Onsari Gharti Magar

Onsari Gharti Magar
Onsari Gharti Magar
ओनसरी घर्ति मगर
	Magar with Barsaman Pun
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for; CPN (Maoist Centre) party list
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 4 March 2018
Speaker of Legislature Parliament
	In office; 16 October 2015 – 15 October 2017
President	Ram Baran Yadav; Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Deputy	Ganga Prasad Yadav
Preceded by	Subash Chandra Nembang
Succeeded by	Krishna Bahadur Mahara; (as Speaker of House of Representatives)
Ministembnjr for Youth and Sports
	In office; 2011–2011
Prime Minister	Jhala Nath Khanal
Member of Legislature Parliament
	In office; 21 January 2014 – 15 October 2017
Preceded by	Santosh Kumar Budhamagar
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Rolpa 2
Member of Constituent Assembly for; CPN (Maoist) party list
	In office; 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Personal details
Born	13 November 1977 (age 47); Rolpa
Political party	CPN (Maoist Centre)
Spouse	Barsaman Pun
Children	2
Parents	Prasad Gharti (father); Naumati Gharti (mother);

Onsari Gharti Magar (Nepali: ओनसरी घर्तिमगर) is a Nepali communist politician and current parliamentarian. She was the first female Speaker of the Parliament of Nepal. She was elected unopposed as Speaker on October 16, 2015.^[2]^[3]

Political career

She served as Deputy Speaker of Parliament^[3] and was Minister of Youth and Sports in the cabinet of Jhala Nath Khanal.^[2] She was elected to the Constituent Assembly (CA) from Rolpa constituency-2 in the second CA election. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 2017 under party list.

Electoral history

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Rolpa-2

Party	Candidate	Votes	Status
Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)	Onsari Gharti Magar	14,964	Elected
CPN (UML)	Kumar Dashaudi	9,372	Lost

Personal life

She is married to Barsha Man Pun.^[2] Barshaman Pun is formersecretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre).

References

^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Onsari elected First Woman Speaker". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b "World's First Woman Speaker of Parliament of Nepal". Jagran.com. Retrieved 9 November 2015.

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[1] संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.

[kmdp-elected-2] "Onsari elected First Woman Speaker". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2015.

[jagran-first-3] "World's First Woman Speaker of Parliament of Nepal". Jagran.com. Retrieved 9 November 2015.

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