Pushpa Kamal Dahal
| Pushpa Kamal Dahal पुष्पकमल दाहाल |
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| Prime Minister of Nepal | |
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Assumed office 4 August 2016 |
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| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Preceded by | Khadga Prasad Oli |
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In office 18 August 2008 – 25 May 2009 |
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| President | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Preceded by | Girija Prasad Koirala |
| Succeeded by | Madhav Kumar Nepal |
| Leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) | |
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Assumed office May 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
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Pushpa Kamal Dahal 11 December 1954 Dhikur Pokhari, Kaski, Nepal |
| Political party |
Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention) (Before 1983) Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) (1983–1984) Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) (1984–1991) Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre) (1991–1994) Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) (1994–present) |
| Alma mater | Tribhuvan University |
Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Nepali: ; born 11 December 1954), also known as Prachanda, is a Nepalese politician and the chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre). He has been Prime Minister of Nepal since 2016; previously he was Prime Minister from 2008 to 2009.
Dahal led the CPN (M) as it launched a communist insurgency on 13 February 1996. In the ensuing civil war, more than 17,000 Nepalese died. Ultimately elections were held in 2008 and the CPN (M) emerged as the strongest party. The Constituent Assembly of Nepal elected Dahal as Prime Minister in August 2008. He resigned as Prime Minister on 4 May 2009 after his attempt to sack the army chief, General Rookmangud Katawal, was opposed by President Ram Baran Yadav.
Dahal is also widely known by his nom de guerre "Prachanda", a name he went by during his guerrilla days. In Nepali and some other Indo-Aryan languages languages, the word Prachanda is an adjective that translates to "fierce".
Prachanda was born in Dhikur Pokhari, a village in Kaski District, some 243 kilometres (151 mi) west of Nepal's capital Kathmandu. Prachanda spent much of his childhood and youth in Chitwan District. He received a diploma of science in agriculture (ISc-Ag) from Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS) in Rampur, Chitwan, and was once employed at a rural development project sponsored by USAID: the project site was Jajarkot. Prachanda's brother, Dr. Ganga Ram Dahal, graduated from the University of Reading, UK and is currently a Research Scientist at 'Rights to Resources International' based in Bangkok.
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