Gokarna Raj Bista | |
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| गोकर्ण राज विष्ट | |
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| Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security | |
| In office 16 March 2018 – 20 November 2018 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Khadga Prasad Oli |
| Preceded by | Farmulha Mansur |
| Succeeded by | Rameshwor Raya Yadav |
| Minister of Energy | |
| In office 21 April 2011 – 30 August 2011 | |
| President | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Prime Minister | Jhala Nath Khanal |
| Secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Assumed office July 2014 | |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| Assumed office 4 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Chandra Kant Bhandari (as MCA) |
| Constituency | Gulmi 2 |
| In office May 1999 – May 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Tanka Prasad Pokharel |
| Succeeded by | Chandra Bahadur Thapa (as MCA) |
| Constituency | Gulmi 3 |
| Member of Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Chandra Bahadur Thapa |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Gulmi 3 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 July 1965[1] Dohali-3, Gulmi district |
| Political party | CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |
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| Alma mater | Tribhuvan University |
| Awards | Hydro Excellence Award 2068; Nagarik Abhinandan 2068 |
Gokarna Bista (Nepali: गोकर्ण विष्ट) is a Nepalese politician and former secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (UML).[2][3] He served as Minister of Energy under prime minister Jhala Nath Khanal and as Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security in the KP Oli-led cabinet. He was elected in the 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election from Gulmi district constituency number 3.[4] In April 2011, during his tenure as the minister of energy, he was stabbed by two motorcyclists outside his house.[5] He became popular for revolutionary changes in the power sector of Nepal.[4]
- ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
- ^ "|| Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) ||". Cpnuml.org. 2017-03-07. Archived from the original on 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ^ Post Report. "I have not spoken against Ishwor Pokharel and Gokarna Bista: Rajlaxmi Golchha – Capital – The Kathmandu Post". Kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ^ a b "Gokarna Raj Bista". Election.ujyaaloonline.com. 1965-07-01. Archived from the original on 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ^ "Nepal: New Energy Minister Gokarna Bista is stabbed – BBC News". Bbc.com. 2011-04-12. Retrieved 2017-04-19.