Hit Bahadur Tamang | |
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हित बहादुर तामाङ | |
Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation | |
In office 4 March 2024 –15 July 2024 | |
President | Ram Chandra Poudel |
Prime Minister | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
Vice President | Ram Sahaya Yadav |
Preceded by | Sudan Kirati |
Succeeded by | Badri Pandey |
Member of Parliament,Pratinidhi Sabha | |
Assumed office 4 March 2018 | |
Preceded by | Arjun Narasingha K.C. |
Constituency | Nuwakot 1 |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] | 29 May 1963
Nationality | Nepali |
Political party | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
Other political affiliations | CPN (Unity Centre) |
Hit Bahadur Tamang (born 29 May 1963) [2] is a Nepali politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. [3] He was elected from Nuwakot-1 constituency representing CPN (Maoist Centre) of the Left Alliance,defeating senior Nepali Congress leader,ex-finance minister Ram Saran Mahat. [4] He was elected by a margin of 8,553 votes,receiving 36,473 votes to Mahat's 27,920. [4] He had been a candidate from Nuwakot in both the constituent assembly elections of 2008 and 2013 but lost to Mahat both times. [4]
Previously,he was the Minister for Youth and Sports in the Khanal cabinet. [4]
Born to a peasant family in Panchakanya (Ward 4),Nuwakot, [2] he began his political career from CPN Unity Center and later joined CPN (Maoist) and rose to become a member of the party's central secretariat. [4] He was active in Unity Center from 1992 to 1996,rising to the posts of district vice-chair and Party central committee member. [2] He joined the maoist party in 1996 and went underground. [2] He had become a central committee member of the party by the time it entered the peace process in 2006. In the interim,parliament reinstated in the aftermath of the 2006 revolution,he was appointed as a member of parliament representing the Maoist party. [2]
He has studied up to Grade 10. [2] He has three children,two daughters and a son. [2]