Narahari Acharya, ( Nepali:नरहरि आचार्य) a central member of

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, assumed the post of the Minister of Law, Justice, Constituent Assembly, Parliamentary Affairs and Peace and Reconstruction on 25 February 2014 under

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-led government. He is a member of the

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. He won the Kathmandu–5 seat in

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from the

Personal life

Narahari Acharya was born on 27 September 1953 in Bisharnagar,

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to Umanath Acharya and Rewati Acharya. He holds a Master's Degree in Humanities and has taught for 16 years at the

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. He is married to the writer

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and has two daughters.

Political career

Acharya involved in politics joining

in 1968 though he only took the party membership in 1997. He became a member of the National Assembly in 1992 and was appointed as Minister for Law, Justice, Constituent Assembly and Parliamentary Affairs. He won the

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

from

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constituency with 13,245 votes defeating

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general secretary Ishwor Pokhrel who had received 9,120 votes. He was also jailed for 1 year in course of his political activities.

Electoral history

2013 Constituent Assembly election

2008 Constituent Assembly election

References

1953 births Living people People from Kathmandu Nepalese educators Nepali Congress politicians from Bagmati Province Government ministers of Nepal Bahun Members of the National Assembly (Nepal) 20th-century Nepalese educators 21st-century Nepalese educators Khas people {{Bagmati-politician-stub Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly