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Honourable Bhim Bahadur Rawal | |
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| भीम बहादुर रावल | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal | |
| In office 5 November 2015 – 1 August 2016 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | K.P. Oli |
| Defence Minister of Nepal | |
| In office 5 November 2015 – 1 August 2016 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | K.P. Oli |
| Preceded by | Sushil Koirala (prime minister) |
| Succeeded by | Bal Krishna Khand |
| Minister of Home Affairs of Nepal | |
| In office 2009–2011 | |
| President | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Prime Minister | Madhav Kumar Nepal |
| Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and Minister of Science and Technology | |
| In office 1998–1999 | |
| Monarch | Birendra Bir Bikram Shah |
| Prime Minister | Girija Prasad Koirala |
| Minister of State for Commerce, Tourism and Civil Aviation | |
| In office 1994–1995 | |
| Monarch | Birendra Bir Bikram Shah |
| Prime Minister | Man Mohan Adhikari |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022 | |
| Constituency | Achham 1 |
| In office October 1994 – May 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Bal Bahadur Kunwar |
| Succeeded by | Gobinda Bahadur Shah |
| Constituency | Achham 1 |
| Member of Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Sher Bahadur Kunwor |
| Constituency | Achham 1 |
| Member of Constituent Assembly for CPN (UML) party list | |
| In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 19, 1956[1] Achham, Nepal |
| Political party | CPN UML |
| Spouse | Sangita Rawal |
| Parent(s) | Moti Singh Rawal (father) Dhana Shova Rawal(mother) |
| Education | Tribhuvan University (PhD) |
Dr. Bhim Bahadur Rawal (Nepali: डा.भीम बहादुर रावल) commonly known as Bhim Rawal is a Nepali politician, former Deputy Prime Minister & Defence Minister of Nepal in Second Oli cabinet.[2][3] He served as the Minister of Home Affairs of Nepal in Madhav Nepal cabinet.[4] He was one of the six Deputy Prime Minister in KP Sharma Oli cabinet including Bijay Kumar Gachhadar, C. P. Mainali, Chitra Bahadur K.C., Kamal Thapa and Top Bahadur Rayamajhi which was accused of paving the way for MCC in Nepal but not confirmed yet.[5]
He has also served as Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation in Girija Prasad Koirala cabinet led by Nepali Congress from 1998 - 1999. He was taken as prospective CPN-UML chairman by his cadres during 2017 Nepalese legislative election campaign.[6] He lost in 10th general congress of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) from KP Sharma Oli in chairman post gaining as low as 10% vote. since then, his political future is said to be uncertain. He was proposed by Mahadev Bajgai and Supported By Dudhkala Bista for his Candidacy of party chairman.[7]
On 18 July 2021, he had resigned as member of parliament stating he wanted to leave active politics.[8] Still he took his resignation back which is his usual practice to keep sympathy of people continuously.
- ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
- ^ "Envoy Upadhyay worked against national interest-DPM Rawal". My Republica. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- ^ "3 more DPMs, 4 ministers sworn-in; total Cabinet strength is 26". The Himalayan Times. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ "Madhav Nepal expands cabinet, inducts 5 new ministers". DNA India. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ "एमसीसी टाइमलाइनः कहिले के भयो ?". ईमाउण्टेन समाचार. 2022-02-20. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ^ "Supporters see Rawal as-future-PM-UML-boss". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- ^ Online, T. H. T. (2021-11-30). "Bhusal too loses vice-chair election, Ashtalaxmi garners highest number of votes for the post". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ "एमाले सांसद भीम रावलले दिए राजीनामा". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2021-07-18.