Hikmat Kumar Karki

Hikmat Kumar Karki
हिक्मत कुमार कार्की
Official portrait, 2023
4th Chief Minister of Koshi Province
Assumed office
9 May 2024
PresidentRam Chandra Paudel
GovernorParshuram Khapung
Preceded byKedar Karki
In office
8 September 2023  14 October 2023
PresidentRam Chandra Paudel
GovernorParshuram Khapung
Preceded byUddhav Thapa
Succeeded byKedar Karki
In office
9 January 2023  7 July 2023
PresidentRam Chandra Paudel
Bidhya Devi Bhandari
GovernorParshuram Khapung
Preceded byRajendra Kumar Rai
Succeeded byUddhav Thapa
Other senior positions
Leader of the House in the
Koshi Provincial Assembly
Assumed office
9 May 2024
Preceded byKedar Karki
In office
8 September 2023  14 October 2023
Preceded byUddhav Thapa
Succeeded byKedar Karki
In office
9 January 2023  7 July 2023
Preceded byRajendra Kumar Rai
Succeeded byUddhav Thapa
Leader of the Opposition in the
Koshi Provincial Assembly
In office
3 November 2023  3 May 2024
GovernorParshuram Khapung
Chief MinisterKedar Karki
Preceded byBhakti Prasad Sitaula
In office
7 July 2023  8 September 2023
GovernorParshuram Khapung
Chief MinisterUddhav Thapa
Preceded byUddhav Thapa
Succeeded byUddhav Thapa
Minister for Internal Affairs and Law
In office
8 September 2023  14 October 2023
GovernorParshuram Khapung
Chief MinisterHimself
Preceded byUddhav Thapa
Succeeded byShamsher Rai
In office
9 January 2023  7 July 2023
GovernorParshuram Khapung
Chief MinisterHimself
Preceded byKedar Karki
Succeeded byUddhav Thapa
In office
15 February 2018  26 August 2021
GovernorSomnath Adhikari
Chief MinisterSher Dhan Rai
Preceded byConstituon created
Succeeded byBhim Acharya
Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning
In office
8 September 2023  14 October 2023
GovernorParshuram Khapung
Chief MinisterHimself
Preceded byJiwan Acharya
Succeeded byKedar Karki
In office
9 January 2023  7 July 2023
GovernorParshuram Khapung
Chief MinisterHimself
Preceded byIndra Bahadur Angbo
Succeeded byJiwan Acharya
Parliamentary offices
Parliamentary Party leader of the
CPN (UML) in Koshi Provincial Assembly
Assumed office
December 2022
Preceded byBhim Acharya
Member of the Koshi Provincial Assembly
Assumed office
5 February 2018
ConstituencyJhapa 5 (A)
Personal details
Born (1964-09-26) 26 September 1964
Gauradha, Jhapa, Nepal
NationalityNepali
Political partyCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
Other political
affiliations
Nepal Communist Party
SpouseAnjana Pandey Karki
Children3
Parents
  • Late Bam Bahadur Karki (father)
  • Januka Devi Karki (mother)
EducationMaster of Laws
Alma materTribhuvan University

Hikmat Kumar Karki (Nepali: हिक्मत कुमार कार्की; born 26 September 1964, Gauradah, Kingdom of Nepal) is a Nepalese politician who has been serving as the Chief Minister of Koshi Province since 9 May 2024. Previously, he held the same position from 9 January 2023 to 7 July 2023, and from 8 September 2023 to 14 October 2023.

Karki is a member of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and serves on its standing committee. He has been serving as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Koshi Province from Jhapa 5 (A) since 5 February 2018 and was elected as the Parliamentary Party Leader of the CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) in the Provincial Assembly in December 2022. Karki, who served as the Minister for Internal Affairs and Law in Sher Dhan Rai's cabinet from 15 February 2018 to 26 August 2021, also served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Koshi Provincial Assembly during the periods of 7 July 2023 to 8 September 2023 and 3 November 2023 to 3 May 2024.