Somnath Adhikari Pyasi

Somnath Adhikari 'Pyasi'
सोमनाथ अधिकारी 'प्यासी'
2nd Governor of Province No. 1
In office
5 November 2019 – 9 November 2021
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Oli
Chief MinisterSher Dhan Rai
Bhim Acharya
Rajendra Kumar Rai
Preceded byGovinda Subba
Succeeded byParshuram Khapung
Member of National Panchayat
In office
1986 - 1991
Member of Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
1991 - 1994
ConstituencyKaski-3
Personal details
Born
Somnath Adhikari

(1951-01-06) 6 January 1951 (age 73)[1]
Batulechaur, Kaski, Nepal[1]
Parent(s)Liladhar Adhikari (father)
Sabitri Adhikari (mother)
Alma materB.Ed. from Prithivi Narayan Campus[2]
OccupationTeacher
Websiteoph.p1.gov.np

Somnath Adhikari (born 6 January 1951) affectionately known as Pyasi[2] (meaning "thirsty" in Nepali), is a Nepalese politician serving as the 2nd and current 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.

Personal life

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]

References

Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Province No. 1
5 November 2019 – Present