Narahari Acharya
Nepalese politician
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Narahari Acharya, (Nepali:नरहरि आचार्य) a central member of Nepali Congress, assumed the post of the Minister of Law, Justice, Constituent Assembly, Parliamentary Affairs and Peace and Reconstruction on 25 February 2014 under Sushil Koirala-led government.[1][2]
Narahari Acharya | |
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नरहरि आचार्य | |
| Ministry of Law, Justice and Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 25 February 2014 – 12 October 2015 | |
| President | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Prime Minister | Sushil Koirala |
| Vice President | Paramananda Jha |
| Preceded by | Hari Prasad Neupane |
| Succeeded by | Angi Kharel |
| Member of 1st and 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 2008–2017 | |
| Constituency | Kathmandu 5 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 September 1953 |
| Party | Nepali Congress |
| Parents |
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| Website | narahariacharya |
He is a member of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly. He won the Kathmandu–5 seat in 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election from the Nepali Congress.[3][4][5]
Personal life
Narahari Acharya was born on 27 September 1953 in Bisharnagar, Kathmandu, Nepal to Umanath Acharya and Rewati Acharya. He holds a Master's Degree in Humanities and has taught for 16 years at the Tribhuvan University. He is married to the writer Sharada Sharma and has two daughters.[5][6]
Political career
Acharya involved in politics joining Nepali Congress in 1968 though he only took the party membership in 1997. He became a member of the National Assembly in 1992 and was appointed as Minister for Law, Justice, Constituent Assembly and Parliamentary Affairs.
He won the 2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election from Kathmandu 5 constituency with 13,245 votes defeating CPN (UML) general secretary Ishwor Pokhrel who had received 9,120 votes. He was also jailed for 1 year in course of his political activities.[5]
Electoral history
2013 Constituent Assembly election
| Kathamndu 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
| Nepali Congress | Narahari Acharya | 15,364 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | Ishwar Pokhrel | 14,723 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Raja Ram Shrestha | 4,359 | |
| UCPN (Maoist) | Mahendra Kumar Shrestha | 3,655 | |
| Independent | Ujwal Bahadur Thapa | 1,163 | |
| Others | 2,674 | ||
| Result | Congress hold | ||
| Source: Election Commission | |||
2008 Constituent Assembly election
| Kathmandu 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
| Nepali Congress | Narahari Acharya | 13,245 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | Ishwar Pokhrel | 9,120 | |
| CPN (Maoist) | Dipendra Prakash Maharjan | 8,089 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Kamal Thapa | 3,925 | |
| CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Daman Bahdur Khatri | 1,022 | |
| Others | 2,194 | ||
| Invalid votes | 1,389 | ||
| Result | Congress gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission[7] | |||