Sher Bahadur Tamang

Sher Bahadur Tamang
शेरबहादुर तामाङ
Minister of Health and Population
In office
4 June 2021 – 22 June 2021
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Preceded byBhanu Bhakta Dhakal
Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
In office
16 March 2018 – 24 July 2018[
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Preceded byAgni Prasad Sapkota
ConstituencySindhupalchok 2
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Preceded byDawa Tama
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencySindhupalchok 3
Personal details
Born (1969-03-28) March 28, 1969 (age 55)[1]
NationalityNepalese
Political partyCPN UML
SpouseUsha Kala Rai

Sher Bahadur Tamang (Nepali: शेर बहादुर तामाङ) is a Nepalese politician and was Minister of Health and Population of Government of Nepal.[2] He also served as a Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs under First Oli cabinet. He is a member of the Federal Parliament of Nepal. He won the Sindhupalchowk–2 seat in Nepalese legislative elections of 2017 as part of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist).[3][4]

In July 2018, Tamang gave a controversial remark about female Nepali students studying for their MBBS in Bangladesh, stating they were "bound to compromise their honour to claim their certificates." He publicly apologized, but after facing pressure from his party, resigned from his post.[5][6]

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ "मन्त्रिपरिषद् विस्तारविरुद्ध सर्वोच्चको अन्तरिम आदेश : २० मन्त्री जिम्मेवारीमुक्त (आदेशको पूर्णपाठ)". मन्त्रिपरिषद् विस्तारविरुद्ध सर्वोच्चको अन्तरिम आदेश : २० मन्त्री जिम्मेवारीमुक्त (आदेशको पूर्णपाठ). Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  3. ^ "MyRepublica :: Election Special". MyRepublica.com. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens :: Elected Members". Nepalnews.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Nepal minister resigns after controversial remarks on Nepali girls studying in Bangladesh". bdnews24.com. July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  6. ^ "Law Minister Tamang calls it quits after controversial remarks". The Kathmandu Post. July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.