Gokarna Bista
Gokarna Raj Bista | |
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| गोकर्ण राज विष्ट | |
| Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security | |
| In office 16 March 2018 – 20 November 2018 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Khadga Prasad Oli |
| Preceded by | Farmulha Mansur |
| Succeeded by | Rameshwor Raya Yadav |
| Minister of Energy | |
| In office 21 April 2011 – 30 August 2011 | |
| President | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Prime Minister | Jhala Nath Khanal |
| Secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Assumed office July 2014 | |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| Assumed office 4 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Chandra Kant Bhandari (as MCA) |
| Constituency | Gulmi 2 |
| In office May 1999 – May 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Tanka Prasad Pokharel |
| Succeeded by | Chandra Bahadur Thapa (as MCA) |
| Constituency | Gulmi 3 |
| Member of Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Chandra Bahadur Thapa |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Gulmi 3 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 July 1965 Dohali-3, Gulmi district |
| Political party | CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |
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| Alma mater | Tribhuvan University |
| Awards | Hydro Excellence Award 2068; Nagarik Abhinandan 2068 |
Gokarna Bista (Nepali: गोकर्ण विष्ट) is a Nepalese politician and former secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (UML). He served as Minister of Energy under prime minister Jhala Nath Khanal and as Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security in the KP Oli-led cabinet. He was elected in the 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election from Gulmi district constituency number 3. In April 2011, during his tenure as the minister of energy, he was stabbed by two motorcyclists outside his house. He became popular for revolutionary changes in the power sector of Nepal.