Minendra Rijal | |
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मिनेन्द्र रिजाल | |
Defence Minister of Nepal | |
In office 8 October 2021 – 16 December 2021 [1] | |
President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
Preceded by | Ishwor Pokhrel |
Succeeded by | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
Minister of Information and Communications | |
In office 25 February 2014 – 12 October 2015 | |
President | Ram Baran Yadav |
Prime Minister | Sushil Koirala |
Succeeded by | Sher Dhan Rai |
Minister for Constituent Assembly, Parliamentary Affairs and Culture | |
In office 25 May 2009 – 6 February 2011 | |
President | Ram Baran Yadav |
Prime Minister | Madhav Kumar Nepal |
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
Assumed office 4 March 2018 | |
Preceded by | Chandi Prasad Rai |
Constituency | Morang 2 |
Member of Constituent Assembly for Nepali Congress party list | |
In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | [2] Dharan, Sunsari | 1 October 1957
Political party | Nepali Congress |
Spouse | Durga Rijal |
Alma mater | New York University |
Minendra Rijal ( Nepali: मिनेन्द्र रिजाल) is a Nepali politician and former Defence Minister of Nepal. He is also member of the House of Representatives.
He is a former member of Nepali Congress party Central Working Committee. [3] He served as Minister of Information and Communications during the prime minister-ship of the Sushil Koirala.
Recently, Rijal resigned as Defence minister after he was unable to win internal election of party for general secretary. [4]
He was elected to parliament from Morang-2 in the 2017 elections. Morang-2 is the constituency from where Late PM Girija Prasad Koirala used to contest the election. [5] [6]
He was also one of the architects of the mixed electoral system that ensured better social and gender diversity in the Constituent Assembly. [3]
Morang 2 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | |
Nepali Congress | Minendra Prasad Rijal | 35,819 | |
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Rishikesh Pokharel | 34,014 | |
Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Yuvraj Karki | 2,595 | |
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Mahendra Lal Das Kevrat | 2,082 | |
Others | 1,279 | ||
Invalid votes | 4,460 | ||
Result | Congress gain | ||
Source: Election Commission |