Sanu Kumar Shrestha is a Nepali politician who served as Speaker of 1st Bagmati Provincial Assembly from 10 February 2018 to 12 October 2022. [1] [2] He was elected unopposed to the post of Speaker, as no other candidate had filed candidacy for the post. [3] He was elected to the Bagmati Provincial Assembly from the Kathmandu 2 constituency as a candidate of the CPN (UML) in the 2017 Nepalese general election. [4] He was elected with 8,936 votes, defeating his closest competitor, Lokesh Dhakal of the Nepali Congress, who received 5,758 votes. [5]
Sanu Kumar Shrestha | |
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| सानु कुमार श्रेष्ठ | |
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| Speaker of the Bagmati Provincial Assembly | |
| In office 10 February 2018 –12 October 2022 | |
| Governor | Anuradha Koirala Bishnu Prasad Prasain Yadav Chandra Sharma |
| Deputy | Radhika Tamang |
| Chief Minister | Dormani Poudel Astalaxmi Shakya Rajendra Prasad Pandey |
| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Bhuwan Kumar Pathak |
| Member of Bagmati Provincial Assembly | |
| In office 1 February 2018 –18 September 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Sunil KC |
| Constituency | Kathmandu 2 (A) |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Nepalese |
| Party | CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |
| Other political affiliations | Nepal Communist Party |