Raghuji Pant

Raghuji Pant
Personal details
NationalityNepali
Political partyNepal Communist Party
OccupationJournalist, author

Raghuji Pant (Nepali: रघुजी पन्त) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist). He was previously working as a journalist.[1] He is now head of the Publicity Department of CPN(UML).[2][3] He is also a Central Committee member of CPN(UML).[4]

Pant won the Lalitpur-3 parliamentary seat in the 1994 election and the 1999 election.[5]

In July 2004, he was named Minister of Labour and Transport Management in Sher Bahadur Deuba's cabinet.[6]

In April 2008, he contested the Lalitpur-3 seat in the Constituent Assembly election, but was defeated by the Maoist candidate Pampha Bhusal.[7]

References

  1. ^ NT PEPC 78#.p65
  2. ^ eKantipur.com - Nepal's No.1 News Portal Archived 2008-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ The Himlayan Times: Breaking News, Views, Reviews, Sports, Business, Entertainment from Nepal[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ Nepalnews.com (newsflash) Arc594 Archived 2009-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates Archived 2008-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Error". Archived from the original on 2004-08-17. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
  7. ^ Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens[permanent dead link‍]