Girija Prasad Koirala

Girija Prasad Koirala
गिरिजाप्रसाद कोइराला
Koirala in 2007
Acting Head of State of Nepal
In office 15 January 2007 – 23 July 2008
Preceded by	Gyanendra (as King)
Succeeded by	Ram Baran Yadav (as President)
30th Prime Minister of Nepal
In office 25 April 2006 – 18 August 2008
Monarch	Gyanendra
Deputy	KP Sharma Oli Amik Sherchan
Preceded by	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Succeeded by	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
In office 22 March 2000 – 26 July 2001
Monarchs	Birendra Dipendra Gyanendra
Deputy	Ram Chandra Poudel
Preceded by	Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
Succeeded by	Sher Bahadur Deuba
In office 15 April 1998 – 31 May 1999
Monarch	Birendra
Deputy	Sailaja Acharya
Preceded by	Surya Bahadur Thapa
Succeeded by	Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
In office 26 May 1991 – 30 November 1994
Monarch	Birendra
Preceded by	Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
Succeeded by	Man Mohan Adhikari
5th President of Nepali Congress
In office 11 January 1992 – 20 March 2010
Preceded by	Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
Succeeded by	Sushil Koirala
Personal details
Born	(1924-07-04)4 July 1924 Saharsa, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India (present-day Bihar, India)
Died	20 March 2010(2010-03-20) (aged 85) Kathmandu, Nepal
Political party	Nepali Congress
Spouse	Sushma Koirala ​ ​ (m. 1952; died 1967)​
Children	Sujata Koirala
Parent	Krishna Prasad Koirala (father)
Relatives	See Koirala family
Alma mater	Kirori Mal College (University of Delhi)
Awards	Nepal Ratna (2015)[1]

Nepal Ratna Girija Prasad Koirala (Nepali: गिरिजाप्रसाद कोइराला Listen^ⓘ; 4 July 1924 – 20 March 2010),^[2][3] affectionately known as Girija Babu,^[4] was a Nepalese politician. He headed the Nepali Congress and served as the Prime Minister of Nepal on four occasions: from 1991 to 1994, 1998 to 1999, 2000 to 2001, and 2006 to 2008. He was the Acting Head of State of Nepal between January 2007 and July 2008 as the country transitioned from a monarchy to a republic.

Koirala, who was active in politics for over sixty years, was a pioneer of the Nepalese labour movement, having started the first political workers' movement on Nepalese soil, known as the Biratnagar jute mill strike in his hometown, Biratnagar. In 1991 he became the first democratically elected prime minister in Nepal since 1959, when his brother B.P. Koirala and the Nepali Congress party were swept into power in the country's first democratic election. He was the most prominent and consequential political leader in Nepal from 2001 to 2008.