Arjun Narasingha K.C.

Arjun Narasingha K.C.
अर्जुन नरसिंह केसी
2nd Minister of Urban Development
In office
26 August 2016 – 31 May 2017
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded byNarayan Khadka
Succeeded byPrabhu Sah
Minister of Education and Minister of Housing & Physical Planning
In office
15 April 1998 – 31 May 1999
Prime MinisterGirija Prasad Koirala
Minister of Health and Population
In office
22 September 1995 – 12 March 1997[1]
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded byPadma Ratna Tuladhar
Succeeded byRadha Krishna Mainali
State Minister of Health and Population
In office
10 October 1982 – 3 July 1983[1]
Prime MinisterSurya Bahadur Thapa
Preceded byBirendra Bahadur Singh
Succeeded byOmkar Prasad Gauchan
Member of Legislature Parliament of Nepal from Nuwakot Constituency No. 1
In office
21 January 2014 – 06 December 2017
Preceded byBimala Subedi
Succeeded byHit Bahadur Tamang
Personal details
Born (1947-09-27) 27 September 1947 (age 77)
Nuwakot, Nepal
NationalityNepali
Political partyNepali Congress
SpousePratima KC
Parent(s)Bhagwan Narasingha (father)
Yasoda Devi KC (mother)
Alma materTribhuwan University (M.A.)
Websitearjunnarasinghakc.com

Arjun Narasingha K.C. (Nepali: अर्जुन नरसिंह केसी) (born 27 September 1947), also known as ANKC, is a Nepali politician and former professor, currently serving as a Member of Parliament (MP) from Nuwakot representing the Nepali Congress Party.[2] KC has served as minister five times in different coalition governments holding Education, Health, Housing & Physical Planning and Urban Development portfolios.[3] He most recently served as the Minister of Urban Development in the Second Dahal Cabinet from 2016 to 2017.[4] KC has been elected to the national legislature a total of four times from his constituency of Nuwakot.

He has served in the capacity of Joint General Secretary of the Nepali Congress (NC) and the spokesperson of the party.[2]

In the 14th General Convention of the Nepali Congress, KC put forward his candidacy for the Central Committee citing the need for youth leadership in the party. He is now a Senior Leader in the Central Executive Committee advocating for anti-corruption laws, transparency and accountability in the parliament and within the party.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Policies" (PDF). hdixit.org.np. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b Nepali Congress Party Archived 6 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Tenth Congress convention: When Deuba was up against another Koirala". 4 February 2016.
  4. ^ "13 new ministers take oath from President". 26 August 2016.
  5. ^ "शेखरको अबको बाटो : देउवा सुध्रिए सहकार्य, नभए संघर्ष". Online Khabar. Retrieved 16 December 2021.