Shakti Bahadur Basnet

Shakti Bahadur Basnet
शक्ति बहादुर बस्नेत
Shakti Bahadur Basnet in 2018
Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation of Nepal
In office
6 March 2024  15 July 2024
PresidentRam Chandra Paudel
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Vice PresidentRam Sahaya Yadav
Preceded byPushpa Kamal Dahal
Succeeded byDeepak Khadka
In office
31 March 2023  4 March 2024
PresidentRam Chandra Paudel
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Vice PresidentRam Sahaya Yadav
Preceded byPushpa Kamal Dahal
Succeeded byPushpa Kamal Dahal
Minister of Forest and Environment of Nepal
In office
16 March 2018  25 December 2020
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKhadga Prasad Oli
Preceded byBikram Pandey
Succeeded byPrem Ale
Minister of Home Affairs of Nepal
In office
19 October 2015  4 August 2016
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKhadga Prasad Oli
Preceded byBam Dev Gautam
Succeeded byBimalendra Nidhi
Minister of Health and Population of Nepal
In office
6 February 2011  29 August 2011
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterJhala Nath Khanal
Preceded byUmakanta Chaudhari
Succeeded byRajendra Mahato
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Preceded byHimself (as member of the Legislature Parliament)
ConstituencyJajarkot 1
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
21 January 2014  14 October 2017
Preceded byKali Bahadur Malla
Succeeded byHimself (as member of the House of Representatives)
ConstituencyJajarkot 1
Personal details
Born (1969-05-11) 11 May 1969
Kalegaun, Bheri, Jajarkot, Nepal
Political partyCPN (Maoist Centre)
Other political
affiliations
CPN (Mashal)
CPN (Unity Centre)
SpouseSatya Pahadi
Parents
  • Danda Bir Basnet (father)
  • Dharma Kumari Basnet (mother)
NicknameSuresh Singh (Maoist guerrilla name)

Shakti Bahadur Basnet (Nepali: शक्ति बहादुर बस्नेत; born 11 May 1969) is a Nepalese politician and former Minister of Forest and Environment. He is a Central Committee Member of Nepal Communist Party. He served as Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation.

He served as Minister of Home Affairs. He inaugurated the campaign "Police My Friend". In December 2015, he had taken actions against the protesters hurling petrol bombs towards President Bidhya Bhandari at Janakpur, Nepal. PM KP Oli expressed discontent with him after he acted against the PM's instruction to stop the transfer of CDOs. He served as Minister of Health and Population under the prime minister Jhala Nath Khanal. He was elected in the 2017 Nepalese legislative election from Jajarkot district constituency number 1.