Jhala Nath Khanal

Jhala Nath Khanal
झलनाथ खनाल
Khanal in 2011
35th Prime Minister of Nepal
In office 6 February 2011 – 29 August 2011
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Preceded by	Madhav Kumar Nepal
Succeeded by	Baburam Bhattarai
Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Madhav Kumar Nepal
Succeeded by	Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Minister for Information and Communication
In office 1997–1998
Monarch	Birendra of Nepal
Succeeded by	Surya Bahadur Thapa
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Constituency	Ilam 1
In office May 1991 – May 1999
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Benup Raj Prasain
Constituency	Ilam 1
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office 28 May 2008 – 14 October 2017
Preceded by	Benup Raj Prasain
Constituency	Ilam 1
Personal details
Born	(1950-05-20) 20 May 1950 (age 74) Sakhejung, Ilam, Nepal
Political party	CPN (Unified Socialist) (2021–present)
Other political affiliations	CPN (UML) (until 2018; 2021) Nepal Communist Party (2018–2021)

Jhala Nath Khanal (Nepali: झलनाथ खनाल, [d͡zʱʌlʌˈnatʰ ˈkʰʌnal] ^ⓘ; born 20 May 1950) is a Nepalese politician who was the 35th Prime Minister of Nepal from February 2011 to August 2011. He was previously the chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (CPN (UML)) and Leader of the Constituent Assembly Parliamentary Party of the CPN (UML).^[1][2]

Since 18 August 2021, he has been serving as the senior leader of the CPN (Unified Socialist), a new party formed through split in CPN (UML) citing arrogance and monopoly of the party president KP Sharma Oli.^[3]