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Arjun Bahadur Thapa
अर्जुन बहादुर थापा
12th SAARC Secretary General
In office
1 March 2014 – 28 February 2017
Preceded byAhmed Saleem
Succeeded byAmjad Hussain B. Sial

Arjun Bahadur Thapa (Nepali: अर्जुन बहादुर थापा; born 12 January 1956) is a Nepali diplomat and former General Secretary of SAARC.[1][2]

Personal life

He is married to Pabitra Thapa and has three kids: Anuja, Regina, and Ajit Thapa. He is the eighth descendant of Anglo-Nepalese war Bhakti Thapa Bhakti Thapa.[3]

Education

He completed his master's degree in International Law (Honours) at Peoples' Friendship University, Moscow, in 1983 and a diploma in Environmental Management at The University of Adelaide, Australia, in 1994.[4] He studied in Moscow for 6 years, then leaving to Nepal.

Career

Thapa has held many positions during his career. He was the Secretary General of SAARC, and was foreign secretary of the Republic of Nepal. :[4]

References

  1. ^ "SAARC Secretary-General Arjun Bahadur Thapa pays farewell call on PM". The Himalayan Times. 2017-02-26. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  2. ^ "Nepal's Arjun Bahadur Thapa is new SAARC Secretary General". The Hindu. 3 March 2014 – via www.thehindu.com.
  3. ^ "ampnews/2013-12-15/6239". nepal.ekantipur.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  4. ^ a b ""United we prosper, divided we disappear", says Arjun Bahadur Thapa, Secretary General of SAARC". 28 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Nepal's Arjun Bahadur Thapa is SAARC's new Secretary General". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

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Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
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