Pradeep Kumar Gyawali

Pradeep Kumar Gyawali (Nepali: प्रदीप कुमार ज्ञवाली) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Nepal Communist Party. He is currently foreign Minister of Nepal. He is a Standing Committee member of the party.[1] In the 2008 parliamentary election he was elected from the Gulmi-2 constituency, winning 24345 votes[2] Gyawali was elected, in the elections held in 2017, as a member of the House of Representatives from his home district . Gyawali also served as Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation from May 2006 to April 2007

Honourable

Pradeep Kumar Gyawali
प्रदीप कुमार ज्ञवाली
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal
Assumed office
14 March 2018
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Preceded byKhadga Prasad Oli
Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
In office
May 2006 – April 2007
Member of Parliament
for Gulmi 1 (constituency)
In office
December 13, 2017 – 20 December 2020 (Parliament Dissolved)
Personal details
Born (1962-09-13) September 13, 1962
Gulmi District
NationalityNepalese
Political partyNepal Communist Party
Spouse(s)Saraswati Aryal Gyawali
Children3

Personal life

He was born on 13 September 1962 in Gulmi District of Nepal . He is married to Ms. Saraswati Aryal Gyawali, and they have three children.

Political Life
Nepalese Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali signs Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo's guestbook before their meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 18, 2018.

His political career started in 1970s through his affiliation with Nepali Left Movement and subsequent involvement in student politics in 1973. Associated with Communist Coordination Committee in 1977, he got the Communist Party membership in 1978. During his involvement in the underground party work in 1979-90, he worked as Gulmi District Committee member of the Party from 1979 to 1989. He served the Party as District Secretary during 1989-93 at Arghakhanchi district before assuming the responsibility of the Zonal Secretary from 1994 to 1995. He had been in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist Leninist) since 1997 when he was elected as a member of the Committee. Now, he is the member of the Standing Committee of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP). Prior to this, he was elected as a member of the Constituent Assembly in 2008 as well as a member of House of Representatives in 1999. He was a member of State Affairs Committee of the Parliament from 1999 to 2012 and a member of Parliamentary Proceedings Advisory Committee during his tenure as the member of Constituent Assembly from 2008 to 2012. As an MP, he led different parliamentary investigations on corruption cases. Gyawali also served as Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation from May 2006 to April 2007. He was one of the key members of the government team that negotiated with the then Maoist rebels. His role is highly appreciated in Nepali peace process.[3]

Literature

Gyawali has a number of literary works ranging from poetry, fiction, essays as well as critiques on political and philosophical commentaries to his credit. They include a novel Sahayatri (1990), a collection of short stories Kuhiro (2003) and poetic works such as Chita Jalirahechha (1994), Aastha o Mery Priya (2002) and Bina Salik Ka Nayakharu (2016). Similarly, essays and critiques include Marxvadko Srijanatmak Prayog [Creative Use of Marxism (2000)] , Prachandpath (2002), Phoenix Panchi ( 2003), Yuba (2005), Rastriyata, Pahichan ra Samajik Rupantaran [Nationality, Identity and Social Transformation (2013)], and Samskritik Rupantaran: Ek Vimarsha [Cultural Transformation: An Analysis(2015)]. He worked as editor-in-chief of magazines such as ‘Nawayug’ (monthly) and ‘Ekkasaun Satabdi’ (weekly). He also contributes articles to the national dailies as a columnist.

Electoral History

2017 House of Representatives Election

Gulmi 1 (constituency)

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Pradeep Kumar Gyawali 37,814
Nepali Congress Chandra Kant Bhandari 30,256
Others 779
Invalid votes 1,717
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Gulmi 2 (constituency)

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Chandra Kant Bhandari 21,189
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Pradeep Kumar Gyawali 18,681
UCPN (Maoist) Ashok Thapa 4,531
Others 1,155
Result Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[4]

References
  1. Standing Committee
  2. Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates
  3. Biography
  4. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
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