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.[citation needed] 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.
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]