Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist−Leninist)

Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एकीकृत मार्क्सवादी-लेनिनवादी)

President	Khadga Prasad Oli
Founded	January 6, 1991
Headquarters	Aakirti Marg, Dhumbarahi, Kathmandu, Nepal
Student wing	All Nepal National Free Students Union
Youth wing	Youth Association Nepal (YAN)
Labour wing	General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism People's Multiparty Democracy
Political position	Centre-left
International affiliation	International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties.
Legislature Parliament of Nepal	181 / 601
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Website
www.cpnuml.org
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The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) is a centre-left political party in Nepal. It is currently the largest opposition party in the Legislature Parliament of Nepal.

It was formed on January, 1991 through the unification of the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist). The party has led four governments, from 1994 to 1995 under Man Mohan Adhikari, from 2009 to 2011 under Madhav Kumar Nepal, in 2011 under Jhala Nath Khanal and from 2015 to 2016 under Khadga Prasad Oli. The party was also a junior partner in five coalition governments in 1997 under Lokendra Bahadur Chand, from 1998 to 1999 under Girija Prasad Koirala, from 2008 to 2009 under Pushpa Kamal Dahal, from 2011 to 2013 under Baburam Bhattarai and from 2014 to 2015 under Sushil Koirala.

The CPN (UML) is the second largest party in the Legislature Parliament of Nepal winning 175 out of 575 elected seats in the 2013 elections.

The United Left Front was formed in 1990 to protest against the Panchayat system and to restore multi-party democracy. They held a joint movement with the Nepali Congress and King Birendra in November 1990 finally yielded to their Jana Andolan. Two constituents of the United Left Front, Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) and Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist), merged in January 6, 1991 to form the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) before the 1991 elections while the United Left Front became inactive.