Jhala Nath Khanal | |
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झलनाथ खनाल | |
35th Prime Minister of Nepal | |
In office 6 February 2011 – 29 August 2011 | |
President | Ram Baran Yadav |
Preceded by | Madhav Kumar Nepal |
Succeeded by | Baburam Bhattarai |
Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
In office 2009–2014 | |
Preceded by | Madhav Kumar Nepal |
Succeeded by | Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli |
Minister for Information and Communication | |
In office 1997–1998 | |
Monarch | Birendra of Nepal |
Succeeded by | Surya Bahadur Thapa |
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022 | |
Constituency | Ilam 1 |
In office May 1991 – May 1999 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Succeeded by | Benup Raj Prasain |
Constituency | Ilam 1 |
Member of Constituent Assembly | |
In office 28 May 2008 – 14 October 2017 | |
Preceded by | Benup Raj Prasain |
Constituency | Ilam 1 |
Personal details | |
Born | Sakhejung, Ilam, Nepal | 20 May 1950
Political party | CPN (Unified Socialist) (2021–present) |
Other political affiliations | CPN (UML) (until 2018; 2021) Nepal Communist Party (2018–2021) |
Jhala Nath Khanal (Nepali: झलनाथ खनाल, [d͡zʱʌlʌˈnatʰ ˈkʰʌnal] ; born 20 May 1950) is a Nepalese politician who was the 35th Prime Minister of Nepal from February 2011 to August 2011. He was previously the chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (CPN (UML)) and Leader of the Constituent Assembly Parliamentary Party of the CPN (UML).[1][2]
Since 18 August 2021, he has been serving as the senior leader of the CPN (Unified Socialist), a new party formed through split in CPN (UML) citing arrogance and monopoly of the party president KP Sharma Oli.[3]