Abhishek Pratap Shah
{{short description|Nepali politician}}{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abhishek Pratap Shah
| citizenship = Nepal
| term_end2 = 14 October 2017
| term_start2 = 28 May 2008
| office2 = Member of Constituent Assembly for Kapilvastu 5
| image_size = 200px
| image = Abhishek Pratap Shah (2010).jpg
| residence =
| native_name_lang = ne
| native_name = अभिषेक प्रताप शाह
| otherparty = RPP (until 2008)
MJFN (2008–15)
FSFN (2015–17)
| nationality = Nepali
| party = Nepali Congress
(2017–present)
| primeminister =
| president =
| term_end =
| term_start = 4 March 2018
| office = Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
| preceded = Brijesh Kumar Gupta
| constituency = Kapilvastu 3
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|10|5|df=y}}{{Cite book |url=https://hr.parliament.gov.np/uploads/attachments/z3qljvte6vwen2cy.pdf |title=संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका |publisher=Federal Parliament Secretariat |year=2021 |location=Nepal |pages=270 |language=ne |trans-title=Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet}}
| birth_place = Rautahat District
| father = Ajay Pratap Shah
| mother = Sarojani Shah
| spouse = Minakshi Singh Shah
| children = 3
}}
Abhishek Pratap Shah ({{langx|ne|अभिषेक प्रताप शाह}}, born 1 October 1982) is a Nepalese politician belonging to Nepali Congress. He serves as the member of parliament for Kapilvastu 3. He was previously a member of the first and second Constituent Assembly of Nepal representing Kapilvastu 5.
Personal life
Shah has a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree from Babu Banarasi Das National Institute of Technology and Management in Lucknow.
Political career
In January 2008, Shah was nominated to the interim parliament, taking the seat of his deceased father Ajay Pratap Shah who was an MP for the Rastriya Prajatantra Party.{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Six NC MPs, one from RPP defect|url=http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?nid=139545|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314012106/http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?nid=139545|archivedate=2008-03-14|accessdate=2008-11-23|website=|publisher=Kantipuronline.com}} In March 2008 he resigned from the interim legislature, and joined the Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal. In the April 2008 Constituent Assembly election he was elected from the Kapilvastu 5 constituency, winning 15,694 votes.{{cite web|url=http://www.election.gov.np |title=Election Commission of Nepal |publisher=Election.gov.np |accessdate=2008-11-23| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080820184635/http://election.gov.np/| archivedate=August 20, 2008| url-status= live}} Shah was the youngest member elected to the 1st Constituent Assembly of Nepal.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2012-02-24|title=Youngest CA member to go on fast-unto-death|url=http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Youngest+CA+member+to+go+on+fast-unto-death+&NewsID=245134|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224072826/http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Youngest+CA+member+to+go+on+fast-unto-death+&NewsID=245134|archive-date=2012-02-24|access-date=2020-12-22}}{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/world/asia/28nepal.html | work=The New York Times | title=Deadlock Pushes Nepal to Brink of a Political Crisis | first1=Kiran | last1=Chapagain | first2=Jim | last2=Yardley | date=2010-05-27}} He was re-elected from the same constituency in the 2013 Constituent Assembly elections.
In 2017 he left the Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal and joined Nepali Congress ahead of the 2017 general election. He was elected from Kapilvastu 3 securing 20,001 votes. He was a member in the Industry, Commerce, Labour and Consumer Welfare Committee of the House of Representatives.{{Cite web|title=उद्योग तथा वाणिज्य र श्रम तथा उपभोक्ता हित समिति|url=https://hr.parliament.gov.np/np/committees/Industry-Commerce-Labour-and-Consumer-Interest-Committee/members|access-date=2020-12-22|website=hr.parliament.gov.np}}
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Category:Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal politicians
Category:Rastriya Prajatantra Party politicians
Category:Nepali Congress politicians from Lumbini Province
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