Kiran Gurung

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Kiran Gurung
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Nationality Nepali
Political party Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)

Kiran Gurung (Nepali : किरण गुरुङ) is a Nepalese politician. He is a Central Committee member of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist). [1] In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election he was elected from the Tanahu-3 constituency, winning 14786 votes. [2]

In the Maoist led Government, Gurung was appointed as the Forest and Soil Conservation Minister.

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