Jeevan Ram Shrestha

Jeevan Ram Shrestha
जीवन राम श्रेष्ठ
Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
In office
27 June 2022 – 26 December 2022
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded byPrem Ale
Succeeded bySudan Kirati
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Preceded byNabindra Raj Joshi
Succeeded byBiraj Bhakta Shrestha
ConstituencyKathmandu 8
Chair of Nepal Olympic Committee
Assumed office
1 October 2015
Personal details
Born (1965-12-30) 30 December 1965 (age 58)[1]
Kathmandu-15, Nepal
NationalityNepali
Political partyCPN (Unified Socialist)
Other political
affiliations
CPN (UML)
Alma materTribhuvan University

Jeevan Ram Shrestha (Nepali: जीवन राम श्रेष्ठ)( born 1965 December 30 ) is a Nepali politician, who served as the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation in the ruling coalition government led by Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba.[2]

He is a member of the newly formed Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist). His political engagement started from his college life as a student leader at Saraswoti Campus in Lainchaur.

Jeevan Ram Shrestha is the current elected president of Nepal Olympic Committee (NOC).[3][4][5][6][7] He was an Ex-Secretary General of Nepal Olympic Committee. He has attended many events and actively made many plans on behalf of Nepal Olympic Committee.[8] Jeevan Ram Shrestha is also the president of Nepal Ski Association.[9]

Jeevan Ram Shrestha grew up in a middle-class family in Kathmandu.[10]

  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. ^ "Olympic Council of Asia - ocasia.asia". OCASIA.
  4. ^ "Jeevan Ram Shrestha elected new NOC president". kathmandupost.com.
  5. ^ Nepal Olympic Committee Details by the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC)
  6. ^ "Executive Committee". nocnepal.org.np.
  7. ^ "Jeevan Ram Shrestha elected Nepal Olympic Committee President". www.insidethegames.biz. September 4, 2015.
  8. ^ "NOC, QOC sign MoU for mutual cooperation". The Himalayan Times. November 17, 2016.
  9. ^ "Nepal Ski Association". nocnepal.org.np. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  10. ^ "Biography on Jeevan Ram Shrestha by Ujaalo FM".