Prakash Koirala

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Prakash Koirala
Prakash Koirala at Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation 2018 awards.jpg
Prakash Koirala in 2018
Personal details
NationalityNepali
ChildrenManisha Koirala (daughter)
Siddharth Koirala (son)
Parent(s)Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala (father)
Sushila Koirala (mother)

Prakash Koirala (Nepali: प्रकाश कोइराला, pronunciation ) is a Nepalese politician and former minister of environment and minister of science and technology. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.[1] He is the son of former Nepalese prime minister Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, and is the father of Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala and an actor Siddharth Koirala.

On 15 July 2005, he was appointed as the cabinet minister of Nepal for Environment, Science and Technology in the royal cabinet of erstwhile King Gyanendra, when Sher Bahadur Deuba government was sacked.[2]

References

  1. ^ Election Commission of Nepal Archived 12 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Nepal Home Page". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.