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 | 28 January 1962 [1] |
| 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 .
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 a margin of 23,227 votes to Yadav's 21,220. [6]