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Secretary of Nepal COmmunist Party ( UML )

Ishwor Pokharel
ईश्वर पोखरेल
File:Ishor pokharel.jpg
Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
Assumed office
26 February, 2018
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKhadga Prasad Oli
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies
Assumed office
2005
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Secretary of CPN UML
Assumed office
2003
Member of House of Representatives (Nepal) of Kathmandu -5
Assumed office
2017
Personal details
Born (1954-02-04) 4 February 1954 (age 70)
Mamkha, Okhaldhunga District , Nepal
Political partyNepal Communist Party
Parents
  • Shiva Raj Pokharel (father)
  • Raj Kumari Pokharel (mother)
NicknameSuresh Singh (Maoist guerrilla name)

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Ishwor Pokhrel (Template:Lang-neListen) is a current Secreteriat member of Nepal Communist Party and also the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence in the Second Oli cabinet.

Early life and childhood

Ishwar Pokhrel, born 4 February 1954, is a Nepali politician currently serving as a Secreteriat member of the Nepal Communist Party since the party was founded in 2018. He also served as the General Secretary of NCP's predecessor party, CPN-UML. He is also the founding member of Central Committee of the Communist Party of Nepal-ML and also the founding member of the Central Committee, CPN-UML.

He was the youngest among eight siblings born to Ram Kumari Pokhrel (mother) and Shiva Hari Pokhrel (father) of Mamkha-2, Okhaldhunga district of Nepal. He is married to Mira Dhonju Pokhrel and together has two sons - Shreejan Pokhrel and Swaraj Pokhrel.

Academic Qualification

Graduate in Education & Literature from TU Kathmandu

Participation in international conferences / seminars

  • 1993 - International Conference on Communist and Workers Parties held in and the Netherland
  • 1995 - High Level Delegation Member to the People's Republic of China and Mongolia with the Rt. Hon'ble Prime Minister
  • 1995 - Member of the delegate for the 8th SAARC held in New Delhi, India
  • 1995 - Head of the delegation to Preparatory Meeting on the United Nations' Conference on Social Summit, New York, USA
  • 1995 - United Nations, Conference of Social
  • 1996 - Seminar of the ML Parties on ‘Anti-Imperialism’ (Belgium)
  • 1998 - Member, Delegation to from National Assembly (Upper House)
  • 2000 - Member, Nepalese Parliamentary Delegation to the DPR of Korea
  • 2001 - Head of the delegation to for the observation of Presidential election
  • 2001 - Member, Nepalese Delegation to UN General Assembly
  • 2001 - Member, Delegation to 9th of Forum for SAO-PAULO
  • 2002 - International Seminar on Socialism, Kathmandu
  • 2004 - Regional Ministerial Level Meeting held in Islamabad, Pakistan
  • 2005 - Head of Delegation to for Regional Conference of Non-Resident Nepali (NRN)
  • 2005 - Head of the Delegation, Ministerial Conference on Intellectual Property for the Developing Countries held in Democratic Korea
  • 2009 - Participation on the joint meeting of ICAPP and COPPPAL representing the country and the party

International visits / exposure

  • People's Republic of China (1979, 1995, 2009, 2015)
  • Bangladesh (1993)
  • Mongolia (1995)
  • France (1995, 2010)
  • Germany (1993, 1995, 2000)
  • Ireland (2003)
  • Thailand (2000)
  • United Kingdom (1995)
  • Russia (1996)
  • Belarus (1996)
  • Netherlands (2003)
  • Belgium (1996, 2000, 2010)
  • Yugoslavia (2001)
  • Jamaica (2001)
  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( 2005)
  • Democratic Korea (2005)
  • United States of America (1995, 2001)
  • Denmark (1995)
  • Cuba (2001)
  • Qatar (2005, 2009)
  • Japan (1998, 2009, 2011)
  • Argentina (2009)
  • United Arab Emirates (2005, 2009)
  • Pakistan and India (several times)

Language

Nepali, Maithili, Hindi, English

Published books

'MAGH 19' (A book written about February 1 - The Royal take-over, 2005)

References