Minendra Rijal
Nepali politician
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Minendra Rijal (Nepali: मिनेन्द्र रिजाल) is a Nepali politician and former Defence Minister of Nepal. He is also member of the House of Representatives.
Minendra Rijal | |
|---|---|
| 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 | 1 October 1957[2] |
| Party | Nepali Congress |
| Spouse | Durga Rijal |
| Alma mater | New York University |
Political career
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]
Electoral history
2017 legislative elections
| Morang 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||