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| honorific-prefix = [[Honourable]]<br />
| name = Minendra Rijal<br />
| native_name = मिनेन्द्र रिजाल<br />
| image = <br />
| imagesize = <br />
| office = [[Ministry of Defence (Nepal)|Defence Minister of Nepal]]<br />
| term_start = 8 October 2021<br />
| term_end = 16 December 2021<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.ratopati.com/story/22890|title = Defence Minister Rijal to resign amid apparent loss in NC's general secy}}</ref><br />
| president = [[Bidhya Devi Bhandari]]<br />
| primeminister = [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]]<br />
| office1 = [[Ministry of Information and Communications (Nepal)|Minister of Information and Communications]]<br />
| term_start1 = 25 February 2014<br />
| term_end1 = 12 October 2015<br />
| president1 = [[Ram Baran Yadav]]<br />
| primeminister1 = [[Sushil Koirala]]<br />
| office2 = [[Madhav Nepal cabinet|Minister for Constituent Assembly, Parliamentary Affairs and Culture]]<br />
| term_start2 = 25 May 2009<br />
| term_end2 = 6 February 2011<br />
| president2 = [[Ram Baran Yadav]]<br />
| primeminister2 = [[Madhav Kumar Nepal]]<br />
| predecessor = <br />
| successor = <br />
| prior_term = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|10|1|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Dharan, Nepal|Dharan]], [[Sunsari district|Sunsari]]<br />
| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --><br />
| party = [[Nepali Congress]]<br />
| spouse = Durga Rijal<br />
| alma_mater = [[New York University]], New York, USA<br />
|website = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Minendra Rijal''' ({{lang-ne|मिनेन्द्र रिजाल}}) is a [[Nepalis|Nepali]] politician and former [[Ministry of Defence (Nepal)|Defence Minister of Nepal]]. He is also member of the [[House of Representatives (Nepal)|House of Representatives]]. <br />
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== Political career ==<br />
He is a former member of [[Nepali Congress]] party Central Working Committee.<ref name="Reconciliation">{{cite web |title=MINENDRA RIJAL |url=https://www.c-r.org/people-profiles/minendra-rijal |website=www.c-r.org |publisher=CONCILIATION RESOURCES |accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref> He served as [[Ministry of Information and Communications (Nepal)|Minister of Information and Communications]] during the [[Koirala cabinet, 2013|prime minister-ship]] of the [[Sushil Koirala]]. <br />
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Recently, Rijal resigned as Defence minister after he was unable to win internal election of party for general secretary.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ratopati|title=Defence Minister Rijal to resign amid apparent loss in NC's general secy|url=https://english.ratopati.com//story/22890|access-date=2021-12-16|website=Ratopati|language=en}}</ref><br />
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He was elected to parliament from [[Morang_2_(constituency)|Morang-2]] in the [[2017 Nepalese legislative election|2017 elections]]. Morang-2 is the constituency from where Late PM [[Girija Prasad Koirala]] used to contest the election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=70127 |publisher=My Republica |title=18 Ministers sworn-in, Cabinet meeting held |date=25 February 2014 |accessdate=16 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720050012/http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=70127 |archivedate=20 July 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2014/02/25/meet-the-new-cabinet-of-ministers/|date=25 February 2014|publisher=Nepali Times|title= The Brief » Blog Archive » Meet the new cabinet of Ministers|accessdate=16 July 2014}}</ref><br />
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He was also one of the architects of the mixed electoral system that ensured better social and gender diversity in the Constituent Assembly.<ref name= Reconciliation/><br />
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== Electoral history ==<br />
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=== [[2017 Nepalese legislative election|2017 legislative elections]] ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! colspan="4" |[[Morang 2 (constituency)|Morang 2]] <br />
|-<br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
!Candidate<br />
!Votes<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |<br />
|[[Nepali Congress]]<br />
|Minendra Prasad Rijal<br />
|35,819<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" |<br />
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]<br />
|Rishikesh Pokharel<br />
|34,014<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color:pink" |<br />
|[[Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal]]<br />
|Yuvraj Karki<br />
|2,595<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color:#ffb300" |<br />
|[[Rastriya Janata Party Nepal]]<br />
|Mahendra Lal Das Kevrat<br />
|2,082<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
| colspan="2" |Others<br />
|1,279<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="3" |Invalid votes<br />
|4,460<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="2" |Result<br />
! colspan="2" |Congress gain<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission]<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Nepali Congress politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Government ministers of Nepal]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Members of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly]]<br />
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]<br />
[[Category:1957 births]]<br />
[[Category:Nepali Congress (Democratic) politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Nepal MPs 2017–]]<br />
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