Shakti Bahadur Basnet | |
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शक्ति बहादुर बस्नेत | |
Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation of Nepal | |
In office 6 March 2024 – 15 July 2024 | |
President | Ram Chandra Paudel |
Prime Minister | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
Vice President | Ram Sahaya Yadav |
Preceded by | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
Succeeded by | Deepak Khadka |
In office 31 March 2023 – 4 March 2024 | |
President | Ram Chandra Paudel |
Prime Minister | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
Vice President | Ram Sahaya Yadav |
Preceded by | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
Succeeded by | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
Minister of Forest and Environment of Nepal | |
In office 16 March 2018 – 25 December 2020 | |
President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | Khadga Prasad Oli |
Preceded by | Bikram Pandey |
Succeeded by | Prem Ale |
Minister of Home Affairs of Nepal[1] | |
In office 19 October 2015 – 4 August 2016 | |
President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | Khadga Prasad Oli[2] |
Preceded by | Bam Dev Gautam |
Succeeded by | Bimalendra Nidhi |
Minister of Health and Population of Nepal[3] | |
In office 6 February 2011 – 29 August 2011 | |
President | Ram Baran Yadav |
Prime Minister | Jhala Nath Khanal |
Preceded by | Umakanta Chaudhari |
Succeeded by | Rajendra Mahato |
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
Assumed office 4 March 2018 | |
Preceded by | Himself (as member of the Legislature Parliament) |
Constituency | Jajarkot 1 |
Member of Constituent Assembly | |
In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017 | |
Preceded by | Kali Bahadur Malla |
Succeeded by | Himself (as member of the House of Representatives) |
Constituency | Jajarkot 1 |
Personal details | |
Born | [4] Kalegaun, Bheri, Jajarkot, Nepal | 11 May 1969
Political party | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
Other political affiliations | CPN (Mashal) CPN (Unity Centre) |
Spouse | Satya Pahadi |
Parents |
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Nickname | Suresh Singh (Maoist guerrilla name) |
Shakti Bahadur Basnet (Nepali: शक्ति बहादुर बस्नेत; born 11 May 1969) is a Nepalese politician and former Minister of Forest and Environment.[5] He is a Central Committee Member of Nepal Communist Party.[6][7][8] He served as Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation.
He served as Minister of Home Affairs.[9] He inaugurated the campaign "Police My Friend".[1] In December 2015, he had taken actions against the protesters hurling petrol bombs towards President Bidhya Bhandari at Janakpur, Nepal.[10] PM KP Oli expressed discontent with him after he acted against the PM's instruction to stop the transfer of CDOs.[2][11] He served as Minister of Health and Population under the prime minister Jhala Nath Khanal. He was elected in the 2017 Nepalese legislative election from Jajarkot district constituency number 1.[3][12][13]
In 1990, he began his active career into politics with alias Suresh Singh. In 1998, he was selected as Central Committee Member of UCPN Maoist.[3]
He was born in Kalegaun, Jajarkot, Nepal to father Danda Bir Basnet and mother Dharma Kumari Basnet. He is married to fellow politician Satya Pahadi.[3][14]