| Honorific Prefix: | Honourable |
| Bhim Bahadur Rawal | |
| Native Name: | भीम बहादुर रावल |
| Office: | Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal |
| Termstart: | 5 November 2015 |
| Termend: | 1 August 2016 |
| Primeminister: | K.P. Oli |
| President: | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Office1: | Defence Minister of Nepal |
| Termstart1: | 5 November 2015 |
| Termend1: | 1 August 2016 |
| Primeminister1: | K.P. Oli |
| President1: | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Predecessor1: | Sushil Koirala (prime minister) |
| Successor1: | Bal Krishna Khand |
| Office2: | Minister of Home Affairs of Nepal |
| Termstart2: | 2009 |
| Termend2: | 2011 |
| Primeminister2: | Madhav Kumar Nepal |
| President2: | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Office3: | Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and Minister of Science and Technology |
| Termstart3: | 1998 |
| Termend3: | 1999 |
| Primeminister3: | Girija Prasad Koirala |
| Monarch3: | Birendra Bir Bikram Shah |
| Office4: | Minister of State for Commerce, Tourism and Civil Aviation |
| Termstart4: | 1994 |
| Termend4: | 1995 |
| Primeminister4: | Man Mohan Adhikari |
| Monarch4: | Birendra Bir Bikram Shah |
| Office5: | Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha |
| Term Start5: | 4 March 2018 |
| Term End5: | 18 September 2022 |
| Constituency5: | Achham 1 |
| Term Start6: | October 1994 |
| Term End6: | May 1999 |
| Predecessor6: | Bal Bahadur Kunwar |
| Successor6: | Gobinda Bahadur Shah |
| Constituency6: | Achham 1 |
| Office7: | Member of Constituent Assembly |
| Term Start7: | 21 January 2014 |
| Term End7: | 14 October 2017 |
| Constituency7: | Achham 1 |
| Predecessor7: | Sher Bahadur Kunwor |
| Office8: | Member of Constituent Assembly for CPN (UML) party list |
| Term Start8: | 28 May 2008 |
| Term End8: | 28 May 2012 |
| Party: | CPN UML |
| Birth Date: | 19 July 1956[1] |
| Birth Place: | Achham, Nepal |
| Parents: | Moti Singh Rawal (father) Dhana Shova Rawal(mother) |
| Spouse: | Sangita Rawal |
| 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.
Rawal was born in Achham district, Nepal. He has a wife and two sons. He obtained both master's and bachelor's degrees from the Tribhuwan University and in the 1980s became a lawyer who specialized in legal awareness for the Nepal Bar Association.[9] He has done PhD on Political Violence and the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal.[10]
Rawal began his political career when he began serving as Jhalanath Khanal's adviser in 1990. From 1992 to 1993 he served on the United Nations's Cambodian elections panel and later allied himself with Madhav Kumar Nepal. In 1994 he was elected into Parliament following by being its Minister for Commerce, Tourism and Civil Aviation till 1995. From 1998 to 1999 he served the same positions for second term and also was Minister of Science and Technology. In April 2008 he was Proportional representative of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly.[9]
In 2009 he spoke at the Millennium Development Goals' meeting about least developed countries. After the meeting he addressed the Third UN Private Sector Forum regarding poverty and hunger and urged the government and various private sectors to work together in order to form economy's synergy.[11]
In 2014 it was reported that he was injured in a Sharma Oli attack on a campaign trail at a Seti-Kathmandu liaison committee.[12]