Sher Bahadur Deuba

Sher Bahadur Deuba
MP
शेर बहादुर देउवा
Deuba in New Delhi
32nd Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
13 July 2021 – 26 December 2022
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Preceded byKhadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Succeeded byPushpa Kamal Dahal
In office
7 June 2017 – 15 February 2018
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
DeputyBijay Kumar Gachhadar
Preceded byPushpa Kamal Dahal
Succeeded byKhadga Prasad Sharma Oli
In office
4 June 2004 – 1 February 2005
MonarchKing Gyanendra
Preceded bySurya Bahadur Thapa
Succeeded byGirija Prasad Koirala
In office
26 July 2001 – 4 October 2002
MonarchKing Gyanendra
Preceded byGirija Prasad Koirala
Succeeded byLokendra Bahadur Chand
In office
12 September 1995 – 12 March 1997
MonarchKing Birendra
Preceded byMan Mohan Adhikari
Succeeded byLokendra Bahadur Chand
Other senior positions
Leader of the Opposition
In office
4 March 2024 – 12 July 2024
PresidentRam Chandra Paudel
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded byKP Sharma Oli
Succeeded byPushpa Kamal Dahal
In office
26 December 2022 – 27 February 2023
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded byKP Sharma Oli
Succeeded byKP Sharma Oli
In office
15 February 2018 – 13 July 2021
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Preceded byKP Sharma Oli
Succeeded byKP Sharma Oli
In office
7 March 2016 – 24 August 2016
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Preceded bySushil Koirala
Succeeded byKP Sharma Oli
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
1991–1994
MonarchKing Birendra
Prime MinisterGirija Prasad Koirala
Preceded byYog Prasad Upadhyay
Succeeded byKhadga Prasad Sharma Oli
President of the Nepali Congress
Assumed office
7 March 2016
Vice PresidentBimalendra Nidhi
Bijay Kumar Gachhadar
Purna Bahadur Khadka
Dhanraj Gurung
Preceded bySushil Koirala
Parliamentary offices
Member of the Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Preceded byHimself (as member of the Legislature Parliament)
ConstituencyDadeldhura 1
In office
May 1991 – April 2008
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byHimself (as member of the Constituent Assembly)
ConstituencyDadeldhura 1
Member of the Constituent Assembly / Legislature Parliament
In office
28 May 2008 – 14 October 2017
Preceded byHimself (as member of the House of Representatives)
Succeeded byHimself (as member of the House of Representatives)
ConstituencyDadeldhura 1
Personal details
Born (1946-06-13) 13 June 1946 (age 78)
Ashigram, Kingdom of Nepal[1]
Political partyNepali Congress (before 2002; 2007–present)
Other political
affiliations
Nepali Congress (Democratic) (2002–2007)
SpouseArzu Rana Deuba
Alma materTribhuvan University, LSE
Signature
Websitesherbahadurdeuba.com

Sher Bahadur Deuba (Nepali: शेरबहादुर देउवा, pronounced [seɾ baːduɾ deu̯ba] ; born 13 June 1946, Ashigram, Kingdom of Nepal[2]) is a Nepali politician and former prime minister of Nepal. He has also been serving as the president of the Nepali Congress since 2016. Deuba has served five terms as prime minister (1995–1997, 2001–2002, 2004–2005, 2017–2018 and 2021–2022) and is the Member of Parliament for the parliamentary constituency of Dadeldhura 1.

Born and raised in Ashigram, a remote village in Dadeldhura, Deuba completed his primary education there and his secondary education in Doti. He completed his higher education at Tri-Chandra College In 1991, he was elected to the House of Representatives and served as the Minister of Home Affairs in the cabinet led by Girija Prasad Koirala. Deuba became prime minister after Manmohan Adhikari tried to dissolve the parliament for the second time in two years in 1995.[3] He oversaw the signature of the Mahakali treaty with India during his first term. His second premiership started in July 2001 amidst the rise of the Maoists and he later declared a state of emergency and listed the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) as a "terrorist organisation".[4] He was dismissed by King Gyanendra in October 2002, but after a public backlash, he was reappointed prime minister in June 2004. He was arrested after the 2005 coup d'état by King Gyanendra, and released in February 2006 after the Supreme Court declared his arrest unlawful.[5]

Deuba was sworn in as prime minister for a fourth stint in June 2017, as per an agreement to form a rotational government by Congress and the CPN (Maoist Centre).[6] His government successfully conducted the elections of all three levels of government in different phases in 2017. On 12 July 2021, the Supreme Court ordered the appointment of Deuba as prime minister within 28 hours, and he was appointed prime minister for a fifth term by President Bidya Devi Bhandari in accordance with Article 76(5) of the Constitution of Nepal the next day.[7]

Deuba is married to Arzu Rana Deuba. They have a son, Jaybir Sing Deuba.

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  2. ^ "Personal information of Sher Bahadur Deuba published in". Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  3. ^ संसदीय विवरण पुस्तिका, प्रतिनिधि सभा (२०५६ - २०५९) (PDF).
  4. ^ solivri (19 June 2017). "Nepal: Transitional uncertainty". JusticeInfo.net. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  5. ^ "IPU PARLINE database: NEPAL (Sambidhan Sabha) ELECTIONS IN 2008". archive.ipu.org. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Sher Bahadur Deuba sworn in as Nepal prime minister, for fifth time". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Sher Bahadur Deuba becomes Nepal's prime minister for the fifth time". www.business-standard.com. Press Trust of India. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2023.