the party's Chief of International Bureau for many years. He was a nominated MP in the early 2010s,and later Minister for Communication. He is considered an intellectual leader focused on creating modern Maoist party manifestos and interpretations of Marxist theory. He is married to civil servant Sherap Shenga, who was born and raised in Sikkim, India. Together they have a son and a daughter. These days, he lives in Dhulabari, Jhapa. He is the region's Member of Parliament since 2017.[3]

References

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ "Ram Karki is new Nepalese Ambassador to India". zeenews.india.com. 8 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Minister for Information Ram Karki informs about huge pressure". onlinekhabar.com.