Krishna Kumar Shrestha

Krishna Kumar Shrestha (Nepali: कृष्ण कुमार श्रेष्ठ) is a Nepali politician belonging to CPN (Unified Socialist).

Honourable Krishna Kumar Shrestha
कृष्ण कुमार श्रेष्ठ
Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security
In office 8 October 2021 – 27 June 2022
President	Bidya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded by	Bimal Prasad Shrivastav
Succeeded by	Sher Bahadur Kunwor
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office 4 March 2018 – September 2022
Preceded by	Shankar Bhandari
Succeeded by	Ram Chandra Paudel
Constituency	Tanahun 1
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 December 2022
Preceded by	Ekbal Miya
Constituency	Bara 4
Personal details
Born	(1967-12-22) 22 December 1967 (age 57)[1] Tanahun, Nepal
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	CPN (Unified Socialist)
Other political affiliations	CPN (UML)
Nickname	Kishan

He most recently served for 8 months as Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security of Nepal in the ruling coalition government led by Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba. He is also a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal.^[2]

Early life

Shrestha was born on December 22, 1967, in Jamune-9 of Tanahun, to Kewal Bahadur and Les Kumari Shrestha.^[3] He has an education up to proficiency certificate level.^[3]

Political career

Shrestha joined politics in 1985.^[3] As of 2013, he was an advisor to CPN UML, Tanahun.^[3]

He was a candidate for the CPN UML in Tanahun-2 constituency in the 2013 constituent assembly election but lost to senior leader of Nepali Congress,^[3][4] Ram Chandra Paudel.^[5][3]

He was elected from Tanahun-1 constituency in the 2017 legislative election under the first-past-the-post system, as a joint candidate of the left alliance.^[6][4] He defeated incumbent Ram Chandra Paudel by more than 6,000 votes.^[7] He received 34,492 votes to Paudel's 27,690.^[6]