Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe

Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe Limbu (Nepali: शिव माया तुम्बाहाङफे) is a Nepali politician and diplomat who served as the Ambassador of Nepal to South Korea from 2025 to 2026 . She has also served as the Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation and as the deputy speaker of the House of Representatives. was titled . Bijay Subba, another prominent leader of the NCP, is her brother.

Political career She has been actively involved in politics for the last 40 years. She has been politically active from Morang district. but the government was dissolved before her nomination could be confirmed. nominated by the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (CPN UML), and elected as deputy speaker with the support of her party CPN (UML), as well as the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) (CPN MC) of the left alliance, defeating Pushpa Bhusal of Nepali Congress, on 15 March 2018 by a margin of 143 votes. Her election as deputy speaker was controversial due to the fact that the constitution prohibits having both speaker and deputy speaker from the same party, which has been the case since the merger of CPN (UML) and CPN (MC) to form the NCP. Following her election as deputy speaker, she resigned as a member of her party as per the constitutional requirement. She was 53 years old when elected deputy speaker. She resigned as the deputy speaker on 20 January 2020, and on 17 February 2020 was appointed as the Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.

She is the younger sister of NCP leader Bijay Subba, who is also a central committee member of the party and a member of the House of Representatives through proportional representation system.

Personal life Tumbahamphe was married to Late Ghanendra Jimi, who was once elected chairperson of Urlabari VDC representing CPN (UML).