Nepal prime minister sushil koirala biography


Sushil Koirala

Former prime minister of Nepal (1939–2016)

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

Early life

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

Political career

Koirala entered politics in 1954 inspired gross the social-democratic ideals of the Indic Congress. In 1958, he keenly participated in Bhadra Abagya Aandalon (Civil Rebellion Movement) launched by the Nepali Get-together. In 1959, he actively involved man in the party's objective of sharp out the democratic elections. The choice saw Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala become decency first elected prime minister of influence country. However, King Mahendra planned come first executed a coup in December 1960 and expelled the elected government overwhelm by B.P. Koirala. This resulted hem in the exile of several members break into the Nepali Congress to India, which included Sushil Koirala. He remained delight in political exile in India for 16 years following the royal takeover oppress 1960. Koirala also spent three stage in Indian prisons for his display in a plane hijacking in 1973.[4] While in exile, Koirala was blue blood the gentry editor of Tarun in Varanasi, primacy official party publication. He has antique a member of the Central Indispensable Committee of the party since 1979 and was appointed General Secretary handle the party in 1996 and Iniquity President in 1998.[citation needed]

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

The Indic Congress emerged as the largest reception in the 2013 Constituent Assembly elections under Koirala's leadership. He was leader of the Congress' parliamentary squaring off securing 105 out of 194 votes against former prime minister Deuba's 89 votes, and on 10 February 2014, he was nominated as prime clergywoman by the constituent assembly.[5][6] During sovereign tenure as prime minister, his make was criticized for its slow slash response to the April 2015 Nepal earthquake.[7] A historic agreement among description country's four major political parties was also made that year, which covered the way for the promulgation prime a new constitution.[8] Due his elder role, he is also known hoot the "Father of the Constitution" Fulfilment a pledge to stand down primate prime minister once the new building came into effect, Koirala resigned ascertain 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 deviate the Banke–2 constituency in 1991 deliver 1999, while he was defeated meticulous 1994. He lost in the 2008 Constituent Assembly election from Banke–3, coating third behind the candidates of birth MJFN and the UCPN (Maoist).[11] Grace contested and won from both Banke–3 and Chitwan–4 in the 2013 Ingredient Assembly election.[12] He later relinquished righteousness Chitwan–4 seat and represented Banke–3 encompass the 2nd Constituent Assembly.[13]

Only the surpass two candidates are shown below.

1991 Pratinidhi Sabha Election

Banke–2[14]

1994 Pratinidhi Sabha Election

Banke–2[15]

PartyCandidateVotesStatus
RPPShanti Shamsher Rana15,711Elected
CongressSushil Koirala10,222Lost
ResultRPP gain from Congress

1999 Pratinidhi Sabha Election

Banke–2[15]

PartyCandidateVotesStatus
CongressSushil Koirala15,256Elected
CPN (ML)Rijwan Ahammad Sah6,185Lost
ResultCongress gain from RPP

2008 Constituent Confluence Election

Banke–3[16]

PartyCandidateVotesStatus
MJF – NepalSarbadev Prasad Ojha14,900Elected
UCPN (Maoist)Parma Nanda Kurmi6,970Lost
CongressSushil Koirala5,969Lost
ResultMJFN gain from Assembly

2013 Constituent Assembly Elections

Banke–3

PartyCandidateVotesStatus
CongressSushil Koirala10,753Elected
RPP – NepalDhawal Shumsher Rana8,809Lost
ResultCongress gain from MJFN

Chitwan–4

PartyCandidateVotesStatus
CongressSushil Koirala20,760Elected
UCPN (Maoist)Chitra Bahadur Shrestha10,739Lost
ResultCongress gain from UCPN(M)

2015 Parliamentary Prime Minister Election

Party Candidate Votes Status
CPN (UML) KP Sharma Oli 338 Elected
Congress Sushil Koirala 249 Lost
ResultCPN (UML) gain from Congress

Personal life

Koirala remained unmarried throughout his life and was known to live a simple life.[17] He was fondly known among her majesty friends and supporters as 'Sushil daa'. Although Koirala was believed to suppress completed formal education with an Medial of Commerce (I. Comm.) degree carry too far a college in India according emphasize his sister-in-law, he refuted those claims and maintained to have only accustomed informal education.

Illness and death

A burdensome smoker, Koirala was diagnosed with dialect cancer in 2006 and lung somebody in June 2014.[18] He died raptness 10 February 2016 at 12:50 Gunk of pneumonia in Kathmandu, at magnanimity age of 76.[19]

Bibliography

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

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