Baburam Bhattarai

Baburam Bhattarai
बाबुराम भट्टराई
35th Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
29 August 2011 – 14 March 2013
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
DeputyBijaya Kumar Gachchhadar
Preceded byJhala Nath Khanal
Succeeded byKhil Raj Regmi
Minister of Finance
In office
18 August 2008 – 25 May 2009
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Chairman of Nepal Socialist Party
Assumed office
28 July 2022
Preceded byPosition established
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Preceded byHari Raj Adhikari
Succeeded byPushpa Kamal Dahal
ConstituencyGorkha 2
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Preceded byParbati Thapa Shrestha
Succeeded byHari Raj Adhikari
ConstituencyGorkha 2
In office
21 January 2014 – 26 September 2015[1]
Preceded byKamala Panta
Succeeded byHit Raj Pandey
ConstituencyGorkha 1
Personal details
Born (1954-06-18) 18 June 1954 (age 70)[2]
Khoplang, Nepal
Political partyNepal Socialist Party
Other political
affiliations
CPN (Fourth Convention)
Samyukta Janamorcha
UCPN (Maoist) (before 2015)
Naya Shakti (2016-2019)
Spouse
(m. 1980)
Children1
Parents
  • Bhoj Prasad Bhattarai (father)
  • Dharma Kumari Bhattarai (mother)
EducationTribhuvan University
Panjab University (B.Arch.)
SPA New Delhi (M.Tech.)
Jawaharlal Nehru University (PhD)
Websitewww.baburambhattarai.com

Baburam Bhattarai (Nepali: बाबुराम भट्टराई, pronounced [ˈbaburam ˈbʱʌʈːʌrai̯]; born 18 June 1954), also known by his nom de guerre Laaldhwoj, is a Nepalese politician, architect and former Prime Minister who presently serves as leader of the Nepal Socialist Party.[3]

Bhattarai was a long-time leading member and deputy chairman of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) prior to founding a new party, Naya Shakti Party, Nepal.[4] He subsequently embraced democratic socialism.[5]

  1. ^ "Baburam Bhattarai severs ties with UCPN-Maoist, resigns from Parliament also, to remain as independent citizen for now". thehimalayantimes.com. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  2. ^ "शब्दचित्रमा बाबुराम भट्टराई". www.baburambhattarai.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010.
  3. ^ Sen, Sandeep (19 November 2017). "Bhattarai says he has not renounced Marxism yet". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  4. ^ "The end of the Nepali Maoists in sight as Baburam Bhattarai resigns". Hindustan Times. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  5. ^ Sureis (4 December 2017). "Democratic socialism, not communism, is need of the hour: Baburam Bhattarai". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

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