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Occupation
  
Politician

Role
  
Politician

Name
  
Ganesh Shah

Spouse(s)
  
Kalyanee Sapkota

Years active
  
2002-present


Ganesh Shah

Born
  
December 12, 1949
Nepal

Party
  
Communist Party of Nepal (United)

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Ganesh Shah (Nepali: गणेश शाह born 12 December 1949) is a Nepalese politician and ex-Minister for Environment, Science and Technology. He is also one of the senior most leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (United) and until recently was the General Secretary of the party Communist Party of Nepal (United).

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Shah is a Mechanical Engineer by profession and received his M-Tech (Technical Engineering) from Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University in 1973.

Shah was appointed the Minister for Environment, Science and Technology when Prachanda extended his cabinet. Mr. Shah is a big advocate of the climate change issues in Nepal and has been quoted in various media outlet during his time as a minister. Mr. Shah is known for being one of the technology savvy politician in Nepal maintains his own blog at and is an active Facebook user.

Environment minister ganesh shah on cop14 poznan


Family life

Shah was born in Lohana Dhanusha. He belongs to Nepali people of Madhesi ethnicity.

He is married to Kalyanee Sapkota, and has two sons.

References

Ganesh Shah Wikipedia