2017 in Nepal

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Events in the year 2017 in Nepal .

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The politics of Nepal functions within the framework of a parliamentary republic with a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Prime Minister and their cabinet, while legislative power is vested in the Parliament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nepali Congress</span> Social democratic political party in Nepal

The Nepali Congress is a social democratic political party in Nepal and become the largest party in the country. The party has 870,106 members as of the party's 14th general convention in December 2021, making it the largest party by membership in Nepal. In June 2023, the party started online membership since the emergence of youth leaders in vital posts to attract youths to the party. The party is led by former prime minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba since the party's thirteenth general convention in 2016. The party won 89 seats in the 2022 general election and is currently the largest parliamentary group in the House of Representatives.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)</span> Political party in Nepal

The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) (Nepali: नेपाल कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी (माओवादी केन्द्र)), abbreviated CPN (Maoist Centre) or CPN (MC), is the third largest political party in Nepal and a member party of Samajbadi Morcha. It was founded in 1994 after breaking away from the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre). The party launched an armed struggle in 1996 against the Nepalese government. In 2006, the party formally joined mainstream politics after signing a peace agreement following the 2006 Nepalese revolution.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sher Bahadur Deuba</span> Nepali politician and former Prime Minister from 2021-2022

Sher Bahadur Deuba is a Nepali politician and former prime minister of Nepal. He has also been serving as the president of the Nepali Congress since 2016. Deuba has served five terms as prime minister and is the Member of Parliament for the parliamentary constituency of Dadeldhura 1.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rastriya Prajatantra Party</span> Political party

The Rastriya Prajatantra Party is a constitutional monarchist and Hindu nationalist political party in Nepal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Prime Minister of Nepal</span> Head of government of Nepal

The Prime Minister of Nepal is the head of government of Nepal. Together with their Council of Ministers, The Prime Minister exercises executive power in the country. The Prime Minister must enjoy the confidence in the Pratinidhi Sabha before being appointed by the President and shall resign if they are unable to retain the majority in the House.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marich Man Singh Shrestha</span> Former Prime Minister of Nepal

Marich Man Singh Shrestha was a Nepali politician and former Prime Minister of Nepal. He was born in 1942 in Khalanga Bazar, Salyan, Nepal. He served as the Prime Minister of Nepal from 15 June 1986 to 6 April 1990, and is remembered as the last Prime Minister of the Panchayat period and the Prime Minister during the 1989 Indian economic blockade on Nepal. Prior to that, he was the speaker of the Rastriya Panchayat from 1981 to 1985. He is one of the only two non-Khas Prime Ministers of Nepal, both the exceptions having been Newar Shresthas. He is the first Newar to have assumed the full title of the Prime Minister of Nepal, second if we count Gehendra Bahadur Rajbhandari who was acknowledged as an Acting Prime Minister.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bimalendra Nidhi</span> Nepali politician and Former Deputy PM of Nepal

Bimalendra Nidhi is a Nepali politician who serves as a member of the House of Representatives and a senior leader of Nepali Congress. He is a former Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal and Minister of Home Affairs of Nepal. Nidhi has also served as the Vice-president and General secretary of Nepali Congress, for tenures of four consecutive years each.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Communist Party of Nepal Marxist−Leninist (Samajbadi)</span> Political party in Nepal

The Communist Party of Nepal Marxist−Leninist (Samajbadi) was a political party in Nepal. The party was founded on August 6, 2010, through a split in the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yama Buddha</span> Nepalese rapper (1987–2017)

Anil Adhikari better known by his stage name Yama Buddha was a Nepalese rapper based in London, United Kingdom. He is widely considered one of the most influential rappers of Nepalese hip-hop & often referred as "King of Nephop". His songs Sathi, Aama, Aaudai chhu ma, Yo Prasanga, Antya Ko Suruwat, etc. are popular hits. He was the creator and the presenter of the popular Rap Battle show Raw Barz.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bidya Devi Bhandari</span> President of Nepal from 2015 to 2023

Bidya Devi Bhandari is a Nepali former politician who served as the second president of Nepal from 2015 to 2023. She formerly served as the minister of defence and minister of environment and population.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nepal Loktantrik Forum</span> Political party in Nepal

The Nepal Loktantrik Forum was a political party in Nepal. The party was established on April 5, 2017, after merging with the Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum (Democratic), the Rastriya Janamukti Party (Democratic), and the Dalit Janajati Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2017 Nepalese general election</span> Election

General elections were held in Nepal in two phases on 26 November and 7 December 2017 to elect the 275 members of the fifth House of Representatives, the lower house of the Federal Parliament of Nepal.

Sundar Haraicha is a municipality in Morang District of Koshi Province in Nepal. It is centered around Biratchowk town which is the gateway to Biratnagar. It borders Itahari Sub- Metropolitan city to the west, Dharan Sub- Metropolitan city to the Northwest and Belbari municipality to the east and is connected by Mahendra Highway. It is one of the fastest growing cities in eastern Nepal and the second largest city of Morang district after Biratnagar, with 121,305 inhabitants living in 26,677 households. It consists of the town centres of Biratchowk and Gothgaun which are parts of the Greater Birat Development Area which incorporates the cities of Biratnagar-Itahari-Gothgau-Biratchowk-Dharan primarily located on the Koshi Highway in Eastern Nepal, with an estimated total urban agglomerated population of 804,300 people living in 159,332 households.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Minister of Finance (Nepal)</span> Head of the Ministry of Home Affairs

The Minister of Finance(or simply, the FinanceMinister, is the head of the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Nepal. One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the finance minister is responsible for the fiscal policy of the government. A key duty of the Finance Minister is to present the annual federal budget in Parliament, detailing the government's plan for taxation and spending in the coming financial year. Through the Budget, the finance minister also outlines allocations to all the ministries and departments. The Minister is assisted by the Minister of State for Finance and the junior Deputy Minister of Finance.

Events in the year 2019 in Nepal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pradip Paudel</span> Nepali politician

Pradip Paudel is a Nepali politician serving as the Minister of Health and Population in the cabinet led by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. He has been a Central Committee Member of Nepali Congress (NC) Party since 2014 and Member of Parliament (MP) from Kathmandu 5 since 2022. Paudel is from Tanahun, and began his political career with the Nepal Student Union, the student wing of the NC.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Nepalese general election</span>

General elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives. There were two ballots in the election; one to elect 165 members from single-member constituencies via FPTP, and the other to elect the remaining 110 members from a single nation-wide constituency via party-list proportional representation.

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