Sher Bahadur Deuba

Honourable Sher Bahadur Deuba MP
शेरबहादुर देउवा
32nd Prime Minister of Nepal
In office 13 July 2021 – 26 December 2022
President	Bidya Devi Bhandari
Preceded by	Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Succeeded by	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
In office 7 June 2017 – 15 February 2018
President	Bidya Devi Bhandari
Deputy	Bijay Kumar Gachhadar
Preceded by	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Succeeded by	Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
In office 4 June 2004 – 1 February 2005
Monarch	King Gyanendra
Preceded by	Surya Bahadur Thapa
Succeeded by	Girija Prasad Koirala
In office 26 July 2001 – 4 October 2002
Monarch	King Gyanendra
Preceded by	Girija Prasad Koirala
Succeeded by	Lokendra Bahadur Chand
In office 12 September 1995 – 12 March 1997
Monarch	King Birendra
Preceded by	Man Mohan Adhikari
Succeeded by	Lokendra Bahadur Chand
Other senior positions Leader of the Opposition (Nepal) Incumbent Assumed office 4 March 2024 President Ram Chandra Paudel Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Preceded by KP Sharma Oli In office 26 December 2022 – 27 February 2023 President Bidya Devi Bhandari Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Preceded by KP Sharma Oli Succeeded by KP Sharma Oli In office 15 February 2018 – 13 July 2021 President Bidya Devi Bhandari Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli Preceded by KP Sharma Oli Succeeded by KP Sharma Oli In office 7 March 2016 – 24 August 2016 President Bidya Devi Bhandari Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli Preceded by Sushil Koirala Succeeded by KP Sharma Oli Minister of Home Affairs In office 1991–1994 Monarch King Birendra Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala Preceded by Yog Prasad Upadhyay Succeeded by Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli President of the Nepali Congress Incumbent Assumed office 7 March 2016 Vice President Bimalendra Nidhi Bijay Kumar Gachhadar Purna Bahadur Khadka Dhanraj Gurung Preceded by Sushil Koirala
Parliamentary offices Member of the Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha Incumbent Assumed office 4 March 2018 Preceded by Himself (as member of the Legislature Parliament) Constituency Dadeldhura 1 In office May 1991 – April 2008 Preceded by Constituency created Succeeded by Himself (as member of the Constituent Assembly) Constituency Dadeldhura 1 Member of the Constituent Assembly / Legislature Parliament In office 28 May 2008 – 14 October 2017 Preceded by Himself (as member of the House of Representatives) Succeeded by Himself (as member of the House of Representatives) Constituency Dadeldhura 1
Personal details
Born	(1946-06-13) 13 June 1946 (age 77) Ashigram, Nepal[1]
Political party	Nepali Congress (before 2002; 2007–present)
Other political affiliations	Nepali Congress (Democratic) (2002–2007)
Spouse	Arzu Rana Deuba
Alma mater	Tribhuvan University,London School of Economics and Political Science
Signature
Website	sherbahadurdeuba.com

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Sher Bahadur Deuba (Nepali: शेरबहादुर देउवा, pronounced [seɾ baːduɾ deu̯ba] ^ⓘ; born 13 June 1946) is a Nepali politician and former prime minister of Nepal and the current leader of the Opposition. He has also been serving as the president of the Nepali Congress since 2016. Deuba has served five terms as prime minister (1995–1997, 2001–2002, 2004–2005, 2017–2018 and 2021–2022) and is the Member of Parliament for the parliamentary constituency of Dadeldhura 1.

Born and raised in Ashigram, a remote village in Dadeldhura, Deuba completed his primary education there and his secondary education in Doti. He completed his higher education at Tri-Chandra College In 1991, he was elected to the House of Representatives and served as the Minister of Home Affairs in the cabinet led by Girija Prasad Koirala. Deuba became prime minister after Manmohan Adhikari tried to dissolve the parliament for the second time in two years in 1995.^[2] He oversaw the signature of the Mahakali treaty with India during his first term. His second premiership started in July 2001 amidst the rise of the Maoists and he later declared a state of emergency and listed the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) as a "terrorist organisation".^[3] He was dismissed by King Gyanendra in October 2002, but after a public backlash, he was reappointed prime minister in June 2004. He was arrested after the 2005 coup d'état by King Gyanendra, and released in February 2006 after the Supreme Court declared his arrest unlawful.^[4]

Deuba was sworn in as prime minister for a fourth stint in June 2017, as per an agreement to form a rotational government by Congress and the CPN (Maoist Centre).^[5] His government successfully conducted the elections of all three levels of government in different phases in 2017. On 12 July 2021, the Supreme Court ordered the appointment of Deuba as prime minister within 28 hours, and he was appointed prime minister for a fifth term by President Bidya Devi Bhandari in accordance with Article 76(5) of the Constitution of Nepal the next day.^[6]

Deuba is married to Arzu Rana Deuba. They have one son.