About Minendra Rijal
Born 1957. Minendra Rijal is a Nepali politician.
Minendra Rijal 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. 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.
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.
Rijal was also one of the architects of the mixed electoral system that ensured better social and gender diversity in the Constituent Assembly.
2017 legislative elections
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Who is Minendra Rijal?
Nepalese politician
When was Minendra Rijal born?
Minendra Rijal was born on 1 October 1957 in Dharan.
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Minendra Rijal is a politician.
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Minendra Rijal is Nepali.
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