Shekhar Koirala

Shekhar Koirala (डा. शेखर कोईराला) is a central working committee member of the Nepali Congress and a member of the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal.

Political life
He is the current member of Federal Parliament of Nepal. He represented Morang 6 (constituency), which constitutes total 20 wards of 3 local level government of Morang District including Ward No 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12 of Biratnagar, all 7 wards of Budhiganga Rural Municipality and Ward No 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 of Sundar Haraicha Municipality. He was elected in the 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election and 2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly by-election from the area. He previously served as vice chancellor of BPKIHS, an autonomous Health Science University. He was the person to garner highest number of votes for the post member of Nepali Congress Central Working Committee.

14th general convention of Nepali Congress
Shekhar Koirala ran for the post of Party Chairman in 14th general convention of Nepali Congress which he lost to Sher Bahadur Deuba in 2nd round. He along with Youth Leaders formed the alliance (Koirala) and gave the candidacy in all posts winning 1 Vice-Chairman (Dhanraj Gurung), 1 General Secretary (Gagan Thapa), 2 Joint General Secretary (Jiwan Pariyar and Badri Pandey (politician)) and 34 Central committee members.

Birth and family
He was born on 25 August 1950 to father Keshav Prasad Koirala and Nona Koirala belonging to Koirala family of politicians.

Medical profession
He is a physician by profession. He worked at Bir Hospital, BPKIHS and Koshi Zonal Hospital.