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Krishna Gopal Shrestha (कृष्ण गोपाल श्रेष्ठ) is the current Office Secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist). He is contesting from Kathmandu-9 in the Election for House of Representatives 2017 representing Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist).

Early life and childhood
Krishna Gopal Shrestha was born on October 1, 1958 in Kathmandu. Son of Hari Lal Shrestha and Hari Maya Shrestha, Krishna Gopal Shrestha has a son and two daughters. Shrestha remembers her mother raising him by working as a labor. His parents were living in rent at a residence of a Rana family in Kathmandu, where he was born. He did not get to go to study since childhood but had learned a lot from his acquaintance with the sons of the landlord. He was later admitted directly to Grade 5 and completed his studies.

Academic Qualification
He holds a Master's Degree in Economics from TU University.

Politics
In 1979, he became a member of CPN (ML). He took active participation in the first Nepal Bandh called by the All Nepal National Free Students Union in 1981. He went to jail on multiple occasions in course of the student and party movements. He became the party's district committee secretary in 1982. Four years later, he became secretary of Bhaktapur and again of Lalitpur in 1990. He has remained in the party central committee since 1998. He was elected from Kathmandu-5 in the by-election of 1992 after earlier winner Madan Bhandari left the seat. He also won the Nepalese legislative election, 1994 from Kathmandu-7. However, he was defeated in the 1999 parliamentary elections in Kathmandu-9. He contested from the same constituency in the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, 2008 but was defeated again. He was appointed as local development minister in 2005.

Language
Nepali, Newari, Hindi, English