Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai | |
|---|---|
| योगेश कुमार भट्टराई | |
 Yogesh k Bhattarai in 2015 | |
| Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation | |
| In office 31 July 2019 – 20 December 2020 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | K.P. Oli |
| Preceded by | Rabindra Prasad Adhikari |
| Succeeded by | Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| Assumed office 4 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Bhupendra Thebe |
| Constituency | Taplejung 1 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 September 1966 (age 58) Maiwakhola Gaupalika (Sangu-3), Taplejung |
| Political party | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| Spouse | Binda Ghimire |
| Parent(s) | Bhim Lal Bhattarai (father) Mahendra Devi Bhattarai (mother) |
| Website | yogeshbhattarai |
Yogesh Bhattarai (Nepali: योगेश भट्टराई) is a Nepali politician currently serving as a member of Parliament in the House of Representatives from Taplejung constituency since 2017. Bhattarai is currently in his second term as secretary of CPN-UML. He has previously also served as Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.
Bhattarai was born in 1966 in Taplejung, Nepal. He has a master's degree in Sociology and Anthropology from Tribhuvan University, Nepal.[citation needed] He joined the then Nepal Community Party (Unified Marxist and Leninist) as Member in 1985. Elected in 1995 as President of the All Nepal National Free Student Union (ANNFSU), he served as Secretary of CPN-UML, Head of the Publicity Department, and Member of the Party's Standing Committee from 2015 to 2018. He was elected as a Member of the Federal Parliament of Nepal and a Standing Committee Member of NCP in 2017 and 2019 respectively. He has been serving as Minister of Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation since 31 July 2019.
In April 2015, Bhattarai criticised the then UCPN (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal,[1] while in February 2017, he urged then Prime Minister Dahal to step down over his failure in conducting the local elections.[2] After the merger of CPN-UML and UCPN (Maoist), he called on both KP Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal to retire from active politics.[3]
- ^ "Lying is Dahal's second nature: Yogesh Bhattarai". The Kathmandu Post. 2015-04-24. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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