Lila Nath Shrestha | |
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लिलानाथ श्रेष्ठ | |
Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs | |
In office 25 December 2020 –12 July 2021 | |
President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | KP Oli |
Preceded by | Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe |
Succeeded by | Gyanendra Bahadur Karki |
Minister of Land Management,Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation | |
In office 24 June 2021 –12 July 2021 | |
President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | KP Oli |
Preceded by | Laxman Lal Karna |
Minister of Culture,Tourism and Civil Aviation | |
In office 24 June 2021 –12 July 2021 | |
President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | KP Oli |
Preceded by | Uma Shankar Aragriya |
Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration | |
In office 24 June 2021 –12 July 2021 | |
President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | KP Oli |
Preceded by | Ganesh Kumar Pahadi |
Minister of Women,Children and Senior Citizens | |
In office 14 October 2020 –25 December 2020 | |
President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | KP Oli |
Preceded by | Parbat Gurung |
Succeeded by | Julie Kumari Mahato |
In office 24 June 2021 –12 July 2021 | |
President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli |
Preceded by | Julie Kumari Mahato |
Succeeded by | Uma Regmi |
Member of Parliament,Pratinidhi Sabha | |
Assumed office 4 March 2018 | |
Preceded by | Sita Devi Yadav |
Constituency | Siraha 3 |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] | 28 January 1962
Nationality | Nepali |
Political party | CPN (UML) |
Lila Nath Shrestha (born 28 January 1962) is a Nepali communist politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. [2] He was the former Minister of Law,Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and also served as Minister of Women,Children and Senior Citizens . He joined politics as a student and has remained a prominent communist politician from Siraha District.
Born on 28 January 1962 to Jit Bahadur and Dhan Maya Shrestha,in Chandralalpur-2 of Siraha,he is a graduate in Law and has two children –a son and a daughter. [3]
He joined politics as a student in 1980,and went on to become a prominent member of the student wing of CPN ML,ANNFSU,and later the youth wing of CPN UML. [3] He was a long-time member and prominent leader of CPN UML in Siraha District,until the party's dissolution in 2018. [3] Following the merger of CPN UML and CPN (Maoist Centre),he was appointed the "District Incharge" of Siraha for the newly formed Nepal Communist Party (NCP). [4]
He was the candidate for the second constituent assembly in the 2013 election from CPN UML,but was defeated by Pushpa Kamal Dahal,chairman of the CPN (Maoist) party. [3]
He was finally elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in the 2017 legislative election. [5] He was elected from Siraha-3 constituency under the first-past-the-post system representing CPN UML of the left alliance. He defeated his nearest rival,Asheswor Yadav,by acquiring 23,227 votes to Yadav's 21,220. [6]