Hari Shankar Mishra
Honourable Hari Shankar Mishra | |
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हरि शंकर मिश्र | |
4th Governor of Madhesh Province | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 17 August 2021 | |
President | Ram Chandra Poudel Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | Pushpa Kamal Dahal Sher Bahadur Deuba |
Chief Minister | Saroj Kumar Yadav Lalbabu Raut |
Preceded by | Rajesh Jha |
Member of House of Representatives | |
In office 1991–1994 | |
Constituency | Mahottari 2 |
Personal details | |
Citizenship | Nepali |
Nationality | Nepali |
Political party | Nepali Congress(?-2021) |
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Residence(s) | Pipra, Mahottari |
Hari Shankar Mishra is the current Governor of Madhesh Province.[1][2] He was appointed Governor, as per the Article 163 (2) of the Constitution of Nepal by the President Bidya Devi Bhandari on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers of the Government of Nepal on 17 August 2021.[3] He is a former member of House of representatives.
Political life
Before being appointed Governor, he was member of the Nepali Congress party. He was elected to the House of representatives from Mahottari-2 in the 1991 Nepalese general election with a margin of 4,000 votes.[4]
Personal life
Mishra's father, Ram Narayan Mishra, was one of the founders of the Nepali Congress, and served as Minister for Industry and Commerce in the B.P. Koirala cabinet which was elected in 1959 as the first elected government of Nepal.[5] Mishra's uncle, Bhadrakali Mishra, was also a politician, who was a government minister in the 1950s.[6]
Electoral history
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
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Nepali Congress | Hari Shankar Mishra | 13,165 | |
Independent | 9,389 | ||
Result | Congress gain | ||
Source: [1] |
References
- ^ "Hari Shankar Mishra appointed as Province 2 Chief". Republica. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Government recommends Hari Shankar Mishra as provincial chief of Province 2". The Kathmandu Post. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ "Hari Shankar Mishra appointed Province-2 Chief". Khabarhub. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ Nepal election result 1991 (PDF).
- ^ "प्रदेश सरकारको मुख्यालयमै रहेको स्व. मिश्रको शालिकको अवस्था र नयाँ प्रयास". SP khabar. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ Joshi, Bhuwan Lal; Rose, Leo E. (1966). Democratic Innovations in Nepal. University of California Press. p. 86.
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