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Phurba Gyaljen Sherpa elected NMA President

The Nepal Weekly
August 26, 2025

Phurba Gyaljen Sherpa has been elected as the President of Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA). The NMA is an umbrella organization of mountain tourism entrepreneurs.

According to the vote counting conducted this morning, Sherpa defeated his rival candidate Kul Bahadur Gurung to be elected the new NMA President. Sherpa received 342 votes while Gurung received 288 votes, according to the election committee.

Similarly, IshworiPoudel has been elected as the senior Vice-president, MingmaGyalbo Sherpa as the first Vice-president, Bodhraj Bhandari as the secondVice-president, and Rajendra Lama as the General Secretary. Similarly, ChandanThapa has been elected as the Secretary, NgimaNurbu Sherpa and Sumi Lama have received equal votes for the post of treasurer.

Madhav Kumar Dhamala, Kedar Neupane, Thupden Sherpa, Gokul Thapa, Mulal Gurung, Dendi Sherpa, Bikram Karki, Rinje Sherpa, Devendra Dangol, Diki Sherpa and Nisha Bhote were elected members of the new NMA Executive Committee.

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