Madhav Kumar Nepal

Madhav Kumar Nepal
माधवकुमार नेपाल
Nepal in 2022
34th Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
25 May 2009 – 6 February 2011
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
DeputyBijay Kumar Gachhadar
Sujata Koirala
Preceded byPushpa Kamal Dahal
Succeeded byJhala Nath Khanal
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
30 November 1994 – 12 September 1995
MonarchKing Birendra
Prime MinisterMan Mohan Adhikari
Preceded byKirti Nidhi Bista (1969)
Succeeded byBam Dev Gautam (1997)
Chairman of CPN (Unified Socialist) and Socialist Front
Assumed office
2021
Preceded byPosition created
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
30 November 1994 – 12 September 1995
MonarchKing Birendra
Prime MinisterMan Mohan Adhikari
Preceded byGirija Prasad Koirala
Succeeded byPrakash Chandra Lohani
Minister of Defence
In office
30 November 1994 – 12 September 1995
MonarchKing Birendra
Prime MinisterMan Mohan Adhikari
Preceded byGirija Prasad Koirala
Succeeded bySher Bahadur Deuba
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
22 December 2022 – 12 September 2025
Preceded byAnil Kumar Jha
Succeeded byRajesh Chaudhary
Constituency Rautahat 1
In office
May 1999 – May 2002
Preceded byBraj Kishor Singh
Succeeded byBaban Singh
ConstituencyRautahat 1
In office
4 March 2018 – September 2022
Preceded byDeepak Prasad Kuikel
ConstituencyKathmandu 2
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
ConstituencyNominated
In office
21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Preceded byBaban Singh
Succeeded byAnil Kumar Jha
ConstituencyRautahat 1
Member of Parliament, Rastriya Sabha
In office
26 June 1991 – 27 June 1999
Personal details
Born (1953-03-06) 6 March 1953
PartyNepali Communist Party (2025-present)
Other political
affiliations
CPN (Unified Socialist) (2021-2025)
CPN (UML) (until 2018; 2021)
Nepal Communist Party (2018-2021)
Alma materTribhuvan University
WebsiteOfficial website
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Madhav Kumar Nepal (Nepali: माधवकुमार नेपाल, [madʱʌbˈkumar neˈpal] ; born 6 March 1953), is a Nepalese politician and former Prime Minister of Nepal. He served as prime minister from 25 May 2009 to 6 February 2011.

He previously served as the Deputy Prime Minister along with the charges of important ministries like Foreign Affairs and Defence in the cabinet of Man Mohan Adhikari. He was previously the executive General Secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) for 15 years.

Since 18 August 2021, he has been serving as the joint coordinator of the Nepali Communist Party, a new party formed through merger of eight different communist parties and splinter groups. Madhav Kumar Nepal has received the Title Honor "Patron of Humanity" award from World Humanitarian Drive(WHD)