Onsari Gharti Magar

Onsari Gharti Magar
ओनसरी घर्ति मगर
Magar with Barsaman Pun
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for
CPN (Maoist Centre) party list
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Speaker of Legislature Parliament
In office
16 October 2015 – 15 October 2017
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Bidhya Devi Bhandari
DeputyGanga Prasad Yadav
Preceded bySubash Chandra Nembang
Succeeded byKrishna Bahadur Mahara
(as Speaker of House of Representatives)
Ministembnjr for Youth and Sports
In office
2011–2011
Prime MinisterJhala Nath Khanal
Member of Legislature Parliament
In office
21 January 2014 – 15 October 2017
Preceded bySantosh Kumar Budhamagar
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyRolpa 2
Member of Constituent Assembly for
CPN (Maoist) party list
In office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Personal details
Born (1977-11-13) 13 November 1977 (age 47)[1]
Rolpa
Political partyCPN (Maoist Centre)
SpouseBarsaman Pun[2]
Children2
Parents
  • Prasad Gharti (father)
  • Naumati Gharti (mother)

Onsari Gharti Magar (Nepali: ओनसरी घर्तिमगर) is a Nepali communist politician and current parliamentarian. She was the first female Speaker of the Parliament of Nepal. She was elected unopposed as Speaker on October 16, 2015.[2][3]

Political career

She served as Deputy Speaker of Parliament[3] and was Minister of Youth and Sports in the cabinet of Jhala Nath Khanal.[2] She was elected to the Constituent Assembly (CA) from Rolpa constituency-2 in the second CA election. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 2017 under party list.

Electoral history

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Rolpa-2

Party Candidate Votes Status
Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Onsari Gharti Magar 14,964 Elected
CPN (UML) Kumar Dashaudi 9,372 Lost

Personal life

She is married to Barsha Man Pun.[2] Barshaman Pun is formersecretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre).

References

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ a b c d "Onsari elected First Woman Speaker". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  3. ^ a b "World's First Woman Speaker of Parliament of Nepal". Jagran.com. Retrieved 9 November 2015.


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