Baburam Bhattarai

This article is about Baburam Bhattarai. For the new party led by Baburam Bhattarai, see Nepal Socialist Party.

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
Incumbent
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
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(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.