Honorific-Prefix: | Honourable |
Khagaraaj Adhikari | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MPA |
Native Name: | खगराज अधिकारी |
Office: | 3th Chief Minister of Gandaki Province |
Termstart: | 10 January 2023 |
Termend: | 23 April 2023 |
Governor: | Prithvi Man Gurung |
Predecessor: | Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel |
Successor: | Surendra Raj Pandey |
Office1: | Minister of Home Affairs |
Term Start1: | 10 June 2021 |
Term End1: | 22 June 2021 |
President1: | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
Primeminister1: | Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli |
Predecessor1: | Ram Bahadur Thapa |
Successor1: | Bishnu Prasad Paudel |
Office2: | Minister of Health and Population of Nepal |
Term Start2: | 25 February 2014 |
Term End2: | 12 October 2015 |
President2: | Ram Baran Yadav |
Primeminister2: | Sushil Koirala |
Successor2: | Ram Janam Chaudhary |
Office3: | Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha |
Term Start3: | 4 March 2018 |
Term End3: | 18 September 2022 |
Predecessor3: | Yagya Bahadur Thapa |
Successor3: | Man Bahadur Gurung |
Constituency3: | Kaski 1 |
Term Start4: | October 1994 |
Term End4: | May 1999 |
Predecessor4: | Taranath Ranabhat |
Successor4: | Taranath Ranabhat |
Constituency4: | Kaski 1 |
Office5: | Member of the Gandaki Provincial Assembly |
Term Start5: | 28 December 2022 |
Predecessor5: | Dipak Koirala |
Constituency5: | Kaski 1 (A) |
Birth Date: | 26 March 1962[1] |
Nationality: | Nepalese |
Party: | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
Khagaraj Adhikari (ne|खगराज अधिकारी) is a Nepalese politician who formerly served as a Minister of Home Affairs of Government of Nepal.[2] [3] He became a minister on 4 June 2021 but was removed from the post by the Supreme Court on 22 June 2021, making his tenure of just 18 days the shortest tenure till date. He is a member of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), He also assumed the post of the Minister of Health and Population of Nepal on 25 February 2014 under Sushil Koirala-led government. He is mostly known for launching Government Health insurance plan.[4] [5]
An autobiography of Adhikari Maya Mareko Manchhe was published in 2014 co-authored with Shikhar Ghimirey.