Ishwor Pokhrel () is the current senior Vice-president of
CPN (UML) CPN may refer to:
* Calpine Corporation, New York Stock Exchange symbol CPN
* ''Carnivorous Plant Newsletter''
* Carpinteria (Amtrak station), California, Amtrak station code CPN
* Caspian Airlines (Iran), ICAO airline designator ''CPN''
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. Pokhrel has also served as the
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
The deputy prime minister of Nepal () is the deputy head of government of Nepal. The deputy prime minister is second in seniority in the Council of Ministers of Nepal. The deputy prime minister is the senior-most member of cabinet after prime min ...
. He was also
Minister of Defence
A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divid ...
in the
Second Oli cabinet.
He also served as Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies. He was also
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and foreign relations, relations, diplomacy, bilateralism, ...
from 20 May 2012 to 28 May 2012.
Published books
'MAGH 19' (A book written about February 1 - The Royal take-over, 2005)
Electoral history
2022 Nepalese general election
General elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives (Nepal), House of Representatives. There were two ballots in the election; one to elect 165 members from single-member constituenc ...
2017 legislative elections
2013 Constituent Assembly election
2008 Constituent Assembly election
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9.
Etymology
English ''eight'', from Old English '', æhta'', Proto-Germanic ''*ahto'' is a direct continuation of Proto-Indo-European '' *oḱtṓ(w)-'', and as such cognate wi ...
1991 legislative elections
References
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Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians
Living people
1954 births
People from Okhaldhunga District
Nepal Communist Party (NCP) politicians
Nepal MPs 2017–2022
Government ministers of Nepal
Nepal MPs 1999–2002
Members of the National Assembly (Nepal)
Deputy prime ministers of Nepal
Ministers of foreign affairs of Nepal
Ministers of defence of Nepal
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