Govinda Raj Joshi

Infobox Prime Minister
name = Govinda Raj Joshi



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chief whip = 1991
Minister for Education, Culture and Social Welfare = 1991-1994
Home Minister = 1998
Home and General Administration Minister = 2055
Minister for Water Resource = 1999
Home Minister again in = 2057
order = Nepali Congress Leader
party = Nepali Congress
residence = Kathmandu, Nepal
religion = Hindu
website = [http://www.nepalicongress.org/files/biodata.php]

Personal

Born in the year 1949 at Khalte in Rupakot Village Development Committee of Tanahun district, Nepal, Govinda Raj Joshi is an MA (Political Science), BL and BEd. His step into the field of politics dates back to the year 1964 when Joshi had just begun his student life. Joshi who regards late BP Koirala as his ideal was the president of free student union (College of Education) and Gandaki Student Council. Joshi was a member of Tarun Dal, the youth wing of Nepali Congress Party, in the year 1969, secretary of Nepali Congress, Tanahun, in 2033, secretary of multiparty campaign committee of Nepali Congress Party in 1979, vice- president of Nepali Congress Party, Tanahun district and eventually made it to the central committee member of the party in the year 1997. Likewise, Mr Joshi was elected as central committee member of the party in the year 2000. Twice a central committee member; Mr Joshi has already held the post of a joint general secretary of the party. He actively worked as a coordinator while the construction of the Nepali Congress Party Building was underway at Sanepa, Lalitpur.

Background

Joshi who started his career as a teacher was also the founder of Tribhuwan High School, Tanahu district, Principal of Shiva Secondary School, Rishing and also the founder of Bhanubhakta Multiple College, Tanahun. He taught at the very college for two years as a volunteer. A student of Law, Mr Joshi also practiced for 12 years and was also associated with Nepal Bar Association and Amnesty International. Mr Joshi was jailed at the inception of Nepal Student Union in the year 2027 and during the course of the struggle carried out by Nepali Congress Party for the restoration of Democracy, was jailed on and off for a total length of 3 and a half years.

Political

Elected as a member of the Nepalese parliament in the parliamentary elections held in the years 1991, 1994 and 1991. Mr Joshi also worked as a member secretary of Nepali Congress Party. A chief whip of the party in the parliament in the year 1991. Mr Joshi also held several important portfolios in the governments formed by Nepali Congress Party in different years: Minister for Education, Culture and Social Welfare (1991-1994), Education Minister (1995-1996), Home Minister (1998), Home and General Administration Minister (2055), Minister for Water Resource (1999), Home Minister again in 2057, Minister for Local Development and later Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (2001).

Mr. Joshi has already served as presidents in different unions and has worked as the chairperson of Nepal National Commission and Education Improvement Commission for UNESCO.

Mr. Joshi has visited India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Australia, China, North Korea, South Korea, France, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America, Japan and Canada. He has headed the Nepali delegations in various seminars, conventions and conferences conducted both home and abroad.

Mr. Joshi took part in the people's movement after the royal takeover in 2002. He was the one to announce stiff protest programs from Nepali Congress Party side. Mr Joshi, who was the one to design the basic concept of five party alliance, was also the one to go to Delhi to formally initiate the talks with the Maoists. The role he played during the splitting up of Nepali Congress Party and the construction of the party office building is still exalted by everyone. He has represented from Tanahun district in all the parliamentary elections held after the restoration of democracy in 1989. He is also portrayed as the potential leader of the party.

Controversy

Mr. Joshi has been accused of being involved in various corruption scandals, though none of them have been legally proved. Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authorities gave him a clean sheet last year. However, it is widely believed that he is not as popular as he was before.

ources

* [http://www.info-nepal.com/politics/elections/general2051/ Parliamentary List]

Other links

[http://www.nepalicongress.org/ Nepali congress]

Interview

* [http://www.nepalnews.com.np/deshantar.htm Deshanter interview]
* [http://www.telegraphnepal.com/news_det.php?news_id=4003 Janbhawana Weekly, Nepal]
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title = This Maosit government will not last long
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year = 2008
date = 09-03
url =http://www.telegraphnepal.com/news_det.php?news_id=4003