Giriraj Mani Pokharel

Giriraj Mani Pokharel is a Nepalese politician and the former Minister of Education, Science and Technology. He is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).

Giriraj Mani Pokhrel
Honourable
गिरिराजमणि पोखरेल
Giriraj Mani Pokharel in 2018
Minister of Education, Science and Technology
In office
16 March 2018  20 December 2020
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKhadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Preceded byChitra Lekha Yadav
Succeeded byDhaniram Paudel
Minister of Health and Population
In office
29 April 2007  4 May 2009
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Preceded byHimself (as MCA)
ConstituencyMahottari 1
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
28 May 2008  14 October 2017
Preceded byMahendra Yadav (as MP)
Succeeded byHimself (as MP)
ConstituencyMahottari 1
Personal details
Born (1958-03-06) 6 March 1958[1]
Khotang, Nepal
CitizenshipNepali
NationalityNepali
Political partyCPN (Maoist Centre) (since 2009)
Other political
affiliations
CPN (Fourth Convention) (until 1990)
Samyukta Janamorcha (1990–2002)
Janamorcha Nepal (2002–2009)
Residence(s)Kathmandu, Nepal
ProfessionPolitician

Political Life

On April 12, 2007, Janamorcha Nepal, of which he was then a vice-chairman, nominated him as the new Minister of Health.[2] Pokharel was appointed to the said position on April 29, 2007.[3] In April 2008, he won the Mahottari-1 seat in the Constituent Assembly election as a candidate of Janamorcha Nepal (People's Front Nepal).[4] He then served a second term as Minister of Health and Population, in the government formed under the leadership of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) after it won the most seats in the Constituent Assembly election.

Pokharel's second term as Minister of Health and Population was from 31 August 2008[5] until 4 May 2009, when then Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) resigned along with his cabinet and dissolved the government.[6] Pokharel began his second term as the sole representative in the government of his party Janamorcha Nepal. However, in January 2009, Janamorcha Nepal and its parent party, the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre) united with the Communist Party of Nepal to become the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).[7] Pokharel completed his second term as Minister of Health and Population as a representative of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).

After the unification of the two parties, Pokharel was elected to the party's Standing Committee. He is also in-charge of the party's Health Department.[8]

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