Pushpa Kamal Dahal

The Right Honourable Pushpa Kamal Dahal
पुष्पकमल दाहाल
Dahal in 2016
33rd Prime Minister of Nepal
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 December 2022
President	Bidya Devi Bhandari Ram Chandra Paudel
Deputy	Purna Bahadur Khadka Bishnu Prasad Paudel Narayan Kaji Shrestha Rabi Lamichhane Rajendra Prasad Lingden
Preceded by	Sher Bahadur Deuba
In office 4 August 2016 – 7 June 2017
President	Bidya Devi Bhandari
Deputy	Bimalendra Nidhi Bijay Kumar Gachhadar
Preceded by	Khadga Prasad Oli
Succeeded by	Sher Bahadur Deuba
In office 15 August 2008 – 25 May 2009
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Deputy	Bamdev Gautam
Preceded by	Girija Prasad Koirala
Succeeded by	Madhav Kumar Nepal
Senior party positions Chairman of the CPN (Maoist Centre) Incumbent Assumed office 8 March 2021 Preceded by Position re-established In office 1994–2018 Preceded by Position established Succeeded by Position abolished[a] Chairman of the Nepal Communist Party In office 17 May 2018 – 8 March 2021 Serving with KP Sharma Oli Preceded by Position established Succeeded by Position abolished
Parliamentary offices Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha Incumbent Assumed office 22 December 2022 Preceded by Baburam Bhattarai Constituency Gorkha 2 In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022 Preceded by Krishna Bhakta Pokharel Succeeded by Bikram Pandey Constituency Chitwan 3 Member of the Constituent Assembly / Legislature Parliament In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017 Preceded by Mahendra Paswan Succeeded by Constituency abolished Constituency Siraha 5 In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012 Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by Rajendra Kumar KC Constituency Kathmandu 10
Personal details
Born	Ghanashyam Dahal (1954-12-11) 11 December 1954 (age 69) Lewade, Dhikur Pokhari VDC, Pokhara, Nepal
Political party	CPN (Maoist Centre) (1994–2018; 2021–present)
Other political affiliations	Nepal Communist Party (2018–2021) CPN (Unity Centre) (1991–1994) CPN (Mashal) (1984–1991) CPN (Masal) (1983–1984) CPN (Fourth Convention) (before 1983)
Spouse	Sita Poudel (died 2023)
Children	4, including Renu
Alma mater	Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science,Tribhuvan University
Website	cmprachanda.com
Nickname	Prachanda

Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Nepali: पुष्पकमल दाहाल; born Ghanashyam Dahal, 11 December 1954), alias Prachanda (Nepali: प्रचण्ड, pronounced [prʌˈt͡sʌɳɖʌ], transl. "fierce"), is a Nepalese politician currently serving as the Prime Minister of Nepal.^[1] He previously held the prime ministerial post from 2008 to 2009 as the first prime minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, and again from 2016 to 2017.^[2] He was elected as prime minister for the third time in 2022, following that year's elections.

Dahal was born in Lewade, Dhikur Pokhari, a VDC 20 KM north from Pokhara, and spent most of his childhood in Chitwan, where he received a diploma of science in agriculture from Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS) in Rampur, Chitwan. He joined left-wing political parties after seeing severe poverty in his youth. In 1981, he joined the Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention), and later became general secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) in 1989. This party later became the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). Dahal was the leader of the CPN(M) during the country's civil war and subsequent peace process and the 1st Nepalese constituent assembly. In the 2008 elections, CPN(M) emerged as the largest party, and Dahal became prime minister in August of that year.^[3] He resigned from the post on 4 May 2009, after his attempt to sack the then army chief, General Rookmangud Katawal, was opposed by then President Ram Baran Yadav.^[4]

Dahal was sworn in as prime minister for the second time in 2016, as per an agreement to form a rotational government by Congress and CPN (Maoist Centre).^[5] He resigned from the post of prime minister on 24 May 2017.^[6] Following the 2022 Nepalese general election, with an alliance with political parties including CPN (UML), Rastriya Swatantra Party and Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Dahal was sworn in as Prime Minister once again in 2022.^[7]

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