Chet Narayan Acharya

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.{{Cite web|title=चेत नारायण आचार्य लुम्बिनीको मुख्यमन्त्री बन्दै|url=https://aarushikhabar.com/2024/07/8922/|access-date=2025-03-04|website=Aarushi Khabar|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=मुख्यमन्त्री बनेका चेतनारायण आचार्य को हुन् ?|url=https://hamrakura.com/news-details/173878/2024-07-23|access-date=2025-03-04|website=hamrakura.com|language=ne}}

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.

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.{{Cite web|last=admin|date=2021-03-25|title=अर्घाखाँचीमा चेत नारायण आचार्य पक्षको एमालेले खनाल-नेपाल समुहलाई कारबाही गर्ने (विज्ञप्ती सहित)|url=https://www.arghakhanchi.com/2021/03/25/57226/|access-date=2025-03-04|website=Arghakhanchi.Com "Arghakhanchi Media House Pvt. Ltd. Online News of Nepal, Politics, Entertainment, Economy, Sports, World, photos, videos|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=चेत नारायण आचार्य बन्दै लुम्बिनीको मुख्यमन्त्री|url=https://madhyanhadaily.com/post/2967|access-date=2025-03-04|website=Madhyanha Daily|language=en-US}}

In the 2017 Nepalese provincial election, he won the election from the Arghakhanchi 1 (A) constituency{{Cite web|last=सञ्चार|first=देश|date=2017-12-14|title=यी हुन् प्रदेशसभामा विजयी ३ सय ३० विधायकहरु|url=https://deshsanchar.com/2017/12/15/3246/|access-date=2025-03-04|website=देशसञ्चार|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=सातै प्रदेशको मतगणना अपडेट : कुन दलले कति जिते ? (सूचीसहित)|url=https://kantipurtv.com/election-updates/2022/11/23/1669202310.html|access-date=2025-03-04|website=kantipurtv.com|language=en}} and took charge as the Minister for Internal Affairs and Law in Shankar Pokharel's cabinet.{{Cite web |title=CM Pokharel inducts three ministers into his Cabinet |url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/110285/ |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=My Republica |language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Setopati|first=भगवती पाण्डे|title=मुख्यमन्त्री पोखरेलले तेस्रोपटक मन्त्रीमण्डल विस्तार गर्दै थपे तीन मन्त्री|url=https://www.setopati.com/politics/236581|access-date=2025-03-04|website=Setopati|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Province 5 Cabinet inducts 3 more ministers |url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2018/03/19/3-ministers-to-be-inducted-in-province-5-govt |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}} 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.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=एमाले केन्द्रीय कमिटीमा ४६ प्रतिशत नयाँ सदस्य (सूची सहित) |url=https://www.himalkhabar.com/news/127020 |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=एमाले केन्द्रीय कमिटीमा ४६ प्रतिशत नयाँ सदस्य (सूची सहित)}} In the 2022 Nepalese provincial election, he once again won the election from the Arghakhanchi 1 (A) constituency and was elected as the parliamentary party deputy leader of the CPN (UML) in the Lumbini Provincial Assembly.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-02 |title=एमाले लुम्बिनी प्रदेश संसदीय दलको नेतामा गिरी, उपनेतामा आचार्य - Mechikali News |url=https://mechikalinews.com/archives/12336 |access-date=2024-07-22 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=एमाले लुम्बिनी प्रदेश संसदीय दलको नेतामा गिरी |url=https://ekantipur.com/pradesh-5/2023/01/01/167257134817669785.html?author=1 |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=ekantipur.com |language=ne}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=लुम्बिनीमा एमाले संसदीय दलको नेतामा गिरी |url=https://www.shittalpati.com/detail/9960/ |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=}} He served as the Minister for Water Supply, Rural and Urban Development, and the Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development in Leela Giri's cabinet,{{Cite web|title=Lumbini Chief Minister Leela Giri expands Cabinet|url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2023/02/12/lumbini-chief-minister-leela-giri-expands-cabinet|access-date=2025-03-04|website=kathmandupost.com|language=English}}{{Cite web |title=माननीय मन्त्रीज्यूहरुको जिम्मेवारी हेरफेर सम्बन्धी सूचना। |trans-title=Notice regarding change in responsibilities of Honorable Ministers. |url=https://moial.lumbini.gov.np/media/list/मननय_मनतरहरक_जममवर_हर_फर_चत_१४.pdf |lang=ne |website=moial.lumbini.gov.np}} and as the Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning in Jokh Bahadur Mahara's cabinet.{{Cite web |title=मन्त्रिपरिषद् गठन सम्बन्धी प्रदेश प्रमुखको कार्यालयको सूचना । |trans-title=Notice from the Office of the Provincial Chief regarding the formation of the Council of Ministers |url=https://moial.lumbini.gov.np/media/list/अतरकतङक_०६_._मनतरपरषद_पनरगठन_समबनध_सचन_hOKCQhe.pdf |lang=ne |website=moial.lumbini.gov.np}}{{Cite web |title=Lumbini CM Mahara to take oath today, set to form small-sized Cabinet |url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/153874/ |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=My Republica |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Lumbini Province Chief Minister Mahara expands Cabinet |url=https://annapurna-express.prixa.net/story/48454/ |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=The Annapurna Express |language=Nepali}}

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.{{Cite web|last=आचार्य|first=मुग्लानी खबर संवाददाता अनेमसंघ अर्घाखाँचीको अध्यक्षमा दिपा|title=अनेमसंघ अर्घाखाँचीको अध्यक्षमा दिपा आचार्य|url=https://www.muglanikhabar.com/detail/59315|access-date=2025-03-04|website=अनेमसंघ अर्घाखाँचीको अध्यक्षमा दिपा आचार्य}} They have one son and one daughter.

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|votes3=1476

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|result=CPN (UML) gain

|majority=10614

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|party1=CPN (Maoist)

|votes1=19584

|cand2=Man Bahadur Bishwakarma

|party2=Nepali Congress

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|party3=CPN (UML)

|votes3=9461

|cand4=Dilaram Acharya

|party4=Rastriya Janamorcha

|votes4=7575

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|votes5=1,509

|invalid=1879

|result=CPN (Maoist) gain

|majority=8993

|source=Election Commission{{Cite web|date=2009-10-03|title=Ca Election report|url=http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003184536/http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|archive-date=2009-10-03}}

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• [http://www.cpnuml.org Official website of CPN UML]
• [https://cpnuml.org/info/316422 Official website of Chet Narayan Acharya]

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