Gyanendra Bahadur Karki

Gyanendra Bahadur Karki (Nepali:ज्ञानेन्द्र बहादुर कार्की) is a Nepali politician from Nepali Congress. He is the former Minister for Information and Communications of Nepal. He was Finance Minister under Deuba cabinet, 2017.^[3] He has been elected as a House of Representative from constituency 4 of the Sunsari district in 2017 Nepalese legislative election.^[4][5]

Honourable Gyanendra Bahadur Karki MP
ज्ञानेन्द्र बहादुर कार्की
Karki in Washington, DC in 2017
Minister of Finance of Nepal
In office 7 June 2017 – 15 February 2018[1]
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded by	Krishna Bahadur Mahara
Succeeded by	Yuba Raj Khatiwada
Minister of Communication and Information Technology of Nepal
In office 8 October 2021 – 26 December 2022
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded by	Lila Nath Shrestha
Succeeded by	Rekha Sharma
Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of Nepal
In office 13 July 2021 – 8 October 2021
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded by	Lilanath Shrestha
Succeeded by	Dilendra Prasad Badu
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 March 2018
Preceded by	Sitaram Mahato
Constituency	Sunsari 4
Member of Constituent Assembly for Nepali Congress party list
In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Personal details
Born	(1957-02-22) 22 February 1957 (age 68)[citation needed]
Political party	Nepali Congress
Other political affiliations	Nepali Congress (Democratic)
Spouse	Nabina Rana Karki [2]

Political life

Karki, who was born in Bhojpur in 1957 AD, entered party politics through the Nepal Students Union. Karki, became the president of the Nepal Student's Union in 2039 BS succeeding former Deputy PM and NC Vice-president Bimalendra Nidhi in the post. Karki was a confidant of Krishna Prasad Bhattarai. Karki, who was earlier in charge of the Ministry of Water Resources and Finance, is now in charge of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.^[5]

Electoral history

Gyanendra Bahadur Karki won the 2017 Nepalese General Election from Sunsari-4. Previously, he lost thrice from Bhojpur-1 and that too with few hundred votes which can be seen below. In 2013 Constituent Assembly election, Karki didn't contest the election and was made MP from Proportional list of Nepali Congress.

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Sunsari-4
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Gyanendra Bahadur Karki	32,347
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ramesh Shrestha	25,750
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Ram Narayan Yadav	5,020
	Nepali Janata Dal	Sitaram Podar	1,089
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Santosh Kumar Dahal	1,037
	Others		3,073
Invalid votes			7,062
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Bhojpur-1
Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Padam Bahadur Rai	15,796
	Nepali Congress	Gyanendra Bahadur Karki	13,582
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Jayant Rai	7,515
	Others		2,241
Invalid votes			2,537
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[6]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Bhojpur-1
Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ghanendra Basnet	15,443
	Nepali Congress	Gyanendra Bahadur Karki	14,605
	Independent	Mukund Bahadur Basnet	5,586
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Narendra Basnet	4,048
	Janamukti Party Nepal	Jagan Bahadur Rai	1,615
	Others		1,133
Invalid Votes			1,058
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[7][8]

1994 legislative elections

Bhojpur-1
Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Hem Raj Rai	15,974
	Nepali Congress	Gyanendra Bahadur Karki	15,948
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Babu Ram Basnet	3,496
	Others		1,654
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[7]