Khagaraaj Adhikari | |
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खगराज अधिकारी | |
3th Chief Minister of Gandaki Province | |
In office 10 January 2023 – 23 April 2023 | |
Governor | Prithvi Man Gurung |
Preceded by | Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel |
Succeeded by | Surendra Raj Pandey |
Minister of Home Affairs | |
In office 10 June 2021 – 22 June 2021 | |
President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli |
Preceded by | Ram Bahadur Thapa |
Succeeded by | Bishnu Prasad Paudel |
Minister of Health and Population of Nepal | |
In office 25 February 2014 – 12 October 2015 | |
President | Ram Baran Yadav |
Prime Minister | Sushil Koirala |
Succeeded by | Ram Janam Chaudhary |
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022 | |
Preceded by | Yagya Bahadur Thapa |
Succeeded by | Man Bahadur Gurung |
Constituency | Kaski 1 |
In office October 1994 – May 1999 | |
Preceded by | Taranath Ranabhat |
Succeeded by | Taranath Ranabhat |
Constituency | Kaski 1 |
Member of the Gandaki Provincial Assembly | |
Assumed office 28 December 2022 | |
Preceded by | Dipak Koirala |
Constituency | Kaski 1 (A) |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] | 26 March 1962
Nationality | Nepalese |
Political party | Communist 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]