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Place of Birth: Kathmandu, Central Region, Nepal
About Gagan Thapa
- Gagan Thapa (born 16 July 1976) is a Nepali politician and youth leader who served as the Minister of Health and Population of Nepal from 2016 to 2017.
- He is currently serving as a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives, Nepal from Kathmandu since 2008, and is currently in its Parliamentary Committee on Education and Health.
- He is a Central Committee Member of the Nepal Congress Party.Born and raised in Kathmandu, Thapa graduated from Siddhartha Vanasthali School in 1992, and finished his Bachelors of Science in Chemistry from Tri Chandra College in 1998, and M.A Sociology from Tribhuvan University in 2003.
- He was heavily involved in student politics during the pro democracy movement and became the General Secretary of the Nepal Students Union from 2002 to 2004.
- Thapa was declared a Prisoner of Conscience by Amnesty International in 2005, following his arrest on charges of treason.
- In 2008, he became a Member of the First Constitutional Assembly, and in 2010 became a Central Committee Member of the Nepal Congress Party.
- He won again in 2013 as a Member of the Second Constitutional Assembly following the failure of the first assembly to promulgate a constitution, serving as the Health Minister from 2016-2017 under the Congress-Maoist government.
- He won in 2017 for the third time from the same constituency - Kathmandu 4. Thapa is a popular young leader and is widely renowned for his oratory and eloquence.
- He is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.
- He has contributed to - and is also the subject of - many articles in publications including The New York Times, The Lancet, World Economic Forum, Harvard Politics, China Dialogue, Kathmandu Post, The Himalayan Times, and Nepali Times.
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