Pampha Bhusal | |
|---|---|
| पम्फा भुसाल | |
| Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation | |
| In office 12 July 2021 – 26 December 2022 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Preceded by | Sharat Singh Bhandari |
| Succeeded by | Rajendra Prasad Lingden |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| In office 4 March 2018 – December 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Madan Bahadur Amatya |
| Succeeded by | Toshima Karki |
| Constituency | Lalitpur 3 |
| Member of Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Raghuji Pant |
| Succeeded by | Madan Bahadur Amatya |
| Constituency | Lalitpur 3 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 July 1962[1] Arghakhanchi District |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Political party | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Other political affiliations | CPN (Fourth Convention) CPN (Mashal) Samyukta Janamorcha |
Pampha Bhusal (Nepali: पम्फा भुसाल) is a Nepali politician. She has served as an elected member of parliament and the constitutional assembly as well as a minister several times. She was the second woman to lead a political party in Nepal after Sahana Pradhan; she was the leader of the United Peoples’ Front (Samyukta Janamorcha) c. 1994.[2] On 13 July 2021 she became Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation in the newly formed cabinet under Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.
Early life and career
Bhusal was born c. 1963 in Kimdada, a remote village in Arghakhanchi.[2]
She entered student politics in 1977 when she was studying in the eighth grade, and four years later, in 1981, she took active membership of the Communist Party of Nepal.[2]
References
- ↑ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
- 1 2 3 Neupane, Damodar; Bista, Dipendra (31 January 2015). "सानो छँदा : पम्फा भुसाल". Kantipur (in Nepali). Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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