Jhakku Prasad Subedi

Jhakku Prasad Subedi (Nepali: झक्कु प्रसाद सुवेदी) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). He is a teacher by profession.[1]

Jhakku Prasad Subedi
झक्कु प्रसाद सुवेदी
Assumed office
2008
ConstituencyKathmandu-2
Personal details
NationalityNepali
Political partyCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist)

In February 1996 Subedi, then the Chairman of the Rolpa District Development Committee, was arrested. He was released on March 26, 1998. According to Amnesty International report, Subedi had been tortured whilst in captivity.[2]

In November 2001 Subedi became a member of the United Revolutionary People's Council, the pre-governmental structure instituted by the Maoists.[3]

On April 12, 2008, he won the Kathmandu-2 seat in the Constituent Assembly election, defeating the CPN(UML) general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal.[4]

Subedi is the Newa State Committee of the All Nepal Communications, Printing and Publication Workers Union.[5]

References
  1. "MS Nepal - Development Through Partnership". Archived from the original on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
  2. http://www2.amnesty.se/ar98.nsf/0/ffd7091ac76853b9c125661f00486ef9?OpenDocument
  3. "Political Development in Nepal 2001". Archived from the original on 2007-07-05. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
  4. The Peninsula On-line: Qatar's leading English Daily
  5. http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/content.php?nid=30904
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