Ishwar Pokhrel
Ishwor Pokharel | |
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ईश्वर पोखरेल | |
File:Ishor pokharel.jpg | |
Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal | |
Assumed office 26 February, 2018 | |
President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | Khadga Prasad Oli |
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies | |
Assumed office 2005 | |
Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
Secretary of CPN UML | |
Assumed office 2003 | |
Member of House of Representatives (Nepal) of Kathmandu -5 | |
Assumed office 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Mamkha, Okhaldhunga District , Nepal | 4 February 1954
Political party | Nepal Communist Party |
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Ishwor Pokhrel (Template:Lang-neⓘ) 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)
See Also
References
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