Surendra Pandey

Surendra Pandey was a member of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly. He won the Chitwan–1 seat in 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election from the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist).[1][2]

Surendra Pandey

Ex-Finance Ministry of Nepal
Personal details
Born (1958-08-25) 25 August 1958
Gajuri–8, Dhading
NationalityNepali
Political partyCommunist Party of Nepal (UML)
Spouse(s)Purna Shova Chitrakar
Parents
  • Netra Raj Pandey
  • Man Maya Pandey

Personal life

A CPN-UML’s central member and Ex- Finance Minister, Surendra Pandey was born on August 25, 1958 in Gajuri-8 of Dhading to parents of Netra Raj and Man Maya Pandey and grew up in Chitwan district. When he was of small age, his family moved from Dhading district and settled to Chitwan district.[3] He was born to a brahmin family.

Political career

Pandey was elected to the National Council in 1999, was the CA member in the first Constituent Assembly Election of 2008 from proportional representation. He was also the finance minister[4][5] in the Madhav Kumar Nepal-led government.[6] Pandey then said his budget would focus on job creation, boosting law and order, creating a better investment climate and implementing power projects to end a crippling shortage of electricity that has stunted economic growth.[7] Pandey is specially known within CPN-UML for his contributions towards assisting the party in developing economic reform plans. His economic development ideologies have appeared in numerous platforms putting him in the forefront of CPN-UML's economic policy planners.

Pandey's term at the Nepal Government as the Finance Minister was considered very successful thus thwarting initial skepticism.[8] Thus CIAA's charges against Pandey on 4 December 2015 was understood as a personal grudge. It was believed that the then CIAA Chief Lok Man Singh Karki was furious over Pandey's position against CIAA's unconstitutional jurisdictional overstepping and thus pressed charges against Pandey as a show of power.[9][10] Lok Man Singh Karki was later sacked in 21 October 2016 as he was proven under-qualified for the appointment to the office of the chief of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority.[11]

References
  1. "MyRepublica :: Election Special". MyRepublica.com. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  2. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens :: Elected Members". Nepalnews.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  3. "Surendra PandeyCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified-Marxist- Leninist) Election Area: Chitwan-1 (Elected)". Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  4. "Related News | Surendra Pandey | Ekantipur.com". Ekantipur.com. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  5. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens | UML leader Pandey claims he never received money from Unity". Nepalnews.com. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  6. "Election Candidate - Surendra Pandey". Ujyaaloonline.com. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  7. "Nepal budget aims to conclude peace with Maoists". reuters.com. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  8. "पाण्डे भए सफल अर्थमन्त्री". ekantipur.com. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  9. "House Finance Committee grills CIAA chief Karki". ekantipur.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  10. "लोकमानसिंह कार्की: प्रतिशोध प्रवृत्तिका पात्र". ekantipur.com. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  11. "Court disqualifies Karki as CIAA chief". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
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