Ishwar Pokhrel

Ishwor Pokharel
Ishwor Pokharel
ईश्वर पोखरेल
	Ishwar, 2021
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
	In office; 1 June 2018 – 4 June 2021 Serving with Upendra Yadav (2018–19)
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Preceded by	Bijay Kumar Gachhadar; Krishna Bahadur Mahara; Gopal Man Shrestha; (June 2017); Kamal Thapa; (October 2017 );
Succeeded by	Bishnu Prasad PaudelRaghubir Mahaseth; Rajendra Mahato
	In office; 16 May 2012 – 29 May 20012 Serving with Bijay Kumar Gachhadar, Narayan Kaji Shrestha and Krishna Prasad Sitaula
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Baburam Gautam
Succeeded by	Prakash Man Singh (2014); Bam Dev Gautam (2014)
President	In office; 14 October 2020 – 4 June 2021
Ministerial offices
Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers of Nepal
	In office; 14 October 2020 – 4 June 2021
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Minister of Defence of Nepal
	In office; 26 February 2018 – 14 October 2020
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Preceded by	Bhimsen Das Pradhan
Succeeded by	Minendra Rijal
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal
	In office; 16 May 2012 – 29 May 2012
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Baburam Bhattarai
Preceded by	Narayan Kaji Shrestha
Succeeded by	Narayan Kaji Shrestha
Minister of Agriculture Development of Nepal
	In office; 16 May 2012 – 29 May 2012
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Baburam Bhattarai
Preceded by	Nandan Kumar Dutta
Succeeded by	Tek Bahadur Thapa
Ministry of Youth and Sports of Nepal
	In office; 16 May 2012 – 29 May 2012
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Baburam Bhattarai
Preceded by	Kamala Roka
Succeeded by	Ram Kumar Shrestha
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies of Nepal
	In office; 5 July 2004 – 1 February 2005
Monarch	Gyanendra of Nepal
Prime Minister	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded by	Bimalendra Nidhi
Preceded by	Incumbent
Other senior positions
Senior Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 30 November 2021
Preceded by	Position established
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	In office; 8 March 2021 – 30 November 2021
Preceded by	Position established (Party revived as per a Supreme Court verdict)
Succeeded by	Shankar Pokharel
	In office; 2 March 2009 – 17 May 2018
Preceded by	Jhala Nath Khanal
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Preceded by	In office; 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Parliamentary offices
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
	In office; 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Preceded by	Narahari Acharya
Succeeded by	Pradip Paudel
Constituency	Kathmandu 5
	In office; 18 June 1999 – April 2008
Preceded by	Man Mohan Adhikari
Succeeded by	Chakra Bahadur Thakuri (as member of the 1st Constituent Assembly)
Constituency	Kathmandu 3
Member of Parliament, Rastriya Sabha
	In office; 27 June 1997 – 3 June 1999
Personal details
Born	4 February 1954; Mamkha, Okhaldhunga
Party	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (before 1990; 2021–present)
Other political; affiliations	Nepal Communist Party (2018-2021))
Alma mater	Tribhuvan University
Website	www.ishwarpokhrel.com

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termstart9". Replace with "term_start9".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termstart11". Replace with "term_start11".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termend6". Replace with "term_end6".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termend9". Replace with "term_end9".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "primeminister3". Replace with "prime_minister3".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termstart3". Replace with "term_start3".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termstart6". Replace with "term_start6".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "primeminister7". Replace with "prime_minister7".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termstart4". Replace with "term_start4".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termend7". Replace with "term_end7".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termend4". Replace with "term_end4".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termstart8". Replace with "term_start8".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termend5". Replace with "term_end5".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "primeminister8". Replace with "prime_minister8".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termend2". Replace with "term_end2".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termstart7". Replace with "term_start7".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "otherparty". Replace with "other_party".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "primeminister5". Replace with "prime_minister5".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "primeminister4". Replace with "prime_minister4".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termend11". Replace with "term_end11".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termend10". Replace with "term_end10".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termstart10". Replace with "term_start10".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termend1". Replace with "term_end1".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termend3". Replace with "term_end3".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termstart1". Replace with "term_start1".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "primeminister2". Replace with "prime_minister2".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termstart2". Replace with "term_start2".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "primeminister6". Replace with "prime_minister6".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "primeminister1". Replace with "prime_minister1".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termend8". Replace with "term_end8".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termstart5". Replace with "term_start5".

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "nationality". It should be removed.

Ishwor Pokhrel (Nepali: ईश्वर पोखरेलListen^ⓘ) is the current senior Vice-president of CPN (UML). Pokhrel has also served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal. He was also Minister of Defence in the Second Oli cabinet.

He also served as Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies. He was also Minister of Foreign Affairs from 20 May 2012 to 28 May 2012.

Pokhrel, publicly supported former President Bidya Devi Bhandari’s decision to return to active politics. Speaking at an event commemorating her late husband Madan Bhandari, he praised her reengagement and criticized the current party leadership for resisting her return. Pokhrel described Bhandari’s activism as unsurprising, given her longstanding role within the party, and encouraged moving beyond debates over her suitability for reentry. At a separate event covered by a national news agency, Pokhrel emphasized that her return should not be narrowly theorized, arguing that her political background and faith in politics warranted a broader and more inclusive view.