Kathmandu: President Ramchandra Paudel has appointed Padma Prasad Pandey as the general-secretary of the Federal Parliament on the joint recommendation of House of Representatives (HoR) Speaker and National Assembly Chairperson. He was serving as acting general-secretary of the federal parliament.
Earlier today, President Paudel had approved the resignation Pandey tendered from the post of acting general-secretary.
President Paudel appointed Pandey, a resident of Ribdikot rural municipality-9, Palpa, to the post as per Article 106 (1) of the Constitution, stated a press release issued by Spokesperson of the President’s Office, Shailaja Regmi Bhattarai.
Prior to this, Pandey had served the federal parliament secretariat as the secretary.