Onsari Gharti Magar

Onsari Gharti Magar (Nepali: ओनसरी घर्तिमगर) is a Nepali communist politician and current parliamentarian. She was the first female Speaker of the Parliament of Nepal. She was elected unopposed as Speaker on October 16, 2015.^[2][3]

Onsari Gharti Magar
ओनसरी घर्ति मगर
Magar with Barsaman Pun
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for CPN (Maoist Centre) party list
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 March 2018
Speaker of Legislature Parliament
In office 16 October 2015 – 15 October 2017
President	Ram Baran Yadav Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Deputy	Ganga Prasad Yadav
Preceded by	Subash Chandra Nembang
Succeeded by	Krishna Bahadur Mahara (as Speaker of House of Representatives)
Ministembnjr for Youth and Sports
In office 2011–2011
Prime Minister	Jhala Nath Khanal
Member of Legislature Parliament
In office 21 January 2014 – 15 October 2017
Preceded by	Santosh Kumar Budhamagar
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Rolpa 2
Member of Constituent Assembly for CPN (Maoist) party list
In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Personal details
Born	(1977-11-13) 13 November 1977 (age 47)[1] Rolpa
Political party	CPN (Maoist Centre)
Spouse	Barsaman Pun[2]
Children	2
Parents	Prasad Gharti (father) Naumati Gharti (mother)

Political career

She served as Deputy Speaker of Parliament^[3] and was Minister of Youth and Sports in the cabinet of Jhala Nath Khanal.^[2] She was elected to the Constituent Assembly (CA) from Rolpa constituency-2 in the second CA election. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 2017 under party list.^{[citation needed]}

Electoral history

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Rolpa-2

Party	Candidate	Votes	Status
Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)	Onsari Gharti Magar	14,964	Elected
CPN (UML)	Kumar Dashaudi	9,372	Lost

Personal life

She is married to Barsha Man Pun, the former secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre).^[2]