| Somnath Adhikari 'Pyasi' | |
| Native Name: | सोमनाथ अधिकारी 'प्यासी' |
| Office: | 2nd Governor of Province No. 1 |
| Term Start: | 5 November 2019 |
| Term End: | 9 November 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Govinda Subba |
| Successor: | Parshuram Khapung |
| Office1: | Member of National Panchayat |
| Term1: | 1986 - 1991 |
| Office2: | Member of Pratinidhi Sabha |
| Term2: | 1991 - 1994 |
| Constituency2: | Kaski-3 |
| President: | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Primeminister: | KP Oli |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Sher Dhan Rai Bhim Acharya Rajendra Kumar Rai |
| Birth Date: | 1951 1, df=yes[1] |
| Birth Place: | Batulechaur, Kaski, Nepal |
| Birthname: | Somnath Adhikari |
| Nationality: | Nepalese |
| Parents: | Liladhar Adhikari (father) Sabitri Adhikari (mother) |
| Alma Mater: | B.Ed. from Prithivi Narayan Campus[2] |
| Occupation: | Teacher |
Somnath Adhikari (born 6 January 1951) affectionately known as Pyasi[2] (meaning "thirsty" in Nepali), is a Nepalese politician who served as the 2nd Governor of Province No. 1 of Nepal.[3] [4] He is former member of the National Panchayat from 1986 to 1991 and member of Pratinidhi Sabha from 1991 to 1994.[5] He is an active politician of CPN (ML) now CPN (UML) from 1968 and served as the district president of Kaski and later he hold the president post of the party election committee.
Pyasi was born in Batulechaur, Kaski district to Liladhar Adhikari and Sabitri Adhikari. He did his secondary education from local government school and later finished his Bachelor degree from Prithivi Narayan Campus, Pokhara.[1]
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