Mohan Raj Malla (, died 26 May 2021) was a Nepalese politician and the first

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Sudurpashchim Province Sudurpashchim Province () is one of the seven Provinces of Nepal, provinces established by the Constitution of Nepal, new constitution of Nepal which was adopted on 20 September 2015. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, ...

. He was appointed Governor, as per the Article 163 (2) of the

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by the President

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on the recommendation of the

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of the

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on 19 January 2019. He was also former village assembly chief and national assembly member of the Panchayat regime.

Political Life

He started his political life when he was 21 years old. He served as a member of Rastriya Panchayat for nine years from 1980 to 1989. He was a village chief in Doti for a term and served as the

Kailali district Kailali District (), a part of Sudurpashchim Province in Terai plain, is one of the 77 districts of Nepal. The district, with Dhangadhi as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population of 911,155 (2021 census) and (775,709 ...

assembly vice-president and Tikapur Development Committee chairperson during the Panchayat era. He was also an advisor to the foreign minister. Though he contested elections four times, he had lost. He was leader of

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but joined the

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before the

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Death

He passed away while undergoing treatment for

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at Nidan Hospital, in Lalitpur, on 27 May 2021. He was also suffering from

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and heart problems.

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Political Life

Death

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