Hira Chandra K.C. | |
Native Name: | हिरा चन्द्र के.सी. |
Office: | State Minister of Health and Population |
Term Start: | 27 June 2022 |
Predecessor: | Bhawani Prasad Khapung |
Primeminister: | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
Office1: | Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha |
Term Start1: | 4 March 2018 |
Constituency1: | Dang 3 |
Predecessor1: | Raju Khanal |
Party: | CPN (Unified Socialist) |
Otherparty: | CPN (UML) |
Nationality: | Nepali |
Birth Date: | 21 December 1975[1] |
Hira Chandra KC (Nepali: हिराचन्द्र केसी) (born 21 December 1975) is a Nepali politician, who is currently the State Minister of Health and Population in the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba.[2] [3]
He is a member of the newly formed CPN (Unified Socialist). KC was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Representatives from Dang 3 (constituency) in the 2017 General Election.[4] He was elected representing CPN UML of the left alliance,[5] defeating his closest rival Dipak Giri of Nepali Congress. He secured 40,287 votes to Giri's 33,730.[6]