Kul Bahadur Gurung

Kul Bahadur Gurung
कुलबहादुर गुरुङ
General Secretary of Nepali Congress[1]
In office
2006–2010
PresidentGirija Prasad Koirala
Preceded byGirija Prasad Koirala
Succeeded byPrakash Man Singh
Krishna Prasad Sitaula
Personal details
Born (1935-11-23) 23 November 1935 (age 88)
Ilam Nepal
NationalityNepali
Political partyNepali Congress
SpouseMrs. Ratna Gurung
NicknameKB Gurung

Kul Bahadur Gurung (Nepali: कुल बहादुर गुरुङ) is a Nepalese politician and leader of the Nepali Congress party. Gurung has worked as general secretary of the party.[2] He had been Minister of Education in the cabinet of Girija Prasad Koirala in 1997.[3]

Nepali Congress has raised Gurung as the candidate for the President Election 2015.[4][5]

A resident of Ilam District, Gurung had fought for democracy and spent many years in jail for the same charge. In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election he was elected to the assembly from the Ilam-3 constituency, winning 16,286 votes.[6] At 73 years, Gurung was the oldest assembly member elected through the First Past the Post system.[7] He was the acting chairman of the Constituent Assembly until the election of Subhas Chandra Nemwang to the post.[8][9] The first session of the first Constitution Assembly chaired by Gurung ended the 270 years old monarchy in Nepal and declared Republic.[4]

In July 2008, there were reports that Gurung is associated with a dissident tendency inside the Nepali Congress.[10]

  1. ^ ".::::: Nepali Congress Party :::::". www.nepalicongress.org. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  2. ^ ::::: Nepali Congress Party ::::: Archived May 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ http://www.educationlaw.gov.np/english/files/pdf/Report/Report%20of%20the%20Highlevel%20National%20Education%20Commission_%202055.pdf[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ a b "NC to field Gurung, Yadav for elections of Prez, Veep respectively". My Republica. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  5. ^ "UML's Bhandari, NC's Gurung, NWPP's Maharjan file candidacies for presidential election". The Himalayan Times. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Ca Election report". election.gov.np. Archived from the original on 2008-05-06.
  7. ^ "United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) : Peace process update » Election 10 April 08 » Details". Archived from the original on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
  8. ^ Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens[dead link]
  9. ^ eKantipur.com - Nepal's No.1 News Portal Archived June 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens[dead link]