Minendra Rijal ( ne, मिनेन्द्र रिजाल) is a
Nepali politician and former
Defence Minister of Nepal. He is also member of the
House of Representatives
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.
Political career
He is a former member of
Nepali Congress
The Nepali Congress ( ne, नेपाली कांग्रेस ; abbr. NC) is the largest social democratic political party in Nepal. As per the results of recent local election, ''Nepali Congress'' stands as the single largest party of ...
party Central Working Committee.
He served as
Minister of Information and Communications
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during the
prime minister-ship of the
Sushil Koirala
Sushil Prasad Koirala (; 12 August 1931 – 9 February 2016) was a Nepalese politician and the Prime Minister of Nepal from 11 February 2014 to 10 October 2015. He was also President of the Nepali Congress from 2010 to 2016, having earlier serve ...
.
Recently, Rijal resigned as Defence minister after he was unable to win internal election of party for general secretary.
He was elected to parliament from
Morang-2 in the
2017 elections
The following elections occurred in 2017.
Africa
*2017 Somali presidential election 8 February 2017
*2017 Gambian parliamentary election 6 April 2017
* 2017 Algerian legislative election 4 May 2017
*2017 Lesotho general election 3 June 2017
*20 ...
. Morang-2 is the constituency from where Late PM
Girija Prasad Koirala
Nepal Ratna Girija Prasad Koirala ( ne, गिरिजाप्रसाद कोइराला ; 4 July 1924 – 20 March 2010), affectionately known as Girija Babu, was a Nepalese politician. He headed the Nepali Congress and served as the ...
used to contest the election.
He was also one of the architects of the mixed electoral system that ensured better social and gender diversity in the Constituent Assembly.
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Electoral history
2017 legislative elections
References
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Nepali Congress politicians from Province No. 1
Government ministers of Nepal
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
1957 births
Nepali Congress (Democratic) politicians
Nepal MPs 2017–2022
People from Dharan
Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly