Bhim Acharya ( Nepali: भिम आचार्य) secretary of

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, is the former

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Province No. 1 Province No. 1 (proposed names: Kirat Autonomous State, Kirat, Limbuwan, Khambuwan Rashtriya Morcha, Nepal, Khambuwan, Mount Everest, Sagarmatha, Virata, Birat and Koshi River, Koshi) is the easternmost of the seven Provinces of Nepal, province ...

. Governor Somnath Adhikari appointed Bhim Acharya as the chief minister as per Article 168 (1) of the

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after He was unanimously elected parliamentary party leader of the

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on 26 August 2021, following the resignation of outgoing chief minister

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as both the parliamentary party leader and chief minister. He assumed the post of the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal on 25 February 2014 under

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-led government. He is a member of the

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. He won the Sunsari–6 seat in

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from the

Personal life

Bhim Acharya was born on 27 April 1959 in Toliya-6,

Dhankuta Dhankuta ( ne, धनकुटा ) is a hill town and the headquarter of Koshi Zone located in Dhankuta District of Eastern Nepal. According to 2011 Nepal census, it has population of 26,440 inhabitants. History Until about 1963 Dhankuta Ba ...

. He is the son of Bala Prasad and Laxmi Devi Acharya. He has obtained master's degree in Management.

Political career

Acharya joined students movement in 1975. He joined

in 1979. He won the

2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election Constituent Assembly elections were held in Nepal on 10 April 2008,

from Sunsari-6 constituency with 15,606 votes defeating Narendra Bahadur Basnet of

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. He was appointed as the Chief Whip of the Parliamentary Party of the

. Bhim Acharya was elected as the leader of the CPN-UML’s state-1 parliamentary party on 26 August 2021

References

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