Gagan Thapa

Gagan Kumar Thapa
MP
गगन कुमार थापा
General Secretary of Nepali Congress
Assumed office
16 December 2021
PresidentSher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded byShashanka Koirala
Minister of Health and Population
In office
25 August 2016[1] – 31 May 2017
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded byRam Janam Chaudhary
Succeeded byGiriraj Mani Pokharel
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Preceded byHimself (as MCA)
ConstituencyKathmandu 4
Member of Legislature Parliament of Nepal
In office
21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Preceded bySuprabha Ghimire
Succeeded byHimself (as MP)
ConstituencyKathmandu 4
Member of Constituent Assembly for
Nepali Congress party list
In office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Personal details
Born
Gagan Kumar Thapa

(1976-07-16) 16 July 1976 (age 48)
Nepal
CitizenshipNepalese
Political partyNepali Congress
SpouseAnjana KC Thapa (2008-present)
Children2
RelativesArjun Narasingha K.C. (father-in-law)
WebsiteOfficial website
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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]

  1. ^ "OnlineKhabar – English Edition". english.onlinekhabar.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  2. ^ "The Young Turks of Congress". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "NC candidate Gagan Thapa elected in Kathmandu-4". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Gagan Thapa was elected from Kathmandu-4 for the third time". The Nepal Times. 22 November 2022.