Surya Man Gurung is a

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

ese politician, district president of the

Nepali Congress The Nepali Congress ( ne, नेपाली कांग्रेस ; abbr. NC) is the largest social democratic political party in Nepal. As per the results of recent local election, ''Nepali Congress'' stands as the single largest party o ...

Taplejung District Taplejung District ( ne, ताप्लेजुङ जिल्ला ) is one of 77 districts of Nepal and one of the 14 districts of Province No. 1. It is remotely located in the Himalayas in Eastern Nepal with Tibet to the north across the ...

. He contested the 1999 legislative election in the Taplejung-1 constituency, but was defeated by the CPN(UML) candidate Til Kumar Menyangbo Limbu by a margin of 164 votes. Gurung is the NC candidate in the Taplejung-1 constituency for the 2008 Constituent Assembly election. He was declared a labour and employment minister by President

Bidya Devi Bhandari Bidya Devi Bhandari (, ; born 19 June 1961) is a Nepali politician who is serving as the second and current president of Nepal. She formerly served as the minister of defence and minister of environment and population. She is the first woman t ...

on August 26, 2016

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gurung, Surya Living people Nepali Congress politicians from Koshi Province Year of birth missing (living people) Gurung people Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly