Dr. Toshima Karki | |
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डा. तोसिमा कार्की | |
Minister of State for Ministry of Health and Population | |
In office 17 January 2023 – 5 February 2023 | |
President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
Minister | Padam Giri |
Preceded by | Hira Chandra KC |
Member of the Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
Assumed office 22 December 2022 | |
President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
Preceded by | Pampha Bhusal |
Constituency | Lalitpur 3 |
Personal details | |
Born | Nawalparasi, Nepal Permanent Address: Lalitpur-18 | 20 May 1990
Political party | Rastriya Swatantra Party |
Education | MS General Surgery (KU); MBBS (KISTMCTH, IOM) |
Profession | |
Website | toshimakarki |
Dr. Toshima Karki (Nepali: डा. तोसिमा कार्की) is a Nepali politician, a doctor by profession and member of Rastriya Swatantra Party. Dr. Karki is a former Minister of State for Health Ministry of Nepal.[1] [2] She was elected to the House of Representatives in 2022 from Lalitpur 3.[3][4]
Toshima Karki was born in Nawalparasi district to Padam Karki and Deepa Karki. She pursued an MBBS degree from KIST College, Patan and further received her specialization in General Surgery with a Master of Surgery degree from Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences. Dr. Karki has remained an activist since her undergraduate days. She led the protest of intern doctors and medical students against wrongdoings in medical colleges in 2014-15.
Dr. Karki is a general surgeon by education and practice. Alongside her medical profession, she has been actively vocal on the issues of health worker rights. She transitioned from a social activist to a politician after having joined the Rastriya Swatantra Party, ahead of the 2022 Nepalese general election.
She served as a lecturer in surgery at the Patan Academy of Health Sciences before filing her candidacy for the House of Representatives from Lalitpur 3.[5] She was also an elected member of the executive committee at Nepal Medical Council(NMC) until she resigned from the post on December 4, 2022, following her electoral win.[6][7] Her candidacy was initially rejected by the Election Commission of Nepal, citing her NMC member post as a position of profit.[8] She filed a writ petition at the Supreme Court which upheld her candidacy.[9][10][11]
In the 2022 Nepalese general election, she was elected from the Lalitpur 3 constituency, securing 31,136 (53.55%) votes, also beating the then Energy Minister, Pampha Bhusal.
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Toshima Karki | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 31,136 | 53.55 | |
Amrit Khadka | CPN (UML) | 12,963 | 22.29 | |
Pampha Bhusal | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 8,769 | 15.08 | |
Niranjan Thapa | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 2,130 | 3.66 | |
Rajaram Tandukar | Hamro Nepali Party | 1,554 | 2.67 | |
Others | 1,593 | 2.74 | ||
Total | 58,145 | 100.00 | ||
Majority | 18,173 | |||
Rastriya Swatantra Party gain | ||||
Source: [12] |