Ishwor Pokhrel

Ishwor Pokhrel
Minister of Defence
Assumed office
26 February, 2018
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli
Personal details
Born 4 February 1954
Mamkha-2, Okhaldhunga
Nationality Nepalese
Spouse(s) Mira Dhonju Pokhrel
Parents Shiva Hari Pokhrel, Ram Kumari Pokhrel
Website http://www.ishwarpokhrel.com/

Ishwor Pokhrel (Nepali: ईश्वर पोखरेल Listen ) is a current Secreteriat member of Nepal Communist Party and also the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence in the Second Oli cabinet.

Early life and childhood

Ishwar Pokhrel, born 4 February 1954, is a Nepali politician currently serving as a Secreteriat member of the Nepal Communist Party since the party was founded in 2018. He also served as the General Secretary of NCP's predecessor party, CPN-UML. He is also the founding member of Central Committee of the Communist Party of Nepal-ML and also the founding member of the Central Committee, CPN-UML.

He was the youngest among eight siblings born to Ram Kumari Pokhrel (mother) and Shiva Hari Pokhrel (father) of Mamkha-2, Okhaldhunga district of Nepal. He is married to Mira Dhonju Pokhrel and together has two sons - Shreejan Pokhrel and Swaraj Pokhrel.

Academic Qualification

Graduate in Education & Literature from TU Kathmandu

Participation in international conferences / seminars

  • 1993 - International Conference on Communist and Workers Parties held in and the Netherland
  • 1995 - High Level Delegation Member to the People's Republic of China and Mongolia with the Rt. Hon'ble Prime Minister
  • 1995 - Member of the delegate for the 8th SAARC held in New Delhi, India
  • 1995 - Head of the delegation to Preparatory Meeting on the United Nations' Conference on Social Summit, New York, USA
  • 1995 - United Nations, Conference of Social
  • 1996 - Seminar of the ML Parties on ‘Anti-Imperialism’ (Belgium)
  • 1998 - Member, Delegation to from National Assembly (Upper House)
  • 2000 - Member, Nepalese Parliamentary Delegation to the DPR of Korea
  • 2001 - Head of the delegation to for the observation of Presidential election
  • 2001 - Member, Nepalese Delegation to UN General Assembly
  • 2001 - Member, Delegation to 9th of Forum for SAO-PAULO
  • 2002 - International Seminar on Socialism, Kathmandu
  • 2004 - Regional Ministerial Level Meeting held in Islamabad, Pakistan
  • 2005 - Head of Delegation to for Regional Conference of Non-Resident Nepali (NRN)
  • 2005 - Head of the Delegation, Ministerial Conference on Intellectual Property for the Developing Countries held in Democratic Korea
  • 2009 - Participation on the joint meeting of ICAPP and COPPPAL representing the country and the party

International visits / exposure

  • People's Republic of China (1979, 1995, 2009, 2015)
  • Bangladesh (1993)
  • Mongolia (1995)
  • France (1995, 2010)
  • Germany (1993, 1995, 2000)
  • Ireland (2003)
  • Thailand (2000)
  • United Kingdom (1995)
  • Russia (1996)
  • Belarus (1996)
  • Netherlands (2003)
  • Belgium (1996, 2000, 2010)
  • Yugoslavia (2001)
  • Jamaica (2001)
  • Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea ( 2005)
  • Democratic Korea (2005)
  • United States of America (1995, 2001)
  • Denmark (1995)
  • Cuba (2001)
  • Qatar (2005, 2009)
  • Japan (1998, 2009, 2011)
  • Argentina (2009)
  • United Arab Emirates (2005, 2009)
  • Pakistan and India (several times)

Language

Nepali, Maithili, Hindi, English

Published books

'MAGH 19' (A book written about February 1 - The Royal take-over, 2005)

References


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