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Gagan Kumar Thapa MP | |
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| गगन कुमार थापा | |
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| General Secretary of Nepali Congress | |
| Assumed office 16 December 2021 Serving with Bishwa Prakash Sharma | |
| President | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Preceded by | Shashanka Koirala |
| Minister of Health and Population | |
| In office 25 August 2016[1] – 31 May 2017 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Preceded by | Ram Janam Chaudhary |
| Succeeded by | Giriraj Mani Pokharel |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| Assumed office 4 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Himself (as MCA) |
| Constituency | Kathmandu 4 |
| Member of Legislature Parliament of Nepal | |
| In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Suprabha Ghimire |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as MP) |
| Constituency | Kathmandu 4 |
| Member of Constituent Assembly for Nepali Congress party list | |
| In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gagan Kumar Thapa 16 July 1976 Nepal |
| Citizenship | Nepalese |
| Political party | Nepali Congress |
| Spouse | Anjana KC Thapa (2008-present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Arjun Narasingha K.C. (father-in-law) |
| Website | Official website |
Gagan Kumar Thapa (born 19 July 1976) is a Nepali politician and youth leader, who is the current General Secretary of the Nepali Congress.[2] He is currently serving as a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives, Nepal from Kathmandu since 2008, and is currently in its Parliamentary Committee on Education and Health. He served as the Minister of Health and Population of Nepal from 2016 to 2017.[3]
He was elected for the first time as a Member of the First Constitutional Assembly from 2008 elections from proportional representation. From the 12th General Convention of the Nepali Congress, became Central Committee Member of the Nepal Congress. He won the 2013 elections as a Member of the Second Constitutional Assembly following the failure of the first assembly to promulgate a constitution, serving as the Health Minister from 2016 to 2017. He won in 2017 for the 2nd time from Kathmandu 4.[4] He won for third time from the same constituency in 2022.[5]
- ^ "OnlineKhabar – English Edition". english.onlinekhabar.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ "The Young Turks of Congress". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ "NepaliCongress.org- Nepali Congress Official website | Political party of Nepal". www.nepalicongress.org. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "NC candidate Gagan Thapa elected in Kathmandu-4". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Gagan Thapa was elected from Kathmandu-4 for the third time". The Nepal Times. 22 November 2022.