Minendra Rijal
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 |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Chandi Prasad Rai |
| Succeeded by | Rishikesh Pokharel |
| Constituency | Morang 2 |
| Member of the Legislature Parliament | |
| In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017 | |
| PR group | Khas Arya |
| Constituency | Nepali Congress PR list |
| 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 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 October 1957[2] |
| Party | Nepali Congress |
| Spouse | Durga Rijal |
| Education | New York University |
Minendra Rijal (Nepali: मिनेन्द्र रिजाल) is a Nepali politician, former defence minister of Nepal, and former member of the House of Representatives.
Political career
Rijal 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.
Rijal resigned as defence minister after he was unable to win the internal election of the party for general secretary.[4]
He was elected to parliament from Morang-2 in the 2017 elections. Morang-2 is the constituency from where the late PM Girija Prasad Koirala used to contest the election.[5][6]
Rijal 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
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krishna Kumar Karki | RSP | 40,924 | 54.72 | |
| Dilip Kumar Bagediya | CPN (UML) | 15,624 | 20.89 | |
| Minendra Rijal | Congress | 12,764 | 17.07 | |
| Abuho Rairaha | SSP | 1,822 | 2.44 | |
| Chandrabir Rai | NCP | 1,366 | 1.83 | |
| Others | 2,286 | 3.06 | ||
| Total | 74,786 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | – | |||
| Majority | 25,300 | |||
| RSP gain | ||||
| Source: [7] | ||||
| 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 | |||
References
- ↑ "Defence Minister Rijal to resign amid apparent loss in NC's general secy".
- ↑ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
- 1 2 "MINENDRA RIJAL". www.c-r.org. CONCILIATION RESOURCES. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ↑ Ratopati. "Defence Minister Rijal to resign amid apparent loss in NC's general secy". Ratopati. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ↑ "18 Ministers sworn-in, Cabinet meeting held". My Republica. 25 February 2014. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ↑ "The Brief » Blog Archive » Meet the new cabinet of Ministers". Nepali Times. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ↑ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.