Prakash Koirala

Prakash Koirala
Prakash Koirala in 2018
Minister of Science, Technology and Environment of Nepal
In office
2005–2006
MonarchGyanendra of Nepal
Member of Parliament, House of Representatives
In office
1999–2002
Constituency Rautahat 4
Personal details
NationalityNepali
ChildrenManisha Koirala (daughter)
Siddharth Koirala (son)
Parent(s)Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala (father)
Sushila Koirala (mother)
RelativesSee Koirala family

Prakash Koirala (Nepali: प्रकाश कोइराला, pronunciationⓘ) is a Nepali politician, formerly a Member of Parliament and a former Cabinet minister who held the portfolios of Environment, Science and Technology. He was elected to the House of Representatives through a by-poll after the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress representing Rautahat 4 parliamentary constituency.[1] He is the son of former Nepalese prime minister Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, and the father of Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala and actor Siddharth Koirala.

On 15 July 2005, he was appointed as the cabinet minister of Nepal for Environment, Science and Technology in the royal cabinet of erstwhile King Gyanendra, when Sher Bahadur Deuba government was sacked.[2]

In 2006, he founded his own party the Nepali Congress (Rastrabadi) with other supporters of King Gyanendra after he was expelled from his party Nepali Congress for supporting pro monarchy rule which also made him lose the membership of his parliamentary seat when the suspended House of Representatives was reinstated.[3]

References

  1. ^ Election Commission of Nepal Archived 12 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Nepal Home Page". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Prakash Koirala sacked from Nepali party". www.hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
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