Ganga Bahadur Tamang

Ganga Bahadur Tamang
गंगा बहादुर तामाङ
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 March 2018
Preceded by	Tirtha Bahadur Lama
Constituency	Kavrepalanchok 1
Personal details
Born	1970 (age 54–55)[1]
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	CPN (Maoist Centre)

Ganga Bahadur Tamang Dong is a Nepali politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. He was elected from Kavre-1 constituency, representing Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center) of the left alliance, under the first-past-the-post system.[2] He defeated his nearest rival, Tirtha Bahadur Lama of Nepali Congress securing 43,631 votes against Lama's 39,605.[3] Prior to that, he had only contested one local level election and lost.[4]

He is a member of the parliamentary Public Account Committee.[5]

During the Nepalese civil war, he was a member of the maoist party's Tamang Republican Autonomous Region People's Council.[6] He was also a leader of the Tamang National Liberation Front, the Tamang nationalist wing of the maoist party, during the war.[7]

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. "Clean sweep in Kavre, Sindhuli". The Himalayan Times. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
3. "Kavrepalanchowk : Province 3 – Nepal Election Latest Updates and Result for Federal Parliament". election.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
4. "All MPs in Kavre are new faces". Setopati. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
5. "Public Account Committee". hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
6. "Maoists free four including cop". The Himalayan Times. 23 January 2006. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
7. Upreti, Bhuwan Chandra (2008). Maoists in Nepal: From Insurgency to Political Mainstream. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 9788178356877.