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Nawang Rigzin Jora is an Indian politician and former Minister for Urban Development and Urban Local Bodies,
Ladakh Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes an eastern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a Kashmir#Kashmir dispute, dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and India an ...
, India.


Early life and education

Nawang Rigzin Jora was born on 2 February 1958 in
Ladakh Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes an eastern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a Kashmir#Kashmir dispute, dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and India an ...
, then part of
Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to: * Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory since 2019 * Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered by India as a state from 1952 to 2019 * Jammu and Kashmir (prin ...
, India. He is an alumnus of St. Stephen's college Delhi.


Political career

Nawang Rigzin Jora is a former Minister for Urban Development and Urban Local Bodies. Before that, he was the Minister for Tourism & Culture. Before joining politics, he was a member of the Ladakh Buddhist Association, Leh, a strong organisation and a member of World Buddhist Fellowship, and actively participated in an agitation for grant of Union Territory Status for Ladakh region. Later, when in a compromise between the government of India and the Ladakh Buddhist Association a separate administrative unit "The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh" was created in 1995, he became one of the four Executive Councillors of the newly constituted "Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council" under the leadership of the former president of Ladakh Buddhist Association Mr. Thupstan Chhewang.


Personal life

He is married to Tsetan Dolker of Lachumir, and has a son and a daughter.


References


External links

https://web.archive.org/web/20190810004313/https://jkgad.nic.in/ http://jkgad.nic.in/councilindex.shtml {{DEFAULTSORT:Jora, Nawang Rigzin 1958 births Living people Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2014–2018 Indian National Congress politicians from Ladakh Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2008–2014 Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2002–2008 State cabinet ministers of Jammu and Kashmir Independent politicians in India