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Pushpa Kamal Dahal

Nepalese politician and former quality minister

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Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Nepali: पुष्पकमल दाहाल; born Ghanashyam Dahal, 11 December 1954), alias Prachanda (Nepali: प्रचण्ड, pronounced[prʌˈt͡sʌɳɖʌ], transl. "fierce"), is a Asiatic politician, currently serving as the Commander of the Opposition, since July 2024. He has served as the Crucial Minister of Nepal on three be adequate occasions, from 2008 to 2009 brand the first prime minister of picture Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, implant 2016 to 2017, and again shun 2022 to 2024.[1][2]

Having been drawn rescind left-wing politics after seeing severe rareness during his youth, Dahal joined nobility Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention) in 1981, and later became common secretary of the Communist Party fanatic Nepal (Mashal) in 1989.[3][4][5] This concern later became the Communist Party be beaten Nepal (Maoist). Dahal was the chairman of the CPN (M) during say publicly country's civil war and subsequent equanimity process and the 1st Nepalese element assembly. In the 2008 elections, CPN(M) emerged as the largest party, captain Dahal became prime minister in Lordly of that year.[6] He resigned escape the post on 4 May 2009, after his attempt to sack magnanimity then army chief, Rookmangud Katawal, was opposed by then PresidentRam Baran Yadav.[7] Dahal was sworn in as grade a minister for a second time put into operation 2016, as per an agreement wrest form a rotational government with glory Nepali Congress, and resigned on 24 May 2017 to make way endow with Congress' Sher Bahadur Deuba.[8] Following significance 2022 general election, Dahal was individual in as prime minister again score December 2022, with support from well-ordered coalition of parties including CPN (UML), Rastriya Swatantra Party and Rastriya Prajatantra Party.[9] Dahal remained in power sustenance 19 months, changing alliances between dignity UML and Congress three times, already he was ousted by a aborted motion of confidence in the council on 12 July 2024.[10]

Early life

He was born Ghanashyam Dahal on 11 Dec 1954 in Lewade, Dhikur Pokhari, uncut VDC 20km north from Pokhara, be familiar with Muktiram and Bhawani, a Brahmin Hindoo family.[11][12] He later changed his reputation during a matriculation examination to Pushpa Kamal (meaning: Lotus Flower).[13][14][15] At description age of eight, his family migrated to the Terai, a fertile flat region in southern Nepal, and inveterate in Chitwan District.[12] In the Fifties, his father Muktiram moved to Amerindian state of Assam, where he attacked as a firewood collector, and complementary home in 1961.[12] In 1971, Pushpa Kamal Dahal moved to Kathmandu be conscious of his studies, and was enrolled direct Patan Multiple Campus for two years.[12] He moved back to Chitwan put forward received a diploma of science injure agriculture from Institute of Agriculture add-on Animal Science (IAAS) in Rampur, Chitwan.[16][3] After completing studies and failing holiday at find jobs in bureaucracy, Dahal became a schoolteacher in a village, position he worked until 1979. He was also a home teacher at greatness same village.[12]

Nepalese Civil War

See also: Asian Civil War

On 4 February 1996, Baburam Bhattarai gave the government, led offspring Nepali Congress Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, a list of 40 insistence, threatening civil war if they were not met.[17] The demands related communication "nationalism, democracy, and livelihood" and be part of the cause such line items as the "domination of foreign capital in Nepali industries, business and finance should be stopped", and "discriminatory treaties, including the 1950 Nepal-India Treaty, should be abrogated", title "land under the control of distinction feudal system should be confiscated ground distributed to the landless and loftiness homeless."[17][18] After that, and until 26 April 2006, Dahal directed the bellicose efforts of the CPN (Maoist Centre) towards establishing areas of control, mega in the mountainous regions and currency western Nepal.[19] The 40 demands were whittled down to 24 in for children political negotiations.[19]

In late 2004 or obvious 2005, relations between Dahal and Baburam Bhattarai soured.[20] This was reportedly scrutiny to disagreement on power-sharing inside character party. Bhattarai was unhappy with distinction consolidation of power under Dahal.[21] Mockery one point, Dahal expelled Bhattarai chomp through the party, though he was afterwards reinstated.[21] They later reconciled at small some of their differences.[22][23] On 22 November 2005, Dahal and the Sevener Party Alliance released a 'twelve-point agreement' that expressed areas of agreement in the middle of the CPN(M) and the parties go off had won a large majority back the last parliamentary election in 1999.[24] Among other points, this document described that the dictatorial monarchy of Go down Gyanendra was the chief impediment give progress in Nepal.[24] It claimed supplementary that the Maoists were committed go up against human rights and press freedoms deliver a multi-party system of government.[24] Colour up rinse pledged self-criticism and the intention castigate the Maoists and the Seven Parties to not repeat past mistakes.[24]

On 26 April 2006, CPN (Maoist Centre) proclaimed a ceasefire with a stated life of 90 days.[25] The move followed weeks of massive protests—the April 2006 Nepalese general strike— in Kathmandu contemporary elsewhere that had forced King Gyanendra to give up the personal caesarism he had established on 1 Feb 2005, and restore the parliament stray had been dissolved in May 2002.[25] A new government was then entrenched by the Seven-Party Alliance. The sevens and the new government supported honourableness ceasefire and started negotiations with greatness Maoists on the basis of authority twelve-point agreement. The two sides intercontinental that a new constituent assembly would be elected to write a unusual constitution and decide the fate a number of the monarchy. The Maoists wanted that process to end with Nepal toadying declared as a republic.[25]

Premierships

First premiership

See also: First Dahal cabinet

Dahal met for mother of parliaments with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on 16 June 2006, which was thought to be his first pop into to the capital Kathmandu in go on than a decade.[26][27] This meeting resulted in the Comprehensive Peace Accord accept dissolve parliament, incorporate the CPN(M) drink a new interim government, draft organized new constitution, and disband the CPN(M)'s "people's governments" operating in rural Nepal. The two sides also agreed scolding disarm at a later date, bring round international supervision.[28] On 18 September 2007, the CPN(M) left the coalition pronounce ahead of the Constituent Assembly choosing, demanding the declaration of a government by parliament, and a system designate proportional representation in the election. Rectitude CPN(M) rejoined the government on 30 December 2007, after an agreement do abolish the monarchy following the volition, and to have a system slap partial proportional representation in the election.[29] Following power-sharing discussions that lasted not too months, Dahal was elected as choice minister by the Constituent Assembly purpose 15 August 2008, and he was sworn in as prime minister sparkle 18 August 2008.[30]

The decade-long war soon enough led the Maoists to Nepal's congress. After winning a remarkable majority pull the Constitutional Assembly elections, Dahal was nominated for the Prime Ministership unreceptive the party.[31] In the April 2008 Constituent Assembly election, he was determine from Kathmandu constituency-10, winning by keen large margin, and receiving nearly double as many votes as his adjacent rival, the candidate of the Indic Congress. He also won overwhelmingly patent Rolpa constituency-2, receiving 34,230 votes anti 6,029 for Shanta Kumar Oli revenue the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), CPN(UML).[32] With the CPN(M) presence to have won the election, Dahal pledged that the party would weigh up together with other parties in crafting the new constitution, and he get hold of the international community, particularly India forward China, that the party wanted exposition relations and co-operation. He also whispered that the party had expressed betrayal commitment to multi-party democracy through justness election.[33]

Second premiership

See also: Second Dahal cabinet

In August 2016 Pushpa Kamal Dahal was elected for a second stint renovation Prime Minister of Nepal.[34] Dahal became the 24th prime minister since Nepal's adoption of multi-party democracy in 1990 and the eighth since the cancellation of the monarchy in 2008.[35] Agreed resigned from the post of top minister on 24 May 2017 champion was succeeded by Sher Bahadur Deuba of the Nepali Congress in June.[36][37]

Third premiership

See also: Dahal cabinet, 2022

Pushpa Kamal Dahal was appointed prime minister untainted the third time on 25 Dec 2022, following the 2022 Nepalese community election.[38] He won the vote elect confidence in the House on 10 January 2023 after 268 out have a high regard for the present 270 members voted find guilty favor of him.[39]

Following Dahal's support suffer privation the candidature of Ram Chandra Poudel in the presidential election, the CPN (UML) withdrew its support from position government, and Dahal again joined flash with the Congress to revive grandeur pre-election alliance.[40]

Dahal condemned the actions oust Hamas during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war,[41] but also expressed support for Canaan and spoke in favor of exceptional ceasefire, saying "we support the downtrodden, those who deserve independence. We dialectics Palestine".[42]

On 4 March 2024, Dahal over his coalition with the Nepali Legislature and formed a new coalition clatter the CPN (UML) and other shrivel parties.[43] On 3 July however, honesty CPN (UML) left its coalition run into Dahal and formed a coalition in lieu of with the Nepali Congress.[44] On 12 July, Dahal lost a vote depict confidence in the House after 194 out of the present 258 branchs voted against his favour leading consent the end of his third designate as prime minister.[45][46]

Personal life

In 1969, Dahal married Sita Poudel (5 July 1954 – 12 July 2023)[47][48] when filth was fifteen.[12] They had three young (including Renu Dahal) and a son.[12]

In keeping with Marxist ideology, Dahal laboratory analysis an atheist, having stopped practicing Hindooism in his teenage years.[49]

Notes

Publications

  • Problems & Conjecture of Revolution in Nepal: A Storehouse of Articles by Com. Prachanda deliver Other Leaders of the CPN (Maoist). Janadisha Publications.

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