Hariyali Nepal Party

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party_name = Hariyali Nepal Party
devanagari_name = हरियाली नेपाल पार्टी
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president = Kuber Sharma [ [http://www.unmin.org.np/?d=activities&p=activity_detail&aid=69 United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) : Activities » Activities Update » Activity Details ] ]
foundation = 1996 [ [http://www.broadleft.org/np.htm Leftist Parties of Nepal ] ]
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international = Global Greens [ [http://www.globalgreens.org/history Global Green Party History home page | Global Greens ] ]
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website = [http://www.nepalgreenparty.com/ nepalgreenparty.com]

Hariyali Nepal Party (Green Nepal Party) is a royalist political party in Nepal. [ [http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishweekly/spotlight/2001/jul/jul13/opinion.htm OPINION (Spotlight Weekly) ] ] The party is registered with the Election Commission of Nepal ahead of the 2008 Constituent Assembly election. [ [http://www.election.gov.np/NP/legal/list.php पार्टीको सूचीndash Election Commission of Nepal ] ]

History

The party was, according to its chairman Sharma, founded by persons previously associated with communist and democratic groups. [ [http://www.nepalnews.com/contents/englishweekly/spotlight/2000/may/may12/opinion.htm OPINION (Spotlight Weekly) ] ]

The party got 6638 votes in the 1999 legislative election, but no seat. [ [http://afs.ahrchk.net/mainfile.php/article/15/ The Maoist People’s War and Human Rights in Nepal ] ]

The chairman of the party, Kuber Sharma, was named Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation minister by King Gyanendra in 2002. [ [http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/nov/18nepal1.htm rediff.com: King Gyanendra expands Chand-led cabinet ] ]

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