Barsaman Pun

Barsaman Pun
बर्षमान पुन
Barsaman (right) with his wife Onsari Gharti Magar
Ministry for Peace and Reconstruction, Nepal
In office
13 February 2011 – April 2011 [1]
President Rambaran Yadav
Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal
Preceded by Rakam Chemjong
Succeeded by Bishwonath Shah
Personal details
Spouse(s) Onsari Gharti Magar[2]

Barsaman Pun is a Nepalese politician who was a Finance Minister of Nepal from August 2011 to March 2013.Now He is responsible to minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation.[3] He is a leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre).

Political career

His party started a revolutionary People's War in Nepal in 1996 that ultimately led to the change of the political system in Nepal. The decade long civil war transformed Nepal from a monarchy into a republic. He was elected to the Nepalese Constituent Assembly from Lalitpur District in 2008 and became Minister for Peace and Reconstruction in the cabinet formed on 13 February 2011.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ex-ministers". peace.gov.np (in Nepali). Ministry for Peace and Reconstruction, Nepal. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Onsari elected First Woman Speaker". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Kharel, Pranab (4 September 2011). "PM Bhattarai swears in 13 more Cabinet members". www.ekantipur.com/. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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