Madhav Kumar Nepal

Madhav Kumar Nepal (Nepali: माधवकुमार नेपाल, [madʱʌbˈkumar neˈpal] (listen); born 6 March 1953), is a Nepalese politician. He is a former Prime Minister of Nepal. He served as Prime Minister of Nepal from 25 May 2009 to 6 February 2011 for nearly two years.^[2]

Honourable Madhav Kumar Nepal
माधवकुमार नेपाल
34th Prime Minister of Nepal
In office 25 May 2009 – 6 February 2011
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Deputy	Bijay Kumar Gachhadar
Preceded by	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Succeeded by	Jhala Nath Khanal
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
In office 30 November 1994 – 12 September 1995
Monarch	King Birendra
Prime Minister	Man Mohan Adhikari
Chairman of CPN (Unified Socialist)
Incumbent
Assumed office 2021
Preceded by	Position created
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 30 November 1994 – 12 September 1995
Monarch	King Birendra
Prime Minister	Man Mohan Adhikari
Preceded by	Girija Prasad Koirala
Succeeded by	Prakash Chandra Lohani
Minister of Defence
In office 30 November 1994 – 12 September 1995
Monarch	King Birendra
Prime Minister	Man Mohan Adhikari
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 March 2018
Preceded by	Deepak Prasad Kuikel
Constituency	Kathmandu 2
In office May 1999 – May 2002
Preceded by	Braj Kishor Singh
Succeeded by	Baban Singh
Constituency	Rautahat 1
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Constituency	Nominated
In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Preceded by	Baban Singh
Succeeded by	Anil Kumar Jha
Constituency	Rautahat 1
Member of Parliament, Rastriya Sabha
In office 26 June 1991 – 27 June 1999
Personal details
Born	(1953-03-06) 6 March 1953 (age 72)[1] Gaur, Nepal
Political party	CPN (Unified Socialist) (2021-present)
Other political affiliations	CPN (UML) (until 2018; 2021) Nepal Communist Party (2018-2021)
Alma mater	Tribhuvan University
Website	Official website
Nickname(s)	माकुने

He served as the Deputy Prime Minister along with the ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defence in the cabinet of Man Mohan Adhikari. He was the executive General Secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) for 15 years.^[3]

Since 18 August 2021, he has been serving as the chairman of the CPN (Unified-Socialist), a new party formed through split in CPN (UML) citing issues of the party president KP Sharma Oli.^[4]