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Revision as of 14:18, 28 June 2022
Ram Karki | |
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राम कार्की | |
Ministry of Information and Communications | |
Assumed office 25 August 2016 | |
President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
Assumed office 4 March 2018 | |
Preceded by | Rabin Koirala |
Constituency | Jhapa 1 |
Member of Constituent Assembly for UCPN (Maoist) party list | |
In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Surendra Kumar Karki 14 October 1956[1] Rumjatar, Okhaldhunga, Nepal |
Nationality | Nepali |
Political party | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
Other political affiliations | Nepali Congress Janabadi Morcha CPN (Fourth Convention) |
Occupation | Politician |
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
- ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
- ^ "Ram Karki is new Nepalese Ambassador to India". zeenews.india.com. 8 November 2011.
- ^ "Minister for Information Ram Karki informs about huge pressure". onlinekhabar.com.