Pradeep Nepal ( ne, प्रदीप नेपाल; born 1954) is a Nepali communist politician belonging to
CPN (Unified Socialist)
The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) (), abbreviated as CPN (Unified Socialist) is a political party in Nepal. Former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is the chairman of the party and former Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal serves ...
. He also a former government minister under
Manmohan Adhikari cabinet.
He has also a writer, and has published at least 16 novels and ten short stories collections.
Early political career
Born in January 1954, Nepal spent time in prison as a democracy activist during the
Panchayat regime
Panchayat ( ne, पञ्चायत) was a partyless political system incepted by King Mahendra by sidelining the Nepali Congress government of B. P. Koirala on 15 December 1960 AD (1st Poush 2017 BS). He introduced the partyless Panchayat syst ...
.
Political life
After the establishment of constitutional monarchy, he became the
Minister of Information and
Minister of Water Resources in 1994, and
Minister of Health and Minister of Water Resources in 1999.
Nepal lost the
2008 constituent assembly election
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to
Nepali Congress' candidate
Prakash Man Singh
Prakash Man Singh ( ne, प्रकाश मान सिंह) is a Nepalese politician and a leader of the Nepali Congress. He is the son of political stalwart Ganesh Man Singh. He has also served as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister ...
. He was the
CPN (UML) candidate for
Kathmandu-1 constituency. At the time, he was the
Minister of Education and Sports in the interim cabinet of
Girija Prasad Koirala that conducted the election.
As of November 2009, Nepal was a polit-buro member of CPN UML.
References
1954 births
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) politicians
Nepalese democracy activists
Nepalese writers
20th-century Nepalese politicians
21st-century Nepalese politicians
20th-century Nepalese writers
21st-century Nepalese writers
Nepalese male novelists
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Nepal MPs 1999–2002
Members of the National Assembly (Nepal)
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