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Minendra Rijal
Nepali politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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]
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Electoral history
2017 legislative elections
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References
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