Krishna_Gopal_Shrestha

Krishna Gopal Shrestha

Krishna Gopal Shrestha

Nepali politician

Krishna Gopal Shrestha (Nepali: कृष्ण गोपाल श्रेष्ठ) is a Nepali communist politician and former minister of Nepal. He is a politician belonging to main opposition party of Nepal CPN(UML).

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Political career

Shrestha joined politics in 1979 as a member of CPN ML, the predecessor of CPN UML.[1] He was arrested and imprisoned multiple times during the fight against the partyless Panchayat system.[1] He became the party's Kathmandu district secretary in 1982.[1] He became Bhaktapur district secretary in 1986, and Lalitpur district secretary in 1990.[1] After the formation of CPN UML, he had remained the party's central committee member from 1998 to 2018, when the party was merged with CPN (Maoist Centre).[1]

He was elected from Kathmandu-5 constituency in the by-election of 1992, after party secretary Madan Bhandari vacated the seat.[1] He won the 1994 legislative election from Kathmandu-7 constituency.[1] He was defeated in Kathmandu-9 in the 1999 election.

He was appointed the State Minister for Local Development in 2005.[1]

In the 2008 constituent assembly election, he contested from Kathmandu-9 again, but was defeated. In the 2013 election for the second constituent assembly, he was the CPN UML candidate in Kathmandu-9 constituency but lost again to his longtime rival Dhyan Govinda Ranjit of Nepali Congress.[1][2]

In the 2017 election, he was elected from Kathmandu-9 constituency representing CPN UML of the left alliance.[3]

Following the merger of CPN UML with CPN (Maoist Centre), he was appointed the deputy chief of the treasury and financial management department of the new party.[4]

Personal life

He was born on October 1, 1958, to Hari Lal and Hari Maya Shrestha in Kathmandu.[1] He has said that he came from a humble background, and was admitted directly to the fifth grade, having been self-taught up to that point.[1] He went on to achieve a Master's Degree in Economics.[1] He has two daughters.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Krishna Gopal Shrestha". election2013.ujyaaloonline.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-27. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  2. [2]
    "Dhyan Gobinda Ranjit". election2013.ujyaaloonline.com. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  3. [3]
    "Economic revolution under left alliance govt: Shrestha". Setopati. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  4. [4]
    "CPN finalizes department chiefs, Ishwore Pokharel to head school department". Setopati. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
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