Agni Prasad Sapkota | |
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अग्नि प्रसाद सापकोटा | |
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| Speaker of the Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| In office 27 January 2020 – 25 September 2022 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | |
| Deputy | Pushpa Bhusal (Gautam) |
| Preceded by | Krishna Bahadur Mahara |
| Succeeded by | Dev Raj Ghimire |
| Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation | |
| In office October 2015 – July 2016 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Khadga Prasad Oli |
| Preceded by | Mahesh Acharya |
| Succeeded by | Shankar Bhandari |
| Minister for Information and Communications | |
| In office May 2011 – July 2011 | |
| President | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Prime Minister | Jhala Nath Khanal |
| Preceded by | Krishna Bahadur Mahara |
| Succeeded by | Jaya Prakash Gupta |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Mohan Bahadur Basnet (as member of the Legislature Parliament) |
| Succeeded by | Madhav Sapkota |
| Constituency | Sindhupalchok 1 |
| Member of the Constituent Assembly / Legislature Parliament | |
| In office 28 May 2008 – 14 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Subas Karmacharya (as member of the House of Representatives) |
| Succeeded by | Sher Bahadur Tamang (as member of the House of Representatives) |
| Constituency | Sindhupalchok 2 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 March 1958[1] Kubhinde, Sindhupalchok District, Nepal |
| Political party | CPN (Maoist Centre) (1994-2018, 2021-present) |
| Other political affiliations | Nepal Communist Party (NCP) (2018–2021) CPN (Unity Centre) (1990-1994) CPN (Fourth Convention) (before 1990) |
| Spouse | Tara Devi Sapkota |
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| Alma mater | Tribhuvan University |
Agni Prasad Sapkota (Nepali: अग्नि प्रसाद सापकोटा; born 7 March 1958) is a Nepalese politician and former speaker of the House of Representatives. He was elected speaker unopposed on 26 January 2020, after the previous speaker, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, resigned over allegations of attempted sexual assault.[2]
Sapkota previously served as a minister in the cabinets of prime ministers Jhala Nath Khanal and KP Sharma Oli.
- ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
- ^ "Sapkota elected HoR speaker unopposed". The Himalayan Times. 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2020-02-12.