Madhav Kumar Nepal माधवकुमार नेपाल |
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34th Prime Minister of Nepal | |
In office 25 May 2009 – 6 February 2011 |
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President | Ram Baran Yadav |
Preceded by | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
Succeeded by | Jhala Nath Khanal |
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal | |
In office 30 November 1994 – 12 September 1995 |
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Prime Minister | Man Mohan Adhikari |
Preceded by | Girija Prasad Koirala |
Succeeded by | Prakash Chandra Lohani |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 30 November 1994 – 12 September 1995 |
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Prime Minister | Man Mohan Adhikari |
Preceded by | Girija Prasad Koirala |
Succeeded by | Prakash Chandra Lohani |
Personal details | |
Born |
Gaur, Rautahat, Nepal |
6 March 1953
Political party |
Nepal Revolutionary Organisation (Marxist–Leninist) (Before 1975) All Nepal Communist Revolutionary Coordination Committee (Marxist–Leninist) (1975–1978) Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (1978–1991) Communist Party of Nepal (UML) (1991–present) |
Other political affiliations |
United Left Front (1990–2002) |
Alma mater | Tribhuvan University |
Madhav Kumar Nepal (Nepali: listen , born March 6, 1953) is a Nepalese politician who was Prime Minister of Nepal from May 25, 2009 to February 6, 2011. Nepal announced his resignation as Prime Minister on June 30, 2010. He was previously the General Secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) for 15 years.
Madhav Kumar Nepal(माकुने) was born to Mangal Kumar Upadhyaya and Durgadevi Upadhaya. He graduated in Commerce from Tribhuvan University in 1973 and worked in banking and civil service before turning to full-time politics.
M.K. Nepal joined the communist movement in 1969. In the underground struggle, he used party names such as 'Subodh', 'Sunil', 'Ranjan' and 'Bibek'. In 1971 he became a district committee member of the Nepal Revolutionary Organisation (Marxist-Leninist). At a conference held in Biratnagar June 7–8, 1975, M.K. Nepal was elected as a bureau member of the All Nepal Communist Revolutionary Coordination Committee (Marxist-Leninist). When the ANCRCC(ML) founded the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) in 1978, M.K. Nepal was elected a politburo member of the new party.