Hikmat Kumar Karki

**Hikmat Kumar Karki** (Nepali: हिक्मत कुमार कार्की; born 26 September 1964, Gauradah, Kingdom of Nepal) is a Nepalese politician who has been serving as the Chief Minister of Koshi Province since 9 May 2024. Previously, he held the same position from 9 January 2023 to 7 July 2023, and from 8 September 2023 to 14 October 2023.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific prefix**: Honourable
- **name**: Hikmat Kumar Karki
- **native name**: हिक्मत कुमार कार्की
- **image**: Rt-Hon Hikmat Kumar Karki.jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2023
- **office1**: 4th Chief Minister of Koshi Province
- **term start1**: 9 May 2024
- **president1**: Ram Chandra Paudel
- **governor1**: Parshuram Khapung
- **predecessor1**: Kedar Karki
- **term start2**: 8 September 2023
- **term end2**: 14  October 2023
- **president2**: Ram Chandra Paudel
- **governor2**: Parshuram Khapung
- **predecessor2**: Uddhav Thapa
- **successor2**: Kedar Karki
- **termstart3**: 9 January 2023
- **termend3**: 7 July 2023
- **governor3**: Parshuram Khapung
- **president3**: Ram Chandra Paudel

Bidhya Devi Bhandari
- **predecessor3**: Rajendra Kumar Rai (Nepalese politician), Rajendra Kumar Rai
- **successor3**: Uddhav Thapa
- **office4**: Leader of the House in the Koshi Provincial Assembly, Leader of the House in the
Koshi Provincial Assembly
- **term start4**: 9 May 2024
- **predecessor4**: Kedar Karki
- **term start5**: 8 September 2023
- **term end5**: 14 October 2023
- **predecessor5**: Uddhav Thapa
- **successor5**: Kedar Karki
- **term start6**: 9 January 2023
- **term end6**: 7 July 2023
- **predecessor6**: Rajendra Kumar Rai (Nepalese politician), Rajendra Kumar Rai
- **successor6**: Uddhav Thapa
- **office7**: Leader of the Opposition in the Koshi Provincial Assembly, Leader of the Opposition in the
Koshi Provincial Assembly
- **term start7**: 3 November 2023
- **term end7**: 3 May 2024
- **governor7**: Parshuram Khapung
- **1blankname7**: Chief Minister
- **1namedata7**: Kedar Karki
- **predecessor7**: Bhakti Prasad Sitaula
- **term start8**: 7 July 2023
- **term end8**: 8 September 2023
- **governor8**: Parshuram Khapung
- **1blankname8**: Chief Minister
- **1namedata8**: Uddhav Thapa
- **predecessor8**: Uddhav Thapa
- **successor8**: Uddhav Thapa
- **office9**: Minister for Internal Affairs and Law (Koshi Province), Minister for Internal Affairs and Law
- **term start9**: 8 September 2023
- **term end9**: 14 October 2023
- **governor9**: Parshuram Khapung
- **1blankname9**: Chief Minister
- **1namedata9**: Himself
- **predecessor9**: Uddhav Thapa
- **successor9**: Shamsher Rai
- **term start10**: 9 January 2023
- **term end10**: 7 July 2023
- **governor10**: Parshuram Khapung
- **1blankname10**: Chief Minister
- **1namedata10**: Himself
- **predecessor10**: Kedar Karki
- **successor10**: Uddhav Thapa
- **term start11**: 15 February 2018
- **term end11**: 26 August 2021
- **governor11**: Somnath Adhikari
- **1blankname11**: Chief Minister
- **1namedata11**: Sher Dhan Rai
- **predecessor11**: _Constituon created_
- **successor11**: Bhim Acharya
- **office12**: Ministry of Economic Affairs and Planning (Koshi Province), Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning
- **term start12**: 8 September 2023
- **term end12**: 14 October 2023
- **governor12**: Parshuram Khapung
- **1blankname12**: Chief Minister
- **1namedata12**: Himself
- **predecessor12**: Jiwan Acharya
- **successor12**: Kedar Karki
- **term start13**: 9 January 2023
- **term end13**: 7 July 2023
- **governor13**: Parshuram Khapung
- **1blankname13**: Chief Minister
- **1namedata13**: Himself
- **predecessor13**: Indra Bahadur Angbo
- **successor13**: Jiwan Acharya
- **office14**: Parliamentary Party leader of the
CPN (UML) in
- **termstart14**: December  2022
- **predecessor14**: Bhim Acharya
- **office15**: Member of the Koshi Provincial Assembly
- **termstart15**: 5 February 2018
- **constituency15**: Jhapa 5 (constituency), Jhapa 5 (A)
- **party**: Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist), CPN (UML)
- **birth place**: Gauradha, Jhapa District, Jhapa, Kingdom of Nepal, Nepal
- **party**: Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
- **nationality**: Nepali
- **otherparty**: Nepal Communist Party
- **father**: Late Bam Bahadur Karki
- **mother**: Januka Devi Karki
- **spouse**: Anjana Pandey Karki
- **children**: 3
- **education**: Master of Laws
- **alma mater**: Tribhuvan University