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{{Short description|Nepali politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix =
| native_name = विश्वप्रकाश शर्मा
| education = Masters in Political Science<ref>{{Cite web|last=रातोपाटी|title=काँग्रेस महामन्त्रीमा दुई 'युवा ढुकढुकी' विजयी : को हुन् गगन र विश्वप्रकाश ?|url=https://ratopati.com/story/211585/2021/12/16/gagan-bishwoprakash-|access-date=2021-12-17|website=RatoPati|language=Nepali}}</ref>
| alma_mater = [[Tribhuwan University]]
| name = Bishwa Prakash Sharma
| caption =
| image =
| nationality = [[Nepal]]ese
| party = [[Nepali Congress]]
| office = General Secretary of [[Nepali Congress]]
| termstart = 2021
| termend =
| alongside = [[Gagan Thapa]]
| predecessor = [[Shashanka Koirala]]
| president = [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]]
| office1 = President of [[Nepal Student Union]]
| termstart1 = 2000
| termend1 = 2002
| predecessor1 = [[Govinda Bhattarai]]
| successor1 = [[Kishor Singh Rathore]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|12|21|df=y}}<ref>https://bishwaprakash.com.np/biography/&ved=2ahUKEwiO99fItev0AhXSwjgGHc-KDUcQFnoECAYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1Q7RHD3lYrHwCXdjyc6PKt</ref>
| birth_place = [[Jhapa]], [[Province No. 1]], [[Nepal]]
| website = {{url|bishwaprakash.com.np/|Official website}}
}}

'''Bishwa Prakash Sharma''' ({{lang-ne|विश्वप्रकाश शर्मा}}) is a [[Nepalis|Nepali]] politician.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Young Turks of Congress|url=https://kathmandupost.com/politics/2021/12/17/the-young-turks-of-congress|access-date=2021-12-18|website=kathmandupost.com|language=English}}</ref> He is one of the two general secretaries of the [[Nepali Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Young Turks of Congress|url=https://kathmandupost.com/politics/2021/12/17/the-young-turks-of-congress|access-date=2021-12-17|website=kathmandupost.com|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=कांग्रेस महामन्त्रीमा निर्वाचित थापा र शर्माको सम्बन्ध कस्तो|language=ne|work=BBC News नेपाली|url=https://www.bbc.com/nepali/news-59690144|access-date=2021-12-17}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Sharma was elected general secretary along with [[Gagan Thapa]] in the [[14th general convention of Nepali Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nepali Congress: Gagan Thapa, Bishwa Prakash Sharma win as general secretaries - OnlineKhabar English News|url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/nepali-congress-2-general-secies.html|access-date=2021-12-16|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nepali Congress: Gagan Thapa, Bishwa Prakash Sharma win as general secretaries - OnlineKhabar English News|url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/nepali-congress-2-general-secies.html|access-date=2021-12-17|language=en-GB}}</ref> This was termed as rise of new generation in the oldest party of Nepal, the [[Nepali Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=कांग्रेसमा युवा पुस्ताको उदय|url=https://ekantipur.com/news/2021/12/17/163970447227545125.html|access-date=2021-12-17|website=ekantipur.com|language=ne}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=रातोपाटी|title=काँग्रेसमा चढ्यो जवानी, कम्युनिस्टमा बुढ्यौली !|url=https://ratopati.com/story/211629/2021/12/16/youth-leaders-|access-date=2021-12-17|website=RatoPati|language=Nepali}}</ref>

Sharma has previously served as spokesperson of the party.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bishwa Prakash Sharma picked NC spokesman|url=https://kathmandupost.com/miscellaneous/2018/01/10/bishwa-prakash-sharma-picked-nc-spokesman|access-date=2021-12-16|website=kathmandupost.com|language=English}}</ref> He has also served as the national president of the [[Nepal Student Union|Nepal Student Union (NSU)]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=नेविसंघको ४८ वर्ष ११ महाधिवेशन, १८ सभापति|url=https://www.nayapatrikadaily.com/news-details/6251/2019-02-16|access-date=2021-12-16|website=Naya Patrika|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{Official website|https://bishwaprakash.com.np/}}
*[https://twitter.com/bishwaprakash77 Bishwa Prakash Sharma] on Twitter
*[https://www.facebook.com/bishwaprakashS Bishwa Prakash Sharma] on Facebook

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Nepali Congress politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Nepalese politicians]]
[[Category:1970 births]]

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