Kishore Singh Rathore

Honourable
Kishore Singh Rathore
MP
किशोरसिंह राठोर
Deputy General Secretary of Nepali Congress
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 December 2021
PresidentSher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded byPrakash Sharan Mahat
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 December 2022
Preceded byNanda Lal Roka Chhetri
ConstituencyBanke 3
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for
Nepali Congress party list
In office
4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Personal details
Born (1969-04-27) 27 April 1969 (age 55)[1]
Bardiya, Lumbini Province, Nepal
NationalityNepali
Political partyNepali Congress
Parents
  • Mahendra Bahadur Singh (father)
  • Indira Singh (mother)
Alma materTribhuwan University

Kishore Singh Rathore (born 27 April 1969) is a Nepali politician and Deputy general secretary of Nepali Congress. Rathore is also a member of the House of Representatives elected under the proportional representation system from Nepali Congress filling the reserved seat for Khas-Arya group.[2] He is also a member of the House Finance Committee.[3] In the shadow cabinet of Nepali Congress, he was the coordinator of the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs.[4]

Political career

He joined politics as a student in 1984, from Nepal Student Union, the student wing of Nepali Congress.[5] He became the Free Student Union secretary and then Chairman while he was in Trichandra College. He went on to become secretary of Nepal Student Union, and then chairman for six years.[5] He was also the founding chair of FSU Forum.[5] Later, he went on to become central member of Nepali Congress.[5]

He was a candidate from Bardiya-4 for Nepali Congress, in the Second constituent assembly election of 2013.[5]

Personal life

He was born on 27 April 1969 to Mahendra Bahadur Singh and Indira Singh in Wadagaun, Salyan.[5] His family later moved to the Terai and currently lives in Rajapur, Bardiya.[5] He has a son and a daughter.[5]

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. ^ "NC submits PR name list to Election Commission". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  3. ^ "Finance Committee". hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  4. ^ "NC forms shadow government". The Himalayan Times. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "Kishor Singh Rathaur". election2013.ujyaaloonline.com. Retrieved 2019-08-22.


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