Shakti Bahadur Basnet
| Shakti Bahadur Basnet | |
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| शक्ति बहादुर बस्नेत | |
| Minister of Home Affairs | |
| President | Bidhya Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | KP Oli |
| Ministry of Health and Population (Nepal) | |
| President | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Prime Minister | Jhala Nath Khanal |
| Member of Legislature Parliament of Nepal from Jajarkot district constituency number 1 | |
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Assumed office 2013 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 April 1971 A.D. Khalanga, Jajarkot district |
| Political party | Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) |
| Spouse(s) | Satya Pahadi |
| Mother | Dharma Kumari Basnet |
| Father | Danda Bir Basnet |
| Nickname(s) | Suresh Singh (Maoist guerrilla name) |
Shakti Bahadur Basnet (Nepali: शक्ति बहादुर बस्नेत) is a Central Committee Member of Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). He served as Minister of Home Affairs. He inaugurated the campaign "Police My Friend". On December 2015, he had taken actions against the protesters hurling petrol bombs towards President Bidhya Bhandari at Janakpur, Nepal. PM KP Oli expressed discontent with him after he acted against the PM's instruction to stop the transfer of CDOs. He served as Ministry of Health and Population (Nepal) under the prime minister Jhala Nath Khanal. He was elected in the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, 2013 from Jajarkot district constituency number 1.
In 1990, he began his active career into politics with alias Suresh Singh. In 1998, he was selected as Central Committee Member of UCPN Maoist.
He was born on 14 April 1971 A.D. at Khalanga, Jajarkot District in Western Nepal to father Danda Bir Basnet and mother Dharma Kumari Basnet. He is married to fellow politician Satya Pahadi.
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