Agni Prasad Sapkota
Nepali politician
Agni Prasad Sapkota (Nepali: अग्नि प्रसाद सापकोटा; born 7 March 1958) is a Nepalese politician. He is the current speaker of the House of Representatives.
Agni Prasad Sapkota | |
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अग्नि प्रसाद सापकोटा | |
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| Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nepal | |
| Assumed office 27 January 2020 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | |
| Deputy | Pushpa Bhusal (Gautam) |
| Preceded by | Krishna Bahadur Mahara |
| 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 | |
| Assumed office 4 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Mohan Bahadur Basnet (as member of the Legislature Parliament) |
| 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(s) | Tara Devi Sapkota |
| Mother | Tilmaya Sapkota |
| Father | Dhanpati Sapkota |
| Alma mater | Tribhuvan University |
References
change- ↑ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
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