Parbat Gurung

Parbat Gurung (Nepali: पार्वत गुरुङ) is a Nepali politician and current Minister of Communication and Information Technology of Nepal Government. Minister Gurung’s portfolio got changed to the communication ministry from the Women, Children and Senior Citizens Ministry during a cabinet reshuffle on October 14 2020.[1] He was elected to the House of Representatives from Dolakha constituency in the 2017 general elections[2][3] He was also elected in the 2013 Nepali Constituent Assembly election from Dolakha district.

Honourable

Parbat Gurung
पार्वत गुरुङ
Minister of Communication and Information Technology
Assumed office
Oct 15 2020
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterK.P. Oli
Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens
In office
November 20, 2019 – 25 December 2020
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Preceded byTham Maya Thapa
Personal details
Born1968 (age 52–53)
Gaurishankar, Dolakha, Nepal
Political partyNepal Communist Party (NCP)
Spouse(s)Saraswoti Rai
Websitewww.parbatgurung.com

Early life

Gurung was born in 1968 in (then) Suri VDC of Dolakha district in Eastern Nepal. Soon after completing his primary education and leaving home to pursue his studies, Parbat Gurung started his political career at the tender age of thirteen as a member of the student wing of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) - United Marxist Leninist (UML). It was 1990 – the year of the multi-party movement against the autocratic regime. Gurung left Kathmandu for his village to participate in political demonstrations. Although he was approached by political student leaders to join the central student wing, Gurung wanted to continue his political activities in his own village.

Political journey

The CPN-UML nominated Gurung to run in the local election of 1993, though he was not yet twenty-five, the minimum age. His electoral area was dominated by the Nepali Congress, yet Gurung predicted a CPN-UML victory, and it came to be. Within a few years, he moved from local politics to the District Development Committee. By the end of the nineties, he was already very popular in politics.

Gurung was one of the most talked-about politicians after general elections of 2017. He won the election by defeating Rudra Bahadur Khadka of Nepali Congress by a huge margin of 30,644 votes.[4]

Entrepreneurial background

As a former social entrepreneur, Gurung strongly believes in the economic empowerment of women and marginal communities. He has also established the Youth Entrepreneurship School (YES) with the sole objective to provide a solid foundation for aspiring young entrepreneurs. Within a year of its establishment, the school began playing a major role in providing mentorship. YES has also become a platform for potential entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas and meet potential investors.

References
  1. https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/communication-minister-gurung-is-new-govt-spokesperson/
  2. "Gurung wins with a huge margin in Dolakha « OSNepal.com :: Latest News,Breaking News, Latest, Politics, World, Entertainment, Sports, Technology, Interview, Nepal News". www.osnepal.com.
  3. "Newly appointed Minister for Women, Children and Senior citizens, Parbat Gurung assumes his office today". www.onlineradionepal.gov.np.


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