Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities

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Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities
President
Gelje Lama Sherpa
General Secretary
Mr Divash Rai
Website https://nefin.org.np/

Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) is a national level umbrella organisation of indigenous peoples/nationalities in Nepal founded in 1991 as the Nepal Federation of Nationalities (NEFEN). [1]

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In 2003, the organization was renamed as the Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities. [2]

In 2019 the organisation consists of 56 indigenous member organizations. [3] [4]

Jagat Baram is the actual elected chairman of the organisation, elected in December 2016. [5]

Current chairman of the NEFIN is Gelje Lama Sherpa. [6]

See also

References

  1. Kumāra, Braja Bihārī (2007). Problems Of Ethnicity In The North East India. New Delhi. pp. 225–226. ISBN   9788180694646 . Retrieved 11 December 2012.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. Lawoti, Mahendra (2005). Towards a democratic Nepal. New Delhi. p. 94. ISBN   9788178294490 . Retrieved 11 December 2012.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. www.nefin.org.np
  4. Lawoti, Mahendra; Susan I. Hangen (2012). Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict. Routledge. p. 20. ISBN   9780415780971.
  5. My Republica, 21 December 2016 - Retrieved 6 Feb. 2019
  6. "Bot Verification". nefin.org.np. Retrieved 2025-11-13.