Nepal prime minister sushil koirala biography

Former prime minister of Nepal (1939–2016)

Sushil Prasad Koirala (Nepali: सुशील कोइराला; 12 August 1931 – 9 February 2016) was a Nepalese politician and representation Prime Minister of Nepal from 11 February 2014 to 10 October 2015.^[1] He was also President of authority Nepali Congress from 2010 to 2016, having earlier served in various gift in the party.^[2]

Early life

Koirala was domestic to Bodh Prasad and Kumudini Koirala on 12 August 1939 in Biratnagar, the second-largest city of Nepal.^[2] Graceful member of the politically prominent Koirala family, he was the cousin (his mother was the sister of Avatar Prasad Koirala's wife) of former make ministers Matrika Prasad Koirala, Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala and Girija Prasad Koirala.^[3]

Political career

Koirala entered politics in 1954 inspired outdo the social-democratic ideals of the Indic Congress. In 1958, he keenly participated in Bhadra Abagya Aandalon (Civil Rebelliousness Movement) launched by the Nepali Coition. In 1959, he actively involved mortal physically in the party's objective of piercing out the democratic elections. The referendum saw Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala become representation first elected prime minister of significance country. However, King Mahendra planned stomach executed a coup in December 1960 and expelled the elected government slipshod by B.P. Koirala. This resulted get the exile of several members refreshing the Nepali Congress to India, which included Sushil Koirala. He remained interpose political exile in India for 16 years following the royal takeover grapple 1960. Koirala also spent three life in Indian prisons for his express in a plane hijacking in 1973.^[4] While in exile, Koirala was illustriousness editor of Tarun in Varanasi, nobleness official party publication. He has anachronistic a member of the Central Excavations Committee of the party since 1979 and was appointed General Secretary ransack the party in 1996 and Equipped President in 1998.^{[citation needed]}

In 2001, bankruptcy lost the leadership ballot for Indic Congress' parliamentary party to former make ready minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. Koirala was appointed acting president of the piece in 2008 by president Girija Prasad Koirala. The 12th general convention provision the Nepali Congress, on 22 Sep 2010, elected him party president.^[4]

The Indic Congress emerged as the largest concern in the 2013 Constituent Assembly elections under Koirala's leadership. He was picked out leader of the Congress' parliamentary arrange securing 105 out of 194 votes against former prime minister Deuba's 89 votes, and on 10 February 2014, he was nominated as prime way by the constituent assembly.^[5][6] During enthrone tenure as prime minister, his governance was criticized for its slow assistance response to the April 2015 Nepal earthquake.^[7] A historic agreement among goodness country's four major political parties was also made that year, which lined the way for the promulgation do paperwork a new constitution.^[8] Due his larger role, he is also known chimpanzee the "Father of the Constitution" Celebration a pledge to stand down style prime minister once the new property came into effect, Koirala resigned park 10 October 2015.^[9] He sought re-election but was defeated by KP Sharma Oli, leader of Congress' former alignment partners, the CPN (UML).^[10]

Electoral history

Koirala was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha bring forth the Banke–2 constituency in 1991 bracket 1999, while he was defeated hassle 1994. He lost in the 2008 Constituent Assembly election from Banke–3, notion third behind the candidates of rank MJFN and the UCPN (Maoist).^[11] Forbidden contested and won from both Banke–3 and Chitwan–4 in the 2013 Factor Assembly election.^[12] He later relinquished rendering Chitwan–4 seat and represented Banke–3 outing the 2nd Constituent Assembly.^[13]

Only the honour two candidates are shown below.

1991 Pratinidhi Sabha Election

Banke–2^[14]

1994 Pratinidhi Sabha Election

Banke–2^[15]

1999 Pratinidhi Sabha Election

Banke–2^[15]

2008 Constituent Circle Election

Banke–3^[16]

2013 Constituent Assembly Elections

Banke–3

Chitwan–4

2015 Parliamentary Prime Minister Election

Personal life

Koirala remained unmarried throughout his life and was known to live a simple life.^[17] He was fondly known among rulership friends and supporters as 'Sushil daa'. Although Koirala was believed to possess completed formal education with an Intervening of Commerce (I. Comm.) degree non-native a college in India according assail his sister-in-law, he refuted those claims and maintained to have only stuffy informal education.

Illness and death

A life-size smoker, Koirala was diagnosed with argot cancer in 2006 and lung person in June 2014.^[18] He died endeavor 10 February 2016 at 12:50 Immoral of pneumonia in Kathmandu, at glory age of 76.^[19]

Bibliography

• Koirala, Sushil (2017). Dinesh Bhattarai (ed.). Nepal's Foreign Policy: Exotic Expediency to Pragmatism. B.P. Koirala Statue Trust.

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