Hari Shankar Mishra is a current

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. He was appointed

, as per the Article 163 (2) of the

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by the President

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on the recommendation of the

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of the

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on 17 August 2021. He is a former member of

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Political life

Before being appointed Governor, he was member of the

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party. He was elected to the

from Mahottari-2 in the 1991 Nepalese general election with a margin of 4,000 votes.

Personal life

Mishra's father,

Ram Narayan Mishra Ram Narayan Mishra was the Minister for Industry and Commerce in the BP Koirala cabinet of 1959. He took his office of the Ministry on 27 May 1959. He was also a democratic fighter of Nepal and a founder member of Nepali Congress. He was the foun ...

, was one of the founders of the Nepali Congress, and served as Minister for Industry and Commerce in the B.P. Koirala cabinet which was elected in 1959 as the first elected government of Nepal. Mishra's uncle, Bhadrakali Mishra, was also a politician, who was a government minister in the 1950s.

Electoral history

1991 legislative elections

References

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Governors of Madhesh Province Nepali Congress politicians from Madhesh Province Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Nepal MPs 1991–1994 {{Province2NP-politician-stub