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Chet Narayan Acharya

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Honourable
Chet Narayan Acharya
चेत नारायण आचार्य
Acharya, 2024
Chief Minister of Lumbini Province
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 July 2024
PresidentRam Chandra Poudel
GovernorAmik Sherchan
Krishna Bahadur Gharti
Preceded byJokh Bahadur Mahara
Ministerial positions
Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning of Lumbini Province
In office
5 April 2024 – 4 July 2024
GovernorAmik Sherchan
Chief MinisterJokh Bahadur Mahara
Preceded byDhan Bahadur Maskey
Succeeded byDhanendra Karki
Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development of Lumbini Province
In office
26 March 2023 – 27 April 2023
GovernorAmik Sherchan
Chief MinisterLeela Giri
Preceded byIndrajit Tharu
Succeeded byDharma Bahadur Chaudhary
Minister for Water Supply, Rural and Urban Development of Lumbini Province
In office
12 January 2023 – 27 April 2023
GovernorAmik Sherchan
Chief MinisterLeela Giri
Preceded byDilli Bahadur Chaudhary
Succeeded byKrishna KC
Minister for Internal Affairs and Law of Lumbini Province
In office
4 May 2021 – 11 August 2021
GovernorDharmanath Yadav
Amik Sherchan
Chief MinisterShankar Pokharel
Preceded byLeela Giri
Succeeded byTilak Ram Sharma
Other senior positions
Parliamentary Party Leader of CPN (UML) in Lumbini Provincial Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 August 2024
DeputyBhoj Prasad Shrestha
Preceded byLeela Giri
Parliamentary Party Deputy Leader of CPN (UML) in Lumbini Provincial Assembly
In office
2 January 2023 – 17 August 2024
LeaderLeela Giri
Succeeded byBhoj Prasad Shrestha
Member of the Lumbini Provincial Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 January 2018
ConstituencyArghakhanchi 1 (A)
Personal details
Born (1968-05-31) 31 May 1968 (age 56)[1]
Argha, Sandhikharka, Arghakhanchi District
NationalityNepali
Political partyCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
Other political
affiliations		Nepal Communist Party
SpouseDipa Acharya
Children2
Parents
  • Late Tikaram Acharya (father)
  • Taradevi Acharya (mother)

Chet Narayan Acharya (Nepali: चेत नारायण आचार्य; born 31 May 1968, Argha, located in the present-day Sandhikharka municipality of Arghakhanchi district)[1] is a Nepalese politician who has been serving as the Chief Minister of Lumbini Province since 24 July 2024.[2][3][4] Acharya is a member of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and serves on its central committee.[5][6][7]

Acharya has been serving as a member of the Lumbini Provincial Assembly from Arghakhanchi 1 (A) constituency since January 2018,[8][9][10] was elected as the Parliamentary Party Leader of the CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) in the Provincial Assembly on August 2025,[11][12][13] causing dissatisfaction for former chief minister Giri, who resigned as the Parliamentary Party Leader on July 7, the same day he was appointed a chief minister.[14]

Early life and education

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Chet Narayan Acharya was born as the youngest son to his father, the late Tikaram Acharya, and his mother, Taradevi Acharya, on 31 May 1968, in Argha, located in the present-day Sandhikharka municipality of Arghakhanchi district. He was greatly influenced by his father, Tikaram Acharya, who was the founder of the Communist Party in Arghakhanchi District. Thus, he got involved in politics through the influence of his father and family. Acharya joined ANNFSU (All Nepal National Free Students Union) at the age of 11. In 1983, he was elected as a member of the ANNFSU District Committee in Arghakhanchi. In 1986, he went to Butwal for higher education and became the president of ANNFSU Butwal Multiple Campus and a district committee member. Acharya holds a bachelor's degree in law.[15][16]

Political career

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Acharya's political career began in 1983 when he was elected as a member of the ANNFSU District Committee in Arghakhanchi. In 1986, he pursued higher education in Butwal, where he became the president of ANNFSU Butwal Multiple Campus and a district committee member. Upon returning to Arghakhanchi, he served in various roles, including area committee member, deputy secretary, district committee member, and district committee secretariat member for seven years starting from 1989.[15][16]

Acharya was elected as the secretary in the party's third district convention in 1997. After being re-elected as the secretary in the fourth and fifth district conventions, he worked as the party's chairman for 11 years continuously. He ran in the first Constituent Assembly in 2008 from the Arghakhanchi 1 constituency but was defeated by the CPN (Maoist) candidate Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, finishing in third place. Acharya served as a member of the Lumbini Zone Committee, where he continued his party work, from 2009 to 2013. He was elected as the chairman in the seventh district convention in 2012 and worked as the party's district chairman for nine years.[17][18]

In the 2017 Nepalese provincial election, he won the election from the Arghakhanchi 1 (A) constituency[19][20] and took charge as the Minister for Internal Affairs and Law in Shankar Pokharel's cabinet.[21][22][23] He was elected as a central member in the party's 10th general convention in 2021 and served as the co-in-charge of Arghakhanchi.[5] In the 2022 Nepalese provincial election, he once again won the election from the Arghakhanchi 1 (A) constituency[8][9] and was elected as the parliamentary party deputy leader of the CPN (UML) in the Lumbini Provincial Assembly.[24][25][26] He served as the Minister for Water Supply, Rural and Urban Development, and the Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development in Leela Giri's cabinet,[27][28] and as the Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning in Jokh Bahadur Mahara's cabinet.[29][30][31]

Personal life

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Acharya is married to Dipa Acharya, who is active in politics as the chairwoman of the All Nepal Women's Association Arghakhanchi District Committee and a member of the party district committee.[32] They have one son and one daughter.[16]

Electoral history

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2022 provincial elections

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Arghakhanchi 1 (A)

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Chet Narayan AcharyaCPN (UML)20,52549.20
Sagar K.C. (Chhetri)Rastriya Janamorcha19,79047.44
Others1,4023.36
Total41,717100.00
Majority735
CPN (UML) gain
Source: [33]

2017 provincial elections

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Arghakhanchi 1 (A)

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Chet Narayan AcharyaCPN (UML)24,75161.32
Bishnu Prasad KhanalNepali Congress14,13735.02
Others1,4763.66
Total40,364100.00
Valid votes40,36496.52
Invalid/blank votes1,4553.48
Total votes41,819100.00
Majority10,614
CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[34]

2008 Constituent Assembly election

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Arghakhanchi 1

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Top Bahadur RayamajhiCPN (Maoist)19,58441.48
Man Bahadur BishwakarmaNepali Congress10,59122.43
Chet Narayan AcharyaCPN (UML)9,46120.04
Dilaram AcharyaRastriya Janamorcha7,57516.04
Others00.00
Total47,211100.00
Valid votes47,21196.17
Invalid/blank votes1,8793.83
Total votes49,090100.00
Majority8,993
CPN (Maoist) gain
Source: Election Commission[35]

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