36 Facts About Gagan Thapa

Gagan Kumar Thapa was born on 19 July 1976 and is a Nepali politician who is the current General Secretary of the Nepali Congress.

Gagan Thapa 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.

Gagan Thapa served as the Minister of Health and Population of Nepal from 2016 to 2017.

Gagan Thapa was elected for the first time as a Member of the First Constitutional Assembly from 2008 elections from proportional representation.

Gagan Thapa won the 2013 elections 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 to 2017.

Gagan Thapa won in 2017 for the 2nd time from Kathmandu 4.

Gagan Thapa won for third time from the same constituency in 2022.

Gagan Thapa finished his Bachelors of Science in Chemistry from Tri Chandra College in 1998.

Gagan Thapa was the president of the Free Student Union of Tri Chandra College from 1998 to 2000.

Gagan Thapa was a Committee Member of the Nepal Students Union from 1998 to 2002, Vice President from 2000 to 2002, and its General Secretary from 2002 to 2004.

Gagan Thapa called for greater involvement of youth in the movement, and called on students to take to the streets to launch a decisive movement for the restoration of democracy.

Gagan Thapa was jailed on charges of sedition in 2004.

Gagan Thapa was immediately rearrested and served with a 90-day detention order under the Public Security Act.

Gagan Thapa was declared a Prisoner of Conscience by Amnesty International.

Gagan Thapa was excluded from the race by Nepal Congress Party President, Girija Prasad Koirala, on charges of being 'agents of the palace' alongside NC Central Member Narhari Acharya.

Gagan Thapa accused the party leadership of preventing the closed-door session from being held to forestall adoption of a pro-republican agenda.

In January 2006, Gagan Thapa urged the youth to boycott the municipal polls.

Gagan Thapa was elected to the First Constituent Assembly under the party-list proportional representation system from Nepali Congress.

Gagan Thapa won a seat in the Central Working Committee of Nepali Congress in the 12th National Convention held in 2010, receiving the highest number of votes.

Gagan Thapa was elected as a Member of Parliament of the Second Constituent Assembly following election in November 2013, following the failure of the first CA.

Gagan Thapa won from Kathmandu-4 with 22,336 votes against candidates Nirmal Kuikel of CPN and Nanda Kishor Pun of the UCPN Maoists.

Gagan Thapa was chairman of the Agriculture and Water Resources Committee.

Gagan Thapa urged for the formation of a commission to settle issues of provincial boundaries with the mandate to demarcate provincial boundaries quickly, adding that the new constitution should be promulgated without finalizing the boundaries of proposed provinces.

Gagan Thapa pushed the government to address the Madhes agitation by addressing the demands of Madhes, further blaming the government for promoting black marketing in the face of the 2015 Nepal Blockade and the Terai unrest, right after the 2015 Earthquake.

Gagan Thapa condemned the blockade imposed by India, terming it "an inhuman move".

In December 2013, Gagan Thapa endorsed the campaign "No Thanks, I Carry My Own Bag".

Gagan Thapa started the Livable Kathmandu Campaign, which was an effort towards the sustainable development of the Kathmandu Valley.

On 26 August 2016, Gagan Thapa was sworn into office as the Minister for Health by President Bidhya Devi Bhandari.

Gagan Thapa was elected as a Member of Parliament in the 2017 Nepalese Legislative Election in December 2017 from Kathmandu-4 for the second time consecutively.

Gagan Thapa is a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Education and Health.

Gagan Thapa suffered minor injuries to his head and back in the explosion.

In March 2016, Gagan Thapa unsuccessfully contested for the post of the Nepali Congress Party's general secretary, competing against Arjun Narsingh KC, and Shashank Koirala.

Gagan Thapa was the only candidate who represented the youth among the 10 aspirants of office bearer positions in the country's oldest and largest political party.

Gagan Thapa was one of the candidates for the post of General Secretary in the 14th general convention of Nepali Congress.

Gagan Thapa has long expressed his desire for party reformation and has worked to that end for more than a decade, calling for the replacement of the general and active membership in 2015.

In 2008, Gagan Thapa married Anjana KC, daughter of Arjun Narsingh KC.