Nanda Kishor Pun

Nanda Bahadur Pun
Nanda Bahadur Pun
नन्दबहादुर पुन
2nd Vice President of Nepal
	In office; 31 October 2015 – 20 March 2023
President	Bidya Devi Bhandari; Ram Chandra Poudel
Prime Minister	KP Sharma Oli; Sher Bahadur Deuba; Pushpa Kamal Dahal;
Preceded by	Parmanand Jha
Succeeded by	Ram Sahaya Yadav
Chief Commander of the People's Liberation Army
	In office; 12 September 2008 – 12 April 2012
Preceded by	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	23 October 1966 (age 57); Rangsi, Rolpa, Nepal
Political party	Independent
Other political; affiliations	Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) (until 2015)
Spouse	Hastamali Pun (m. 1983)
Children	2
Alma mater	Mahendra Bahumukhi Campus

Nanda Bahadur Pun (

Central Committee of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)

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Early life and education

Nanda Bahadur Pun was born to farmers Ramsur Pun and Mansara Pun in Rangsi - 9, Rolpa . He was the third of six children.

He started school at the age of 8 years. He completed his primary education at Jakhar Primary School and his lower secondary education at Rangsi Lower Secondary School. While he was in the seventh grade at Rangsi Lower Secondary School he was the chairman of a unit of the All Nepal National Independent Students Union (Sixth). He was a representative of his school to the 2nd district convention of the All Nepal National Independent Students Union (Sixth). He had to hide in a cave all night after the police disrupted the event.^[2]

Pun enrolled in Bal Kalyan Secondary School in Libang for his secondary education. In Libang he was influenced by his teacher,

School Leaving Certificate exams there in 1986.^[2]

He enrolled in Mahendra Bahumukhi Campus in

Political Science. While in Dang he was the chairman of the Mashal Samuha.^[2]

Personal life

While studying in the ninth grade he married Hastamali Pun at the age of 17.[2]

Electoral history

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Kathmandu 4
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Gagan Thapa	22,336
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	Nirmal Kuikel	9,135
	UCPN (Maoist)	Nanda Kishor Pun	6,462
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Udhhav Paudel	3,263
	Others		2,335
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission

References

^ "Nanda Bahadur Pun (Nanda Kishor Pun)". election.ujyaaloonline.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "उपराष्ट्रपतिको कार्यालय". vpn.gov.np. Retrieved 18 June 2017.

Political offices
Preceded by Parmananda Jha	Vice President of Nepal 2015 – 2023	Succeeded by Ram Sahaya Yadav

[1] "Nanda Bahadur Pun (Nanda Kishor Pun)". election.ujyaaloonline.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2017.

[:0-2] "उपराष्ट्रपतिको कार्यालय". vpn.gov.np. Retrieved 18 June 2017.

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