Last Updated: May 12, 2010
Brief Biography of Mr. Narayan Kaji Shrestha 'Prakash'
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs

Address:

Jaubari-6, Gorkha, Nepal

Telephone:

00977-1- 4602290 (Party Office)

00977-1-4200108 (Parliamentary Party Office, Singha Durbar)
00977-1-4200197 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singha Durbar)

Emails:

fmo@mofa.gov.np
ucpnmvc@yahoo.com



Personal Information

Date of Birth: 18-10-1960

Father's Name:

Megh Narayan Shrestha

Mother's Name:

Jyoti Maya Shrestha

Nationality:

Nepali

Gender:

Male

Marital Status:

Single



Current Political Status

Vice Chairman:

Central Committee, Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)

Deputy Leader:

UCPN (Maoist) in Constituent Assembly



Past Portfolios

1st August 2011-29th August 2011

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs



Political History:

1976

Revolutionary political Activist

1976, 1980, 1990

Arrested and Imprisoned for participating in revolutionary democratic movement.

1986

Central Committee Member, CPN (Fourth Congress )

1991

Member, Political Bureau, CPN (Unity Center)

1995-2003

General Secretary, Communist Party of Nepal ( Unity Centre)

2003-2007

Co-General Secretary, CPN (Unity Centre-Masal)

2007-2009

General Secretary, CPN (Unity Centre-Masal)

2008

Became public after18 year- long clandestine political life just the day before the proclamation of the Republic of Nepal.

2008

Constituent Assembly (CA) Member

2009

Vice Chairman of UCPN (Maoist), and Deputy Leader of the party in Constituent Assembly

Language:

Nepali, English. Hindi

Education:

Graduation in Public Administration and Economics from Tribhuwan University, Nepal

Publications:

Revolutionary Marxism and Nepalese Revolution I (In Nepali)

Several articles in newspapers and many other publications

Ex- Editor: Nepali Magazines and Newspapers- Mulankyan, Garjan and Janamat

Countries-visited: India, China, UK, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Singapore, Bangladesh and Thailand.