Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
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Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (माओवादी केन्द्र) |
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| Chairman | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Founded | 1994 Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) 2008 Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) 2016 Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) |
| Headquarters | Perisdanda, Koteshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Student wing | All Nepal National Independent Students' Union (Revolutionary) |
| Youth wing | Young Communist League |
| Ideology |
Communism Marxism–Leninism–Maoism–Prachanda Path |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation |
Revolutionary Internationalist Movement, Coordination Committee of Maoist Parties and Organisations of South Asia |
| Legislature Parliament of Nepal |
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| Election symbol | |
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| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| ucpnmaoist |
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The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) (Nepali: नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (माओवादी केन्द्र), is a communist political party in Nepal. It is currently a junior partner in a coalition government led by the Nepali Congress.
The party was founded in 1994 after breaking away from the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre). The party has led three governments, from 2008 to 2009 and from 2016 to 2017 under Pushpa Kamal Dahal and from 2013 to 2015 under Baburam Bhattarai.
The party was previously known as the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) until 2009 and as the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) until 2016.
In the 2013 elections, the party won 80 out of 575 elected seats to become the third largest party in the Constituent Assembly of Nepal.
The party was formed in 1994 following a split in the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre) into two factions, one led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal and the other led Nirmal Lama. The electoral front of the party, the United People's Front of Nepal, also split and the faction led by Baburam Bhattarai allied with the Pushpa Kamal Dahal led Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre). The two United People's Front of Nepal decided to register itself with the Election Commission, but the commission only recognized the Nirmal Lama backed party. Baburam Bhattarai responded by calling for a boycott of the 1994 mid-term elections.
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