Nawang Rigzin Jora is an Indian politician and former Minister for Urban Development and Urban Local Bodies,

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, India.

Early life and education

Nawang Rigzin Jora was born on , 2 February 1958 in

, then part of

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, India. He is an alumnus of St. Stephen's college Delhi.

Political career

Nawang Rigzin Jora is a former Minister for Urban Development and Urban Local Bodies. Before that, he was the Minister for Tourism & Culture. Before joining politics, he was a member of the Ladakh Buddhist Association, Leh, a strong organisation and a member of World Buddhist Fellowship, and actively participated in an agitation for grant of Union Territory Status for Ladakh region. Later, when in a compromise between the government of India and the Ladakh Buddhist Association a separate administrative unit " The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh" was created in 1995, he became one of the four Executive Councillors of the newly constituted "Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council" under the leadership of the former president of Ladakh Buddhist Association Mr. Thupstan Chhewang.

Personal life

He is married to Tsetan Dolker of Lachumir, and has a son and a daughter.

References

External links

https://web.archive.org/web/20190810004313/https://jkgad.nic.in/ http://jkgad.nic.in/councilindex.shtml {{DEFAULTSORT:Jora, Nawang Rigzin 1958 births Living people Ladakh politicians Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2014–2018 Indian National Congress politicians