Bhim Bahadur Rawal

Dr. Bhim Bahadur Rawal (Nepali: डा.भीम बहादुर रावल; born December 14, 1956) commonly known as Bhim Rawal is a CPN-UML presently Nepal Communist Party politician. He is former Deputy Prime Minister & Defence Minister of Nepal[1] in Oli cabinet, 2015[2] and former Minister of Home Affairs of Nepal in Madhav Nepal cabinet.[3] He was also Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation in Girija Prasad Koirala cabinet from 1998 - 1999 and Minister of State for Commerce, Tourism and Civil Aviation in Manmohan Adhikari Cabinet. He was the vice chairman of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist).[4] He was taken as prospective future Prime Minister and CPN-UML chairman by his cadres during 2017 Nepalese legislative election campaign.[5] He won the election from Achham 1 defeating Bharat Swar.[6] He is currently Standing Committee Member of Nepal Communist Party and Sudurpashchim Province Committee Incharge of Nepal Communist Party.

Honourable

Dr. Bhim Bahadur Rawal
डा. भीम बहादुर रावल
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
5 November 2015 – 1 August 2016
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterK.P. Oli
Defence Minister of Nepal
In office
5 November 2015 – 1 August 2016
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterK.P. Oli
Minister of Home Affairs of Nepal
In office
2009–2011
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterMadhav Kumar Nepal
Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and Minister of Science and Technology
In office
1998–1999
MonarchBirendra Bir Bikram Shah
Prime MinisterGirija Prasad Koirala
Minister of State for Commerce, Tourism and Civil Aviation
In office
1994–1995
MonarchBirendra Bir Bikram Shah
Prime MinisterMan Mohan Adhikari
Member of Parliament for Achham 1
In office
2013–2017
Preceded bySher Bahadur Kunwor
In office
October 1994 – May 1999
Preceded byBal Bahadur Kunwar
Succeeded byGobinda Bahadur Shah
Member of Constituent Assembly for UML Party List
In office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Personal details
Born (1956-07-19) July 19, 1956
Achham, Nepal
Political partyNepal Communist Party
(2018–present)
Other political
affiliations		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (1990–2018)
Spouse(s)Sangita Rawal
ParentsMoti Singh Rawal (father)
Dhana Shova Rawal(mother)
EducationPhD in Political Violence and the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal

Personal life

Rawal was born in Achham, Nepal. He has a wife and two sons. He obtained both master's and bachelor's degrees from the Tribhuwan University and in the 1980s became a lawyer who specialized in legal awareness for the Nepal Bar Association.[7]He has done PhD on Political Violence and the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal.[8]

Political career

Rawal began his political career when he began serving as Jhalanath Khanal's adviser in 1990. From 1992 to 1993 he served on the United Nations's Cambodian elections panel and later allied himself with Madhav Kumar Nepal. In 1994 he was elected into Parliament following by being its Minister for Commerce, Tourism and Civil Aviation till 1995. From 1998 to 1999 he served the same positions for second term and also was Minister of Science and Technology. In April 2008 he was Proportional representative of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly.[7]

In 2009 he spoke at the Millennium Development Goals' meeting about least developed countries. After the meeting he addressed the Third UN Private Sector Forum regarding poverty and hunger and urged the government and various private sectors to work together in order to form economy's synergy.[9]

Bhim Bahadur Rawal meeting the Union Home Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram of India

In 2014 it was reported that he was injured in a Sharma Oli attack on a campaign trail at a Seti-Kathmandu liaison committee.[10]


See also

References
  1. "Envoy Upadhyay worked against national interest-DPM Rawal". My Republica. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  2. "3 more DPMs, 4 ministers sworn-in; total Cabinet strength is 26". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  3. "Madhav Nepal expands cabinet, inducts 5 new ministers". DNA India. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  4. "'PM fails to deliver on promises' - General - The Kathmandu Post". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  5. "Supporters see Rawal as-future-PM-UML-boss". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  6. "CPN-UML's Bhim Rawal elected in Achham-1". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  7. "Bhim Rawal, Home Affairs". Telegraph Nepal. August 28, 2011. Archived from the original on October 9, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
  8. https://ratopati.com/story/122040/2020/3/16/bhim-rawal
  9. "Minister Rawal speaks in high-level event". The Himalayan Times. September 23, 2009. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  10. Thira L Bhusal (June 22, 2014). "UML intra-party election turns into bitter rivalry". República. Archived from the original on June 24, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2014.


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