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Secretary Thapaliya appointed as CEC



KATHMANDU: The Constitutional Council (CC) has appointed Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya, Secretary at Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of the Election Commission Nepal.

The post was vacant after Chief Commissioner Ayodhi Prasad Yadav retired from the post on Sunday. Its member Ilama Sharma also retired on the same day.

The Election Commission has a team of five members including the chief. Narendra Dahal, Ishwori Prasad Paudyal and Sudhir Shah are the sitting members of the commission.

Publish Date : 25 March 2019 17:01 PM

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