Ganga Bahadur Tamang

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Ganga Bahadur Tamang
गंगा बहादुर तामाङ
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Preceded byTirtha Bahadur Lama
ConstituencyKavrepalanchok 1
Personal details
Born1970 (age 53–54)[1]
NationalityNepali
Political partyCPN (Maoist Centre)

Ganga Bahadur Tamang Dong is a Nepali politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. He was elected from Kavre-1 constituency, representing Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center) of the left alliance, under the first-past-the-post system.[2] He defeated his nearest rival, Tirtha Bahadur Lama of Nepali Congress securing 43,631 votes against Lama's 39,605.[3] Prior to that, he had only contested one local level election and lost.[4]

He is a member of the parliamentary Public Account Committee.[5]

During the Nepalese civil war, he was a member of the maoist party's Tamang Republican Autonomous Region People's Council.[6] He was also a leader of the Tamang National Liberation Front, the Tamang nationalist wing of the maoist party, during the war.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ "Clean sweep in Kavre, Sindhuli". The Himalayan Times. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Kavrepalanchowk : Province 3 – Nepal Election Latest Updates and Result for Federal Parliament". election.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  4. ^ "All MPs in Kavre are new faces". Setopati. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Public Account Committee". hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Maoists free four including cop". The Himalayan Times. 23 January 2006. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  7. ^ Upreti, Bhuwan Chandra (2008). Maoists in Nepal: From Insurgency to Political Mainstream. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 9788178356877.