Nawang Rigzin Jora

Nawang Rigzin Jora is an Indian politician and former Minister for Urban Development and Urban Local Bodies, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Mr Nawang Rigzin Jora
Minister for Urban Development and Urban Local Bodies, Jammu and Kashmir
Personal details
Born (1958-02-02) 2 February 1958
Leh
Political partyIndian National Congress (1995)
ResidenceLeh
Websitehttp://jkgad.nic.in/

Early life and education

Nawang Rigzin Jora was born in Ladakh, then part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, 2 February 1958. 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 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

    https://web.archive.org/web/20190810004313/https://jkgad.nic.in/

    http://jkgad.nic.in/councilindex.shtml

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