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Lila Nath Shrestha
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| लिलानाथ श्रेष्ठ | |
| Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 25 December 2020 – 12 July 2021 | |
| President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | KP Oli |
| Preceded by | Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe |
| Succeeded by | Gyanendra Bahadur Karki |
| Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation | |
| In office 24 June 2021 – 12 July 2021 | |
| President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | KP Oli |
| Preceded by | Laxman Lal Karna |
| Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation | |
| In office 24 June 2021 – 12 July 2021 | |
| President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | KP Oli |
| Preceded by | Uma Shankar Aragriya |
| Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration | |
| In office 24 June 2021 – 12 July 2021 | |
| President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | KP Oli |
| Preceded by | Ganesh Kumar Pahadi |
| Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens | |
| In office 14 October 2020 – 25 December 2020 | |
| President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | KP Oli |
| Preceded by | Parbat Gurung |
| Succeeded by | Julie Kumari Mahato |
| In office 24 June 2021 – 12 July 2021 | |
| President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli |
| Preceded by | Julie Kumari Mahato |
| Succeeded by | Uma Regmi |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| Assumed office 4 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Sita Devi Yadav |
| Constituency | Siraha 3 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1962-01-28) January 28, 1962 (age 62)[1] |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Political party | CPN (UML) |
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Lila Nath Shrestha (born 28 January 1962) is a Nepali communist politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal.[2] He was the former Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and also served as Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens . He joined politics as a student and has remained a prominent communist politician from Siraha District.
Born on 28 January 1962 to Jit Bahadur and Dhan Maya Shrestha, in Chandralalpur-2 of Siraha, he is a graduate in Law and has two children – a son and a daughter.[3]
He joined politics as a student in 1980, and went on to become a prominent member of the student wing of CPN ML, ANNFSU, and later the youth wing of CPN UML.[3] He was a long-time member and prominent leader of CPN UML in Siraha District, until the party's dissolution in 2018.[3] Following the merger of CPN UML and CPN (Maoist Centre), he was appointed the "District Incharge" of Siraha for the newly formed Nepal Communist Party (NCP).[4]
He was the candidate for the second constituent assemblyinthe 2013 election from CPN UML, but was defeated by Pushpa Kamal Dahal, chairman of the CPN (Maoist) party.[3]
He was finally elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in the 2017 legislative election.[5] He was elected from Siraha-3 constituency under the first-past-the-post system representing CPN UML of the left alliance. He defeated his nearest rival, Asheswor Yadav, by acquiring 23,227 votes to Yadav's 21,220.[6]
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