Hira Chandra KC

Hira Chandra K.C.
हिरा चन्द्र के.सी.
State Minister of Health and Population
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 June 2022
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded byBhawani Prasad Khapung
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Preceded byRaju Khanal
ConstituencyDang 3
Personal details
Born (1975-12-21) December 21, 1975 (age 48)[1]
NationalityNepali
Political partyCPN (Unified Socialist)
Other political
affiliations		CPN (UML)

Hira Chandra KC (Nepali: हिराचन्द्र केसी) (born 21 December 1975) is a Nepali politician, who is currently the State Minister of Health and Population in the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba.[2][3]

He is a member of the newly formed CPN (Unified Socialist). KC was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Representatives from Dang 3 (constituency) in the 2017 General Election.[4] He was elected representing CPN UML of the left alliance,[5] defeating his closest rival Dipak Giri of Nepali Congress. He secured 40,287 votes to Giri's 33,730.[6]

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ Republica. "Newly-appointed CPN (Unified Socialist) ministers sworn in". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  3. ^ "Hirachandra K.C." hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  4. ^ "Deliberations on budget continue in HoR". The Himalayan Times. 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  5. ^ "Left Alliance lead in three constituencies at Dang". My Republica. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  6. ^ "Dang : Province 5 - Nepal Election Latest Updates and Result for Federal Parliament". election.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2019-08-17.