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 byGyanendra (as King)
Succeeded byRam Baran Yadav (as President)
30th Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
25 April 2006 – 18 August 2008
MonarchGyanendra
DeputyKP Sharma Oli
Amik Sherchan
Preceded bySher Bahadur Deuba
Succeeded byPushpa Kamal Dahal
In office
22 March 2000 – 26 July 2001
MonarchsBirendra
Dipendra
Gyanendra
DeputyRam Chandra Poudel
Preceded byKrishna Prasad Bhattarai
Succeeded bySher Bahadur Deuba
In office
15 April 1998 – 31 May 1999
MonarchBirendra
DeputySailaja Acharya
Preceded bySurya Bahadur Thapa
Succeeded byKrishna Prasad Bhattarai
In office
26 May 1991 – 30 November 1994
MonarchBirendra
Preceded byKrishna Prasad Bhattarai
Succeeded byMan Mohan Adhikari
5th President of Nepali Congress
In office
11 January 1992 – 20 March 2010
Preceded byKrishna Prasad Bhattarai
Succeeded bySushil Koirala
Personal details
Born(1924-07-04)4 July 1924
Saharsa, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India (present-day Bihar, India)
Died20 March 2010(2010-03-20) (aged 85)
Kathmandu, Nepal
Political partyNepali Congress
Spouse
Sushma Koirala
(m. 1952; died 1967)
ChildrenSujata Koirala
ParentKrishna Prasad Koirala (father)
RelativesSee Koirala family
Alma materKirori Mal College (University of Delhi)
AwardsNepal 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.

  1. ^ https://kathmandupost.com/miscellaneous/2015/04/21/gp-koirala-accorded-highest-honour-posthumously
  2. ^ "Girija Prasad Koirala passes away at 86; last rites on Sunday". Ekantipur. Kathmandu, Nepal. 20 March 2010. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  3. ^ Kiran Chapagain and Jim Yardley (22 March 2010). "Girija Prasad Koirala, Former Nepal Premier, Dies at 86". The New York Times. Kathmandu, Nepal. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Why Sushil Koirala leaves a contested legacy in Nepal". 9 February 2016.