Khagaraj Adhikari

Honourable
Khagaraaj Adhikari
MPA
खगराज अधिकारी
3th Chief Minister of Gandaki Province
In office
10 January 2023 – 23 April 2023
GovernorPrithvi Man Gurung
Preceded byKrishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel
Succeeded bySurendra Raj Pandey
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
10 June 2021 – 22 June 2021
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKhadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Preceded byRam Bahadur Thapa
Succeeded byBishnu Prasad Paudel
Minister of Health and Population of Nepal
In office
25 February 2014 – 12 October 2015
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterSushil Koirala
Succeeded byRam Janam Chaudhary
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Preceded byYagya Bahadur Thapa
Succeeded byMan Bahadur Gurung
ConstituencyKaski 1
In office
October 1994 – May 1999
Preceded byTaranath Ranabhat
Succeeded byTaranath Ranabhat
ConstituencyKaski 1
Member of the Gandaki Provincial Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 December 2022
Preceded byDipak Koirala
ConstituencyKaski 1 (A)
Personal details
Born (1962-03-26) 26 March 1962 (age 62)[1]
NationalityNepalese
Political partyCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Khagaraj Adhikari (Nepali: खगराज अधिकारी) is a Nepalese politician who formerly served as a Minister of Home Affairs of Government of Nepal.[2][3] He became a minister on 4 June 2021 but was removed from the post by the Supreme Court on 22 June 2021, making his tenure of just 18 days the shortest tenure till date. He is a member of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), He also assumed the post of the Minister of Health and Population of Nepal on 25 February 2014 under Sushil Koirala-led government. He is mostly known for launching Government Health insurance plan.[4][5]

Books

An autobiography of Adhikari Maya Mareko Manchhe was published in 2014 co-authored with Shikhar Ghimirey.

References

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ "PM Oli expands Cabinet, Khagaraj appointed Home Minister".
  3. ^ "मन्त्रिपरिषद् विस्तारविरुद्ध सर्वोच्चको अन्तरिम आदेश : २० मन्त्री जिम्मेवारीमुक्त (आदेशको पूर्णपाठ)". मन्त्रिपरिषद् विस्तारविरुद्ध सर्वोच्चको अन्तरिम आदेश : २० मन्त्री जिम्मेवारीमुक्त (आदेशको पूर्णपाठ). Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  4. ^ "18 Ministers sworn-in, Cabinet meeting held". My Republica. 25 February 2014. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Nepali Times | The Brief » Blog Archive » Meet the new cabinet of Ministers". Nepali Times. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.


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