Tek Bahadur Gurung ( ne, टेकबहादुर गुरुङ) is a member of
Nepali Congress
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, assumed the post of the
Minister for Labour and Employment of Nepal on 25 February 2014 under
Sushil Koirala
Sushil Prasad Koirala (; 12 August 1931 – 9 February 2016) was a Nepalese politician and the Prime Minister of Nepal from 11 February 2014 to 10 October 2015. He was also President of the Nepali Congress from 2010 to 2016, having earlier serve ...
-led government.
He is a member of the
2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
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. He won the Manang–1 seat in
2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election
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from the
Nepali Congress
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.
Personal life
Tek Bahadur Gurung was born on 26 November 1954 in Tanki-3,
Manang
Manang ( ne, मनाङ) is a town in the Manang District of Nepal. It is located at 28°40'0N 84°1'0E with an elevation of . According to the preliminary result of the 2011 Nepal census it has a population of 6,527 people living in 1,495 indiv ...
,
Nepal
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सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
to Kazi Gurung and Pulama Gurung. He has acquired school education up to Grade 10.
He is the founder chairperson of Manang Marsyandi Club and also a
producer of a celluloid film – ''Jhhuma''. He has two sons and two daughters.
One of his son is businessman Karma Bahadur Gurung
Political career
Gurung started his political career in 1979 from
Nepali Congress
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. He was also a district chairperson of
Nepali Congress
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of
Manang District
Manang District ( ne, मनाङ जिल्ला , a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Chame as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population (2011) of 6,538. ...
.
References
1954 births
Living people
People from Manang District, Nepal
Nepali Congress politicians from Gandaki Province
Government ministers of Nepal
Nepalese film producers
Gurung people
Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Nepal MPs 2022–present
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