Jeevan Ram Shrestha (Nepali: जीवन राम श्रेष्ठ)( born 1965 December 30 ) is a Nepali politician, who served as the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation in the ruling coalition government led by Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba.[2]
Jeevan Ram Shrestha | |
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| जीवन राम श्रेष्ठ | |
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| Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation | |
| In office 27 June 2022 – 26 December 2022 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Preceded by | Prem Ale |
| Succeeded by | Sudan Kirati |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Nabindra Raj Joshi |
| Succeeded by | Biraj Bhakta Shrestha |
| Constituency | Kathmandu 8 |
| Chair of Nepal Olympic Committee | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 December 1965[1] Kathmandu-15, Nepal |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Political party | CPN (Unified Socialist) |
| Other political affiliations | CPN (UML) |
| Alma mater | Tribhuvan University |
He is a member of the newly formed Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist). His political engagement started from his college life as a student leader at Saraswoti Campus in Lainchaur.
Jeevan Ram Shrestha is the current elected president of Nepal Olympic Committee (NOC).[3][4][5][6][7] He was an Ex-Secretary General of Nepal Olympic Committee. He has attended many events and actively made many plans on behalf of Nepal Olympic Committee.[8] Jeevan Ram Shrestha is also the president of Nepal Ski Association.[9]
Jeevan Ram Shrestha grew up in a middle-class family in Kathmandu.[10]
Controversy edit
Arrest of a security guard edit
In September 2022, the then Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation minister Shrestha, faced public criticism after a security guard working at Chhaya Center in Thamel was arrested for asking Shrestha to remain in queue at a visa processing center. Shrestha had visited the visa center for biometric processing for his trip to Canada. According to the eyewitnesses, Shrestha felt humiliated and the heated exchanged soon ensued between the two. Soon after, Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation wrote to the Home Affairs stating that the security guard had misbehaved with the minister. Upon the direction of the Home Affairs, Nepal Police arrested the security guard, Sherjung Gurung and filed him for Indecent Behaviour under Clause 118 of the National Penal Code. The Kathmandu District Administration Office granted the police permission to keep Gurung in detention for five days for investigation.[11] This sparked a outcry among the public as an abuse of power by Minister Shrestha surfaced in the media. Soon after, Gurung's wife filed a writ in the Supreme Court that her husband had been wrongfully arrested and demanded his immediate release.[12] After the widespread criticism, Gurung was released from custody, two days after the incident.
References edit
- ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
- ^ Republica. "Newly-appointed CPN (Unified Socialist) ministers sworn in". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
- ^ "Olympic Council of Asia - ocasia.asia". OCASIA.
- ^ "Jeevan Ram Shrestha elected new NOC president". kathmandupost.com.
- ^ Nepal Olympic Committee Details by the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC)
- ^ "Executive Committee". nocnepal.org.np.
- ^ "Jeevan Ram Shrestha elected Nepal Olympic Committee President". www.insidethegames.biz. September 4, 2015.
- ^ "NOC, QOC sign MoU for mutual cooperation". The Himalayan Times. November 17, 2016.
- ^ "Nepal Ski Association". nocnepal.org.np. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
- ^ "Biography on Jeevan Ram Shrestha by Ujaalo FM".
- ^ Dahal, Matrika. "Police arrest security guard for asking a sitting minister to wait in queue https://tkpo.st/3D10L63". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
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