Parbat Gurung

Parbat Gurung (Nepali: पार्वत गुरुङ) is a Nepali politician and former Minister of Communication and Information Technology. Gurung’s portfolio got changed to the communication ministry from the Women, Children and Senior Citizens Ministry during a cabinet reshuffle on October 14, 2020.^[2] He was elected to the House of Representatives from Dolakha constituency in the 2017 general elections^[3][4] He was also elected in the 2013 Nepali Constituent Assembly election from Dolakha district.^{[citation needed]}

Honourable Parbat Gurung
पार्वत गुरुङ
Minister of Communication and Information Technology
In office Oct 15 2020 – 4 June 2021
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	K.P. Oli
Preceded by	Yuba Raj Khatiwada
Succeeded by	Nainkala Thapa
Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens
In office November 20, 2019 – 25 December 2020
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	KP Sharma Oli
Preceded by	Tham Maya Thapa
Succeeded by	Lila Nath Shrestha
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Constituency	Dolakha 1
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Preceded by	Devi Khadka
Constituency	Dolakha 1
Personal details
Born	(1968-07-20) 20 July 1968 (age 56)[1] Gaurishankar, Dolakha, Nepal
Political party	CPN (UML)
Spouse	Saraswoti Rai
Website	www.parbatgurung.com

References

1. संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
2. "Communication Minister Gurung is new govt spokesperson". Republica (newspaper). 2020-10-19. Archived from the original on 2023-04-16. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
3. LC (KTM) (2023-05-30). "Gurung wins with a huge margin in Dolakha". www.osnepal.com.
4. "Newly appointed Minister for Women, Children and Senior citizens, Parbat Gurung assumes his office today". Radio Nepal. 2019-11-21. Archived from the original on 2024-05-25. Retrieved 2024-08-11.