Honorific Prefix: | Honourable |
Native Name: | विश्वप्रकाश शर्मा |
Education: | Masters in Political Science[1] |
Alma Mater: | Tribhuwan University |
Bishwa Prakash Sharma | |
Nationality: | Nepalese |
Party: | Nepali Congress |
Office: | General Secretary of Nepali Congress |
Termstart: | 2021 |
Alongside: | Gagan Thapa |
Predecessor: | Shashanka Koirala |
President: | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
Office1: | Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha |
Termstart1: | 22 December 2022 |
Predecessor1: | Surendra Kumar Karki |
Constituency1: | Jhapa 1 |
Office2: | President of Nepal Student Union |
Termstart2: | 2000 |
Termend2: | 2002 |
Predecessor2: | Govinda Bhattarai |
Successor2: | Kishor Singh Rathore |
Birth Date: | 21 December 1970[2] |
Birth Place: | Jhapa, Province No. 1, Nepal |
Parents: | Parshuram Sharma (father) Sabitri Sharma (mother) |
Spouse: | Kabita Sharma |
Children: | 1 Son, 1 Daughter |
Honorific Suffix: | MP |
Bishwa Prakash Sharma (Nepali: विश्वप्रकाश शर्मा) is a Nepali politician.[3] He is one of the two general secretaries of the Nepali Congress.[4] [5] Sharma is currently serving as member of House of Representatives from Jhapa 1.[6]
Sharma was elected general secretary along with Gagan Thapa in the 14th general convention of Nepali Congress.[7] [8] This was termed as rise of new generation in the oldest party of Nepal, the Nepali Congress.[9] [10]
Sharma has previously served as spokesperson of the party.[11] He has also served as the national president of the Nepal Student Union (NSU).[12]
In the 2022 Nepalese general election, he was elected as the member of the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal.[13]