Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal

Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal
भानु भक्त ढकाल
Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
In office
25 December 2020 – 4 June 2021
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Preceded byYogesh Bhattarai
Succeeded byUma Shankar Aragriya
Ministry of Health and Population
In office
November 20, 2019 – 25 December 2020
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Preceded byUpendra Yadav
Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
In office
3 August 2018 – 20 November 2019
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Preceded bySher Bahadur Tamang
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Preceded byDilip Khawas Gachhadar
ConstituencyMorang 3
Member of Constituent Assembly for
CPN (UML) party list
In office
21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Personal details
Born (1962-01-04) January 4, 1962 (age 62)[1]
Okhre-1, Tehrathum, Nepal
Political partyCPN (UML)
WebsiteOfficial website

Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal is a Nepalese Politician and serving as the Member of House Of Representatives (Nepal) elected from Morang constituency-3, Province No. 1.[2] He is the member and lawmaker of the Presidium of Nepal Communist Party. He is former Minister for Health and Population and currently Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal Government. He is accused of allegedly embezzling state fund in the procurement of medical equipment amid the government’s battle against the outbreak of COVID-19[3][4]

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ "Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal elected in Morang-3". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  3. ^ "Lawmaker Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal appointed law minister". The Himalayan Times. 2018-08-03. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  4. ^ "CPN lawmaker Bhanubhakta Dhakal appointed Law Minister". Retrieved 2019-11-05.