Dr. Bhim Bahadur Rawal (Nepali: डा.भीम बहादुर रावल) commonly known as Bhim Rawal is a Nepali politician, former Deputy Prime Minister & Defence Minister of Nepal in Second Oli cabinet.[2][3] He served as the Minister of Home Affairs of Nepal in Madhav Nepal cabinet.[4] He was one of the six Deputy Prime Minister in KP Sharma Oli cabinet including Bijay Kumar Gachhadar, C. P. Mainali, Chitra Bahadur K.C., Kamal Thapa and Top Bahadur Rayamajhi which was accused of paving the way for MCC in Nepal but not confirmed yet.[5]
Bhim Bahadur Rawal | |
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| भीम बहादुर रावल | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal | |
| In office 5 November 2015 – 1 August 2016 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | K.P. Oli |
| Defence Minister of Nepal | |
| In office 5 November 2015 – 1 August 2016 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | K.P. Oli |
| Preceded by | Sushil Koirala (prime minister) |
| Succeeded by | Bal Krishna Khand |
| Minister of Home Affairs of Nepal | |
| In office 2009–2011 | |
| President | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Prime Minister | Madhav Kumar Nepal |
| Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and Minister of Science and Technology | |
| In office 1998–1999 | |
| Monarch | Birendra Bir Bikram Shah |
| Prime Minister | Girija Prasad Koirala |
| Minister of State for Commerce, Tourism and Civil Aviation | |
| In office 1994–1995 | |
| Monarch | Birendra Bir Bikram Shah |
| Prime Minister | Man Mohan Adhikari |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022 | |
| Constituency | Achham 1 |
| In office October 1994 – May 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Bal Bahadur Kunwar |
| Succeeded by | Gobinda Bahadur Shah |
| Constituency | Achham 1 |
| Member of Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Sher Bahadur Kunwor |
| Constituency | Achham 1 |
| Member of Constituent Assembly for CPN (UML) party list | |
| In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 19, 1956[1] Achham, Nepal |
| Political party | CPN UML |
| Spouse | Sangita Rawal |
| Parent(s) | Moti Singh Rawal (father) Dhana Shova Rawal(mother) |
| Education | Tribhuvan University (PhD) |
He has also served as Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation in Girija Prasad Koirala cabinet led by Nepali Congress from 1998 - 1999. He was taken as prospective CPN-UML chairman by his cadres during 2017 Nepalese legislative election campaign.[6] He lost in 10th general congress of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) from KP Sharma Oli in chairman post gaining as low as 10% vote. since then, his political future is said to be uncertain. He was proposed by Mahadev Bajgai and Supported By Dudhkala Bista for his Candidacy of party chairman.[7]
On 18 July 2021, he had resigned as member of parliament stating he wanted to leave active politics.[8] Still he took his resignation back which is his usual practice to keep sympathy of people continuously.
Personal life
editRawal was born in Achham district, 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.[9] He has done PhD on Political Violence and the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal.[10]
Political career
editRawal 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.[9]
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.[11]
In 2014 it was reported that he was injured in a Sharma Oli attack on a campaign trail at a Seti-Kathmandu liaison committee.[12]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
- ^ "Envoy Upadhyay worked against national interest-DPM Rawal". My Republica. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- ^ "3 more DPMs, 4 ministers sworn-in; total Cabinet strength is 26". The Himalayan Times. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ "Madhav Nepal expands cabinet, inducts 5 new ministers". DNA India. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ "एमसीसी टाइमलाइनः कहिले के भयो ?". ईमाउण्टेन समाचार. 2022-02-20. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ^ "Supporters see Rawal as-future-PM-UML-boss". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- ^ Online, T. H. T. (2021-11-30). "Bhusal too loses vice-chair election, Ashtalaxmi garners highest number of votes for the post". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ "एमाले सांसद भीम रावलले दिए राजीनामा". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ a b "Bhim Rawal, Home Affairs". Telegraph Nepal. August 28, 2011. Archived from the original on October 9, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
- ^ "नेकपाका नेता भीम रावल अब 'डाक्टर'".
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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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