Leader of the Opposition (Nepal)

The Leader of the Opposition (Nepali: विपक्षी नेता) is an elected member of the House of Representatives, who leads the official opposition in the lower house of the federal parliament. The leader of the opposition is the parliamentary party leader of the political party with the largest number of seats in the house but not in government.^[1] The position is currently held by Pushpa Kamal Dahal, after his government was ousted in July 2024.^[2][3]

Leader of Opposition
Emblem of Nepal
Flag of Nepal
Incumbent Pushpa Kamal Dahal since 15 July 2024
Style	Leader of the Opposition (informal) The Right Honourable (formal)
Member of	House of Representatives Largest political party in the house that is not in government
Term length	While leader of the largest political party in the House of Representatives that is not in government

List

Leaders of Opposition in the Pratinidhi Sabha

No.	Portrait	Name	Party		Assumed office	Left office	Prime Minister		Term
1		Mrigendra SJB Rana		NRGP	27 May 1959	15 December 1960		Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala	1st House of Representatives
2		Man Mohan Adhikari		CPN (UML)	26 May 1991	30 November 1994		Girija Prasad Koirala	2nd House of Representatives
3		Sher Bahadur Deuba		Nepali Congress	30 November 1994	12 September 1995		Man Mohan Adhikari	3rd House of Representatives
(2)		Man Mohan Adhikari		CPN (UML)	12 September 1995	12 March 1997		Sher Bahadur Deuba
(3)		Girija Prasad Koirala[4]		Nepali Congress	12 March 1997	7 October 1997		Lokendra Bahadur Chand
(2)		Man Mohan Adhikari		CPN (UML)	7 October 1997	15 April 1998		Surya Bahadur Thapa
					15 April 1998	23 December 1998		Girija Prasad Koirala
4		Bam Dev Gautam		CPN (ML)	23 December 1998	31 May 1999
5		Madhav Kumar Nepal		CPN (UML)	31 May 1999	23 May 2002		Krishna Prasad Bhattarai	4th House of Representatives
								Girija Prasad Koirala
								Sher Bahadur Deuba
					28 April 2006	18 August 2008		Girija Prasad Koirala	Interim Legislature
6		Girija Prasad Koirala		Nepali Congress	18 August 2008	25 May 2009		Pushpa Kamal Dahal	1st Constituent Assembly
7		Pushpa Kamal Dahal		UCPN (Maoist)	25 May 2009	6 February 2011		Madhav Kumar Nepal
8		Ram Chandra Paudel[5]		Nepali Congress	6 February 2011	14 March 2013		Jhala Nath Khanal
							Baburam Bhattarai
(7)		Pushpa Kamal Dahal		UCPN (Maoist)	11 February 2014	11 October 2015		Sushil Koirala	2nd Constituent Assembly
9		Sushil Koirala		Nepali Congress	11 October 2015	9 February 2016		KP Sharma Oli
(3)		Sher Bahadur Deuba		7 March 2016[6]	4 August 2016
10		KP Sharma Oli		CPN (UML)	4 August 2016	15 February 2018		Pushpa Kamal Dahal	Legislature Parliament
								Sher Bahadur Deuba
(3)		Sher Bahadur Deuba		Nepali Congress	15 February 2018	13 July 2021		KP Sharma Oli	5th House of Representatives
(10)		KP Sharma Oli		CPN (UML)	13 July 2021	26 December 2022		Sher Bahadur Deuba
(3)		Sher Bahadur Deuba[7]		Nepali Congress	26 December 2022	27 February 2023		Pushpa Kamal Dahal	6th House of Representatives
(10)		KP Sharma Oli[8]		CPN (UML)	27 February 2023	4 March 2024
(3)		Sher Bahadur Deuba		Nepali Congress	4 March 2024	15 July 2024
(7)		Pushpa Kamal Dahal		CPN (Maoist Centre)	15 July 2024	Incumbent		KP Sharma Oli[9]