Ganesh Singh Thagunna

Honourable
Ganesh Singh Thagunna
गणेश सिंह ठगुन्ना
Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration of Nepal
In office
25 December 2020 – 4 June 2021
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKhadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Preceded byHridayesh Tripathi
Succeeded byGanesh Kumar Pahadi
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Preceded byHimself as (MCA)
ConstituencyDarchula 1
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Preceded byLaxman Dutta Joshi
Succeeded byHimself as (MP)
ConstituencyDarchula 1
Personal details
Born (1968-12-07) 7 December 1968 (age 55)
Darchula District
NationalityNepalese
Political partyCPN UML
Children3
Residence(s)Mahakali Municipality, Darchula District

Ganesh Singh Thagunna (born 7 December 1968)[1] is a Nepali politician and former Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration .He is a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal.[2] Previously, he was also elected to the 2nd constituent assembly in 2013.[1] He is a long time member of CPN UML.[1] He is from Darchula District,[1] where he won both the 2013[1] and 2017 elections from Darchula 1 (constituency).

Political career

Thagunna started his political career, joining CPN UML in 1990.[1] He served as Darchula district secretary for the party three times.[1] He also became a member of the Mahakali zone coordination committee of the party.[1] Following the formation of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) in 2018, he became the district incharge of Darchula for the party.[3]

In the local level elections of 1997, he was elected the chairperson of Darchula District Development Committee.[citation needed]

In the 2013 elections to the 2nd constituent assembly, he was elected from Darchula constituency under the first-past-the-post system.[1]

In the 2017 parliamentary elections, he again won from Darchula constituency under the first-past-the-post system, defeating his nearest rival, Bikram Singh Dhami of Nepali Congress. He received 28,998 votes to Dhami's 22,233.[4] Following his election, he is also serving as the member of the State Direction Principle, Rules and Responsibility Committee[5] as well as the Women and Social Welfare Committee of parliament.[6][7] He is also a member of Constitution Implementation and Monitoring Committee, the joint parliamentary committee.[8]

Personal life

Thagunna was born to Kalawati Devi Thagunna and her husband Prem Singh, on 7 December 1968, in Khalanga-1 of Darchula district.[1] He has a graduate degree in Science.[1]

Electoral history

2017 House of Representatives Election [9]

Darchula 1 (constituency)

Party Candidate Votes Status
CPN (UML) Ganesh Singh Thagunna 28,998 Elected
Nepali Congress Bikram Singh Dhami 22,233 Lost

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Darchula 1 (constituency)

Party Candidate Votes Status
CPN (UML) Ganesh Singh Thagunna 20,470 Elected
Nepali Congress Dilendra Prasad Badu 19,236 Lost

2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election

Darchula 1 (constituency)

Party Candidate Votes Status
CPN (Maoist) Laxman Dutta Joshi 25,404 Elected
CPN UML Ganesh Singh Thagunna 12,813 Lost

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Ganesh Singh Thagunna". election2013.ujyaaloonline.com. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Prime Minister Oli off to India for state visit". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  3. ^ "NCP appoints 77 districts' incharge". The Himalayan Times. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  4. ^ "The Rising Nepal: UML's Thagunna registers vitory in Darchula". therisingnepal.org.np. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  5. ^ "State Direction Principle, Rules and Responsibility ... Committee Members". hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Awareness programs stressed to end ill practices". Setopati. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Women And Social Committee". hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Second joint parliamentary committee formed". The Himalayan Times. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  9. ^ Election


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