Honorific Prefix: | Honourable |
Honorific Suffix: | MP |
Subas Chandra Nembang | |
Native Name: | सुवासचन्द्र नेम्वाङ |
Father: | Ram Bahadur Nembang |
Mother: | Apindra Kumari Nembang |
Office1: | Chairman of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal |
President1: | Ram Baran Yadav Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
Term Start1: | 2010 |
Term End1: | 2015 |
Predecessor1: | Position established |
Successor1: | Onsari Gharti Magar |
Office2: | State Minister for Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs |
Primeminister2: | Man Mohan Adhikari |
Deputy1: | Chitra Lekha Yadav |
Monarch2: | Birendra Bir Bikram Shah |
Term Start2: | 1994 |
Term End2: | 1995 |
Office3: | Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha |
Term Start3: | 4 March 2018 |
Term End3: | 12 September 2023 |
Constituency3: | Ilam 2 |
Predecessor3: | Himself |
Successor3: | Suhang Nembang |
Term Start4: | May 1999 |
Term End4: | May 2002 |
Constituency4: | Ilam 2 |
Predecessor4: | Kul Bahadur Gurung |
Successor4: | Himself |
Office5: | Member of Constituent Assembly |
Term Start5: | 28 May 2008 |
Term End5: | 14 October 2017 |
Constituency5: | Ilam 2 |
Office6: | Member of Parliament, Rastriya Sabha |
Term Start6: | 13 November 1995 |
Term End6: | May 1999 |
Term Start7: | 26 June 1991 |
Term End7: | 26 June 1993 |
Constituency7: | Eastern Region |
Birth Date: | 11 March 1953 |
Birth Place: | Suntalabari, Nepal |
Death Place: | Kathmandu, Nepal |
Party: | CPN (UML) (1991–2018, 2021–2023) |
Otherparty: | CPN ML (Before 1991) Nepal Communist Party (NCP) (2018–2021) |
Subas Chandra Nembang (Limbu) (Nepali: सुवासचन्द्र नेम्वाङ (लिम्बु); 11 March 1953 – 12 September 2023) was a Nepalese politician who served as chairman of Constituent Assembly of Nepal. He was the first elected Free Students Union chairman of Mahendra Ratna Campus in Ilam and also elected as general secretary of Nepal Bar Association in 2023.[1] [2] He died on Tuesday September 12th, 2023 because of heart attack.
Nembang was born in Suntalabari at Ilam District of eastern Nepal. He entered in to politics while he was student at law school. He was jailed for seven months during Panchayat era for crime against state.
Nembang emerged victorious from Ilam-2 in all elections held after the restoration of democracy in 1990. He won both legislative elections of 1991 and 1999, and went on to hold key posts like the chairman of Public Accounts Committee. [3] [4] [5] In 2051 BS, he worked as state Minister for Ministry of Law.
In the CA election 2009, Nembang was elected from Ilam-3.[6] He again contested and won from Ilam-2 in the CA election 2013. He led the Constituent Assembly 2 as the Speaker which passed and promulgated the Constitution of Nepal 2015. He has worked as a chairman of constitution assembly for multiple times:
He got elected in general election in 2074 and 2079 BS as well. He was a candidate for presidential election in 2079 BS, which he lost to Ram Chandra Poudel.
Nembang was married and had four children--two daughters and two sons.[7]
On 12 September 2023, Nembang died from a heart attack at home. He was 70 years old.[8]