Sushil Koirala

Sushil Koirala (2010)

Sushil Koirala ( Nepali सुशील कोइराला ; born August 12, 1939 in Morang district ; † February 9, 2016 ) was a politician from Nepal . He was Prime Minister of his country from February 11, 2014 to October 11, 2015.

Life

Koirala grew up in Nepalganj in the Banke district . With Matrika Prasad Koirala , Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala and Girija Prasad Koirala, his family has already provided three Nepalese prime ministers. Koirala had been a member of the Nepalese Congress Party (NCP) since 1954 . After the king abolished parliament in 1960, Koirala fled into exile in India , where he spent the next 16 years. Among other things, he was the editor of the party newspaper Tarun . He was sentenced to three years in prison in India for his involvement in a plane hijacking.

Koirala became Secretary General in 1996 and Vice President of the NCP in 1998. Since 2010 he was president of the party. In the parliamentary elections in 1991 and 1999, he won the mandate in the Banke district, but was only third in his constituency in the 2008 election for the constituent assembly. In the November 19, 2013 election, he won a seat in the Banke and Chitwan constituencies; the NCP became the strongest party. After several months of negotiations, he won the support of the second largest party of the CPN-UML as well as some smaller parties and was elected Prime Minister on February 10, 2014 with 405 of 553 votes. He lost his post on October 11, 2015 to Khadga Prasad Oli .

Web links

Commons : Sushil Koirala  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala passes away at the age of 77
2. ↑ Nepal has a new head of government. In: The Standard. February 10, 2014, accessed February 15, 2014 .  
3. ↑ Sushil Koirala files papers for Nepal's PM poll. (No longer available online.) In: Times of India. February 10, 2014, formerly in the original ; accessed on February 15, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
4. ↑ ^{a b c} A brief introduction of Sushil Koirala. In: The Himalaya Times. February 10, 2014, accessed February 15, 2014 .  
5. ↑ Sushil Koirala wins vote to be Nepal's prime minister. In: BBC . February 10, 2014, accessed February 15, 2014 .  
6. ^ Koirala elected 37th PM of Nepal. In: eKantipur.com. February 10, 2014, accessed February 15, 2014 .