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{{Short description|Nepali politician}}
{{Short description|Nepali politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| honorific-prefix    = [[Honourable]]
| name                = Gyanendra Bahadur Karki
| name                = Gyanendra Bahadur Karki
| native_name_lang    = ne
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| image              = Nepali Minister Gyanendra Bahadur Karki - 2017 (37086219821) (cropped).jpg
| image              = Nepali Minister Gyanendra Bahadur Karki - 2017 (37086219821) (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Karki in Washington, DC in 2017
| caption            = Karki in Washington, DC in 2017
| office              = Minister for [[Ministry of Information and Communications (Nepal)|Information and Communications]]
| office1            = [[Ministry of Finance (Nepal)|Minister of Finance of Nepal]]
| term_start          = 8 October 2021
| term_start1         = 7 June 2017
| term_end            =
| term_end1           = 15 February 2018<ref name="thehimalayantimes">{{cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/prime-minister-sher-bahadur-deuba-sworns-in/|publisher=thehimalayantimes.com|title=Sher Bahadur Deuba sworn in as Prime Minister|access-date=2017-06-11}}</ref>
| primeminister      = [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]]
| president1          = [[Bidhya Devi Bhandari]]
| president          = [[Bidhya Devi Bhandari]]
| predecessor         = [[Lila Nath Shrestha]]
| successor           =  
| office1            = [[Ministry of Finance (Nepal)|Finance Minister of Nepal]]<ref name="thehimalayantimes">{{cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/prime-minister-sher-bahadur-deuba-sworns-in/|publisher=thehimalayantimes.com|title=Sher Bahadur Deuba sworn in as Prime Minister|access-date=2017-06-11}}</ref>
| term_start1        = 2017
| term_end1          = 15 February 2018
| primeminister1      = [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]]
| primeminister1      = [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]]
| president1          = [[Bidhya Devi Bhandari]]
| predecessor1        = [[Krishna Bahadur Mahara]]
| predecessor1        = [[Krishna Bahadur Mahara]]
| successor1          = [[Yuba Raj Khatiwada]]
| successor1          = [[Yuba Raj Khatiwada]]
| office2            = [[Pratinidhi Sabha|Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha]]
| office2             = [[Ministry of Information and Communications (Nepal)|Minister of Communication<br/>and Information Technology of Nepal]]
| term_start2         = 4 March 2018
| term_start2        = 8 October 2021
| term_end2           =  
| term_end2          = 26 December 2022
| constituency2       = [[Sunsari 4 (constituency)|Sunsari 4]]
| president2          = [[Bidhya Devi Bhandari]]
| predecessor2        = [[Sitaram Mahato]]
| primeminister2      = [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]]
| successor2          =
| predecessor2        = [[Lila Nath Shrestha]]
| office3             = [[2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly|Member of Constituent Assembly]] for<br/>[[Nepali Congress]] [[party list]]
| successor2          = [[Rekha Sharma]]
| term_start3         = 21 January 2014
| office3            = [[Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (Nepal)|Minister of Law, Justice and<br/>Parliamentary Affairs of Nepal]]
| term_end3           = 14 October 2017
| term_start3        = 13 July 2021
| term_end3          = 8 October 2021
| president3          = [[Bidhya Devi Bhandari]]
| primeminister3      = [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]]
| predecessor3        = [[Lilanath Shrestha]]
| successor3          = [[Dilendra Prasad Badu]]
| office5             = [[Pratinidhi Sabha|Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha]]
| term_start5         = 4 March 2018
| term_end5           =  
| predecessor5        = [[Sitaram Mahato]]
| successor5          =
| constituency5       = [[Sunsari 4 (constituency)|Sunsari 4]]
| office6             = [[2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly|Member of Constituent Assembly]] for<br/>[[Nepali Congress]] [[party list]]
| term_start6         = 21 January 2014
| term_end6           = 14 October 2017
| party              = [[Nepali Congress]]
| party              = [[Nepali Congress]]
| otherparty          = [[Nepali Congress (Democratic)]]
| otherparty          = [[Nepali Congress (Democratic)]]
| spouse              = Aabhu Rana Karki <ref>[https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/nepali-congress-leader-gyanedra-bahadur-karki-bereaved-of-wife/ The Himalayan Times]</ref>
| spouse              = Nabina Rana Karki <ref>[https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/nepali-congress-leader-gyanedra-bahadur-karki-bereaved-of-wife/ The Himalayan Times]</ref>
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1957|2|22|df=y}}{{fact|date=June 2022}}
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1957|2|22|df=y}}{{fact|date=June 2022}}
| honorific_prefix    = Honourable
| honorific_suffix    = MP
}}
}}
'''Gyanendra Bahadur Karki''' ([[Nepali language|Nepali]]:ज्ञानेन्द्र बहादुर कार्की) is a [[Nepalis|Nepali]] politician from [[Nepali Congress]]. He is the current [[Ministry of Information and Communications (Nepal)|Minister for Information and Communications of Nepal]]. He was Finance Minister under [[Deuba cabinet, 2017]].<ref name="ekantipur">{{cite web|url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-06-07/president-bhandari-administers-oath-of-office-secrecy-to-deuba.html|publisher=kathmandupost.ekantipur.com|title=Deuba sworn in as 40th PM, forms Cabinet by inducting 7 ministers – National – The Kathmandu Post|access-date=2017-06-11}}</ref> He has been elected as a House of Representative from constituency 4 of the [[Sunsari]] district in [[2017 Nepalese legislative election]].<ref>[https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/finance-minister-gyanendra-bahadur-karki-elected-sunsari-4/ The Himalayan Times]</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-07-14|title=देउवा सरकारको ४ मन्त्रीहरुको बायोडाटा|url=https://www.news24nepal.tv/2021/07/14/795909|access-date=2021-07-14|website=News24 : Premium News Channel|language=en}}</ref>
'''Gyanendra Bahadur Karki''' ([[Nepali language|Nepali]]:ज्ञानेन्द्र बहादुर कार्की) is a [[Nepalis|Nepali]] politician from [[Nepali Congress]]. He is the former [[Ministry of Information and Communications (Nepal)|Minister for Information and Communications of Nepal]]. He was Finance Minister under [[Deuba cabinet, 2017]].<ref name="ekantipur">{{cite web|url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-06-07/president-bhandari-administers-oath-of-office-secrecy-to-deuba.html|publisher=kathmandupost.ekantipur.com|title=Deuba sworn in as 40th PM, forms Cabinet by inducting 7 ministers – National – The Kathmandu Post|access-date=2017-06-11}}</ref> He has been elected as a House of Representative from constituency 4 of the [[Sunsari]] district in [[2017 Nepalese legislative election]].<ref>[https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/finance-minister-gyanendra-bahadur-karki-elected-sunsari-4/ The Himalayan Times]</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-07-14|title=देउवा सरकारको ४ मन्त्रीहरुको बायोडाटा|url=https://www.news24nepal.tv/2021/07/14/795909|access-date=2021-07-14|website=News24 : Premium News Channel|language=en|archive-date=2021-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714095936/https://www.news24nepal.tv/2021/07/14/795909|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== Political life ==
== Political life ==
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Latest revision as of 12:02, 30 June 2025


Honourable
Gyanendra Bahadur Karki
MP
ज्ञानेन्द्र बहादुर कार्की
Karki in Washington, DC in 2017
Minister of Finance of Nepal
In office
7 June 2017 – 15 February 2018[1]
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded byKrishna Bahadur Mahara
Succeeded byYuba Raj Khatiwada
Minister of Communication
and Information Technology of Nepal
In office
8 October 2021 – 26 December 2022
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded byLila Nath Shrestha
Succeeded byRekha Sharma
Minister of Law, Justice and
Parliamentary Affairs of Nepal
In office
13 July 2021 – 8 October 2021
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded byLilanath Shrestha
Succeeded byDilendra Prasad Badu
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Preceded bySitaram Mahato
ConstituencySunsari 4
Member of Constituent Assembly for
Nepali Congress party list
In office
21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Personal details
Born (1957-02-22) 22 February 1957 (age 69)[citation needed]
Political partyNepali Congress
Other political
affiliations		Nepali Congress (Democratic)
Spouse(s)Nabina Rana Karki [2]

Gyanendra Bahadur Karki (Nepali:ज्ञानेन्द्र बहादुर कार्की) is a Nepali politician from Nepali Congress. He is the former Minister for Information and Communications of Nepal. He was Finance Minister under Deuba cabinet, 2017.[3] He has been elected as a House of Representative from constituency 4 of the Sunsari district in 2017 Nepalese legislative election.[4][5]

Political life[edit | edit source]

Karki, who was born in Bhojpur in 1957 AD, entered party politics through the Nepal Students Union. Karki, became the president of the Nepal Student's Union in 2039 BS succeeding former Deputy PM and NC Vice-president Bimalendra Nidhi in the post. Karki was a confidant of Krishna Prasad Bhattarai. Karki, who was earlier in charge of the Ministry of Water Resources and Finance, is now in charge of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.[5]

Electoral history[edit | edit source]

Gyanendra Bahadur Karki won the 2017 Nepalese General Election from Sunsari-4. Previously, he lost thrice from Bhojpur-1 and that too with few hundred votes which can be seen below. In 2013 Constituent Assembly election, Karki didn't contest the election and was made MP from Proportional list of Nepali Congress.

Election in the 2010s[edit | edit source]

2017 legislative elections[edit | edit source]

Sunsari-4
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Gyanendra Bahadur Karki 32,347
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ramesh Shrestha 25,750
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Ram Narayan Yadav 5,020
Nepali Janata Dal Sitaram Podar 1,089
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Santosh Kumar Dahal 1,037
Others 3,073
Invalid votes 7,062
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission

Election in the 2000s[edit | edit source]

2008 Constituent Assembly election[edit | edit source]

Bhojpur-1
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Padam Bahadur Rai 15,796
Nepali Congress Gyanendra Bahadur Karki 13,582
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Jayant Rai 7,515
Others 2,241
Invalid votes 2,537
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[6]

Election in the 1990s[edit | edit source]

1999 legislative elections[edit | edit source]

Bhojpur-1
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ghanendra Basnet 15,443
Nepali Congress Gyanendra Bahadur Karki 14,605
Independent Mukund Bahadur Basnet 5,586
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Narendra Basnet 4,048
Janamukti Party Nepal Jagan Bahadur Rai 1,615
Others 1,133
Invalid Votes 1,058
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[7][8]

1994 legislative elections[edit | edit source]

Bhojpur-1
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Hem Raj Rai 15,974
Nepali Congress Gyanendra Bahadur Karki 15,948
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Babu Ram Basnet 3,496
Others 1,654
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[7]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Sher Bahadur Deuba sworn in as Prime Minister". thehimalayantimes.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  2. ↑ The Himalayan Times
  3. ↑ "Deuba sworn in as 40th PM, forms Cabinet by inducting 7 ministers – National – The Kathmandu Post". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  4. ↑ The Himalayan Times
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "देउवा सरकारको ४ मन्त्रीहरुको बायोडाटा". News24 : Premium News Channel. 2021-07-14. Archived from the original on 2021-07-14. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  6. ↑ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  8. ↑ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

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