Sushil Koirala
| Sushil Koirala | |
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| 37th Prime Minister of Nepal | |
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In office 11 February 2014 – 10 October 2015 |
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| President | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Preceded by | Khil Raj Regmi |
| Succeeded by | Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli |
| President of the Nepali Congress | |
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In office 22 September 2010 – 9 February 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Girija Prasad Koirala |
| Succeeded by | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 August 1939 Biratnagar, Morang, Nepal |
| Died | 9 February 2016 (aged 76) Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Political party | Nepali Congress |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Sushil Koirala (Nepali: सुशील कोइराला; 12 August 1939 – 9 February 2016) was the Prime Minister of Nepal from 11 February 2014 to 10 October 2015. He was also President of the Nepali Congress party from 2010 to 2016.
Koirala was elected as Prime Minister of Nepal by the parliament on 9 February 2014. Koirala joined the Nepali Congress in 1952 and served in various capacities prior to becoming its president in 2010.
Sushil Koirala was born to Bodh Prasad Koirala and Kuminidi Koirala on 12 August 1939 in Biratnagar, second-biggest city of Nepal. Koirala was unmarried and known to live a simple life. A member of the politically prominent Koirala family, he was the cousin of former prime ministers Matrika Prasad Koirala, Girija Prasad Koirala and Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala.
A heavy smoker, Koirala was diagnosed with tongue cancer in 2006 and lung cancer in June 2014. He died on 10 February 2016 at 12:50 AM of pneumonia in Kathmandu, Nepal, at the age of 76. He used to be known as 'Sushil daa'. It is said that Koirala had a formal education of I.Com from a college of India according to his sister-in-law although he always mentioned his qualification as informal education.
Koirala entered politics in 1954 inspired by the social-democratic ideals of the Nepali Congress. He was in political exile in India for 16 years following the royal takeover of 1960. Koirala also spent three years in Indian prisons for his involvement in a plane hijacking in 1973. While in exile, Koirala was the editor of Tarun, the official party publication. He has been a member of the Central Working Committee of the party since 1979 and was appointed General Secretary of the party in 1996 and Vice President in 1998.
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