Agni Prasad Sapkota

Nepali politician

Agni Prasad Sapkota (Nepali: अग्नि प्रसाद सापकोटा; born 7 March 1958) is a Nepalese politician. He is the current speaker of the House of Representatives.


Agni Prasad Sapkota
अग्नि प्रसाद सापकोटा
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nepal
Assumed office
27 January 2020
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister
DeputyPushpa Bhusal (Gautam)
Preceded byKrishna Bahadur Mahara
Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation
In office
October 2015 – July 2016
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKhadga Prasad Oli
Preceded byMahesh Acharya
Succeeded byShankar Bhandari
Minister for Information and Communications
In office
May 2011 – July 2011
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterJhala Nath Khanal
Preceded byKrishna Bahadur Mahara
Succeeded byJaya Prakash Gupta
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Preceded byMohan Bahadur Basnet (as member of the Legislature Parliament)
ConstituencySindhupalchok 1
Member of the Constituent Assembly / Legislature Parliament
In office
28 May 2008 – 14 October 2017
Preceded bySubas Karmacharya (as member of the House of Representatives)
Succeeded bySher Bahadur Tamang (as member of the House of Representatives)
ConstituencySindhupalchok 2
Personal details
Born (1958-03-07) 7 March 1958 (age 66)[1]
Kubhinde, Sindhupalchok District, Nepal
Political partyCPN (Maoist Centre) (1994-2018, 2021-present)
Other political
affiliations
Nepal Communist Party (NCP) (2018–2021)
CPN (Unity Centre) (1990-1994)
CPN (Fourth Convention) (before 1990)
Spouse(s)Tara Devi Sapkota
MotherTilmaya Sapkota
FatherDhanpati Sapkota
Alma materTribhuvan University

References

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  1. संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.