Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
| Krishna Prasad Bhattarai कृष्णप्रसाद भट्टराई |
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| 29th Prime Minister of Nepal | |
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In office 31 May 1999 – 22 March 2000 |
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| Monarch | Birendra |
| Preceded by | Girija Prasad Koirala |
| Succeeded by | Girija Prasad Koirala |
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In office 19 April 1990 – 26 May 1991 |
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| Monarch | Birendra |
| Preceded by | Lokendra Bahadur Chand |
| Succeeded by | Girija Prasad Koirala |
| 4th President of the Nepali Congress | |
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In office 17 January 1992 – 10 May 1996 |
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| Succeeded by | Girija Prasad Koirala |
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In office 12 February 1976 – 16 January 1992 (Acting) |
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| Preceded by | Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala |
| Speaker of the Pratinidhi Sabha | |
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In office May 1959 – 26 December 1960 |
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| Born | 13 December 1924 Varanasi, India |
| Died | 4 March 2011 (aged 86) Godawari Municipality, Lalitpur District, Nepal |
| Political party | Nepali Congress |
Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (Nepali: कृष्णप्रसाद भट्टराई) (13 December 1924 – 4 March 2011) was a Nepalese political leader. He was one of the main leaders involved in transitioning Nepal from an absolute monarchy to a democratic multi-party system.
Bhattarai became Prime Minister of Nepal in April 1990 after a popular democratic movement referred as Jana-Andolan.
Bhattarai was twice the Prime Minister of Nepal, once heading the Interim Government from 19 April 1990 to 26 May 1991, and then as elected Prime Minister from 31 May 1999 to 22 March 2000.
Bhattarai was the officiating President of the Nepali Congress for nearly 26 years from February 12, 1976, and was elected to the post of president of party in 1992 till 1996. He actively participated in the democratic movement of Nepal from its inception. The Constitution of Nepal (1990) was promulgated while he was interim Prime Minister and he was credited for successfully holding the parliamentary election in 1990, a milestone in Nepalese political history.
In his youth, Bhattarai was a journalist. He was also one of the foreign journalists to interview the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev.
Bhattarai had actively participated in a long struggle to modernize the Nepalese political system, aiming to transform a society that was isolated for centuries from the outside world.
He started politics to end the 104-year-rule of the Rana Dynasty. During the political movement of 1950 to overthrow the Rana autocracy, initiated by the Bairgania Conference of the Nepali Congress on 26–27 September 1950 (Ashvin 10-11, 2007 BS), he was in charge of armed group Congress Mukti Sena fighting in Gorkha district. This armed struggle was initiated by the Nepali Congress, of which he was founding member. The armed revolution by the Nepali Congress was supported by King Tribhuvan, who was in exile, and by Indian and Burmese socialists. The armed revolution ultimately brought an end to the 104-year-rule of the Rana Dynasty on February 18, 1951 (Falgun 7, 2007 BS). This day is celebrated as Democracy Day and is a public holiday in Nepal.
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