Madhav Kumar Nepal

Nepalese politician, former prime minister

Madhav Kumar Nepal (Nepali: माधवकुमार नेपाल, [madʱʌbˈkumar neˈpal] (audio speaker iconlisten); born 6 March 1953), is a Nepalese politician. He is a former Prime Minister of Nepal. He served as Prime Minister of Nepal from 25 May 2009 to 6 February 2011 for nearly two years.[2]


Madhav Kumar Nepal
माधवकुमार नेपाल
34th Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
25 May 2009 – 6 February 2011
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
DeputyBijay Kumar Gachhadar
Preceded byPushpa Kamal Dahal
Succeeded byJhala Nath Khanal
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
30 November 1994 – 12 September 1995
MonarchKing Birendra
Prime MinisterMan Mohan Adhikari
Chairman of CPN (Unified Socialist)
Assumed office
2021
Preceded byPosition created
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
30 November 1994 – 12 September 1995
MonarchKing Birendra
Prime MinisterMan Mohan Adhikari
Preceded byGirija Prasad Koirala
Succeeded byPrakash Chandra Lohani
Minister of Defence
In office
30 November 1994 – 12 September 1995
MonarchKing Birendra
Prime MinisterMan Mohan Adhikari
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Preceded byDeepak Prasad Kuikel
ConstituencyKathmandu 2
In office
May 1999 – May 2002
Preceded byBraj Kishor Singh
Succeeded byBaban Singh
ConstituencyRautahat 1
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
ConstituencyNominated
In office
21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Preceded byBaban Singh
Succeeded byAnil Kumar Jha
ConstituencyRautahat 1
Member of Parliament, Rastriya Sabha
In office
26 June 1991 – 27 June 1999
Personal details
Born (1953-03-06) 6 March 1953 (age 71)[1]
Gaur, Nepal
Political partyCPN (Unified Socialist) (2021-present)
Other political
affiliations
CPN (UML) (until 2018; 2021)
Nepal Communist Party (2018-2021)
Alma materTribhuvan University
WebsiteOfficial website
Nickname(s)माकुने

He served as the Deputy Prime Minister along with the ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defence in the cabinet of Man Mohan Adhikari. He was the executive General Secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) for 15 years.[3]

Since 18 August 2021, he has been serving as the chairman of the CPN (Unified-Socialist), a new party formed through split in CPN (UML) citing issues of the party president KP Sharma Oli.[4]

References change

  1. संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. "Nepal parliament elects new PM".
  3. "१५ वर्ष महासचिव बनेका माधव नेपाल १५ वर्षपछि दलको नेता". nepalkhabar (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  4. "माधव नेपालप्रति ओलीको टिप्पणी : सरकार ढाल्ने, अनि उनैलाई अध्यक्ष बनाउनुपर्ने ?". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2022-01-21.