Jhala Nath Khanal

Jhala Nath Khanal
झलनाथ खनाल
Khanal in 2011
35th Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
6 February 2011 – 29 August 2011
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Preceded byMadhav Kumar Nepal
Succeeded byBaburam Bhattarai
Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
In office
2009–2014
Preceded byMadhav Kumar Nepal
Succeeded byKhadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Minister for Information and Communication
In office
1997–1998
MonarchBirendra of Nepal
Succeeded bySurya Bahadur Thapa
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
ConstituencyIlam 1
In office
May 1991 – May 1999
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byBenup Raj Prasain
ConstituencyIlam 1
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
28 May 2008 – 14 October 2017
Preceded byBenup Raj Prasain
ConstituencyIlam 1
Personal details
Born (1950-05-20) 20 May 1950 (age 74)
Sakhejung, Ilam, Nepal
Political partyCPN (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]

  1. ^ Biography of Jhala Nath Khanal Archived 2010-08-09 at the Wayback Machine jnkhanal.com
  2. ^ Manesh Shrestha. "CNN:Nepalese parliament elects new prime minister". Edition.cnn.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-13. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
  3. ^ "माधव नेपालप्रति ओलीको टिप्पणी : सरकार ढाल्ने, अनि उनैलाई अध्यक्ष बनाउनुपर्ने ?". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2022-01-30.