Arjun Narasingha K.C.

Arjun Narasingha K.C. (Nepali: अर्जुन नरसिंह केसी) (born 27 September 1950) is a Nepali politician belonging to the Nepali Congress.[2] KC was appointed minister five times in different coalition governments.[3] He most served as the Minister of Urban Development in the Second Dahal Cabinet from 2016 to 2017.[4] KC has been elected to the national legislature a total of three times from his constituency of Nuwakot.

Honourable
Arjun Narasingha K.C.
MP
अर्जुन नरसिंह केसी
Arjun Narasingha KC - Former Minister and Senior Leader of the Nepali Congress
Minister of Urban Development
In office
26 August 2016 – 31 May 2017
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Minister of Education and Minister of Housing & Physical Planning
In office
15 April 1998 – 31 May 1999
Prime MinisterGirija Prasad Koirala
Minister of Health and Population
In office
22 September 1995 – 12 March 1997 [1]
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded byPadma Ratna Tuladhar
Succeeded byRadha Krishna Mainali
State Minister of Health and Population
In office
10 October 1982 – 3 July 1983 [1]
Prime MinisterSurya Bahadur Thapa
Preceded byBirendra Bahadur Singh
Succeeded byOmkar Prasad Gauchan
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
22 December 2022
Preceded byNarayan Prasad Khatiwada
ConstituencyNuwakot 2
In office
May 1991 – May 1999
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byMahendra Bahadur Pandey
ConstituencyNuwakot 3
Member of 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
In office
21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Preceded byBimala Subedi
Succeeded byHit Bahadur Tamang
Member of Rastriya Panchayat
In office
1981–1986
ConstituencyNuwakot
Personal details
Born (1947-09-27) 27 September 1947
Nuwakot, Nepal
NationalityNepali
Political partyNepali Congress
Alma materTribhuwan University (M.A.)
Websitearjunnarasinghakc.com

He was the Joint General Secretary of the Nepali Congress (NC) and the spokesperson of the party.[2]

Education

KC holds a master's degree in political science.[5] He was a Professor in the Political Science department at the Tribhuvan University.[6]

Political career

KC won a seat in the 1981 Rastriya Panchayat Election, contesting as an independent at the instructions of the senior Congress leadership.[7] KC first served as the State Minister for Health under Surya Bahadur Thapa from 1982 to 1983 and then as the Minister for Health, Education and Physical Planning from 1995 to 1999.[8][9] KC was elected as a member of parliament twice in the 1991 and 1994 parliamentary elections.[6][10]

KC lost in the 2017 elections to Narayan Khatiwada .[11] He is now a senior member of the Central Committee of the Nepali Congress party.[12] In the 14th General Convention, KC played a leading role forming the Koirala-KC-Thapa panel."[13]

    References
    1. http://www.hdixit.org.np/quest/ANNEX-III.PDF
    2. Nepali Congress Party Archived 6 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
    3. "Tenth Congress convention: When Deuba was up against another Koirala". 4 February 2016.
    4. "13 new ministers take oath from President". 26 August 2016.
    5. "nepalese-people-did-not-fight-to-handover-the-regime-from-one-authoritarian-to-the-other". Telegraphnepal.com. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
    6. Archived 3 November 2005 at the Wayback Machine
    7. Shaha, Rishikesh. Politics in Nepal 1980–1990. New Delhi: Manohar Publications, 1990. p. 111.
    8. http://www.healthnet.org.np/reports/hdixit/quest/ANNEX-III.PDF
    9. Archived 19 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
    10. "King Gyanendra's regime will fall". Asian Tribune. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
    11. "Intra-party rift to blame for NC poll debacle".
    12. Sharma, Gopal (6 May 2010). "Strike chokes Nepal, U.N. seeks mission extension". Reuters. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
    13. "बेग्लै हुन्थ्यो कांग्रेसको तस्वीर यी चार नेताले 'बेइमानी' नगरेका भए". Nepal Live. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
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