K. P. Sharma Oli

K. P. Sharma Oli
के.पी. शर्मा ओली
Oli in 2025
38th Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
15 July 2024 – 12 September 2025
PresidentRam Chandra Poudel
DeputyBishnu Prasad Paudel
Prakash Man Singh
Preceded byPushpa Kamal Dahal
Succeeded bySushila Karki (interim)
In office
15 February 2018 – 13 July 2021
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Preceded bySher Bahadur Deuba
Succeeded bySher Bahadur Deuba
In office
12 October 2015 – 24 August 2016
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Bidya Devi Bhandari
Preceded bySushil Koirala
Succeeded byPushpa Kamal Dahal
Leader of the Opposition
In office
27 February 2023 – 4 March 2024
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded bySher Bahadur Deuba
Succeeded bySher Bahadur Deuba
In office
13 July 2021 – 26 December 2022
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded bySher Bahadur Deuba
Succeeded bySher Bahadur Deuba
In office
4 August 2016 – 15 February 2018
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Sher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded bySushil Koirala
Succeeded bySher Bahadur Deuba
Ministerial offices
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
2006–2007
Serving with Amik Sherchan
Prime MinisterGirija Prasad Koirala
Preceded byBharat Mohan Adhikari
Succeeded byBamdev Gautam
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
2006–2007
Prime MinisterGirija Prasad Koirala
Preceded byRamesh Nath Pandey
Succeeded bySahana Pradhan
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
1994–1995
Prime MinisterMan Mohan Adhikari
Preceded bySher Bahadur Deuba
Succeeded byKhum Bahadur Khadka
Senior party positions
Chairman of CPN (UML)
Assumed office
8 March 2021
Preceded byPosition established (Party revived as per a Supreme Court verdict)
In office
2014–2018
Preceded byJhala Nath Khanal
Succeeded byPosition abolished (himself as chairman of the Nepal Communist Party)
Chairman of the Nepal Communist Party
In office
17 May 2018 – 8 March 2021
Serving with Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded byPosition established (New party)
Succeeded byPosition abolished (Party dissolved as per a Supreme Court verdict)
Parliamentary offices
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
4 March 2018 – 12 September 2025
Preceded byKeshav Kumar Budhathoki
(as member of the Legislature Parliament)
Succeeded byBalen Shah (elect)
ConstituencyJhapa 5
In office
28 April 2006 – 18 January 2008
Preceded byHimself (2002)
Succeeded byGauri Shankar Khadka
(as member of the 1st Constituent Assembly)
ConstituencyJhapa 2
In office
23 June 1999 – 22 May 2002
Preceded byChandra Prakash Mainali
Succeeded byHimself (2006)
ConstituencyJhapa 2
In office
20 June 1991 – 15 January 1999
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byGopal Prasad Koirala
ConstituencyJhapa 6
Member of the Constituent Assembly / Legislature Parliament
In office
21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Preceded byBishwodip Lingden Limbu
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyJhapa 7
Personal details
BornKhadga Prasad Sharma Oli
(1952-02-22) 22 February 1952
PartyCPN (UML) (1991–2018; since 2021)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse
Radhika Shakya
(m. 1987)
Parents
  • Mohan Prasad Oli
  • Madhumaya Oli
Signature
Websitekpsharmaoli.com
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Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli (born 22 February 1952) is a Nepalese politician who served as the prime minister of Nepal in 2015–2016, in 2018–2021, and in 2024–2025. He has been the chairman of the communist party CPN (UML) since 2014. Oli was Member of Parliament from 2017 to 2025. Oli's tenure in office has been controversial for frequent use of tongue-in-cheek remarks, hostility towards critics and the media, and accusations of fostering cronyism, corruption, nepotism and racism. After his government killed students during the anti-corruption Gen Z protests in 2025, he was overthrown from his post in government.

Oli opposed the 2015 blockade of Nepal by India. He strengthened relations with China as an alternative to Nepal's traditionally close trade ties with India.