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2008 Nepalese Presidential Election
Indirect presidential elections were held in Nepal in July 2008. The first round of voting was held on 19 July, with a run-off on 21 July. The Nepalese Constituent Assembly (CA) elected in April 2008 elected a new president and vice-president after the Fifth Amendment to the Interim Constitution was passed on 14 July. This would be the first President to be elected after Nepal became a republic a few months earlier. In the newly passed amendment, the majority party will form the government, the CA will elect the new president on the basis of majority and a new provision that the Opposition Leader will be a member of the Constitutional Council. The leading political parties, Nepali Congress, Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist) engaged in discussions regarding who would be the new president. The Nepali Congress wanted Prime Minister and interim Head of State Girija Prasad Koirala while the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ram Baran Yadav
Ram Baran Yadav ( mai, डा. राम वरण यादव) is a Nepali politician and physician who served as the first president of Nepal from 23 July 2008 to 29 October 2015, following the declaration of a republic in 2008. Previously he served as Minister of Health from 1999 to 2001 and general secretary of the Nepali Congress. Political life Yadav served as Minister of State for Health from 1991 to 1994. He was elected to the House of Representatives in the 1999 election as a candidate of the Nepali Congress, becoming the Minister of Health in the subsequent government. In May 2007, Yadav's residence in Janakpur was attacked by militants of the Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM). The JTMM put up a seizure notice at the house, hoisted their flags at it and detonated a bomb. Yadav contested the Dhanusa-5 constituency in the April 2008 Constituent Assembly election and won the seat, obtaining 10,392 votes. Yadav was elected as the first President of Nepal in a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padma Ratna Tuladhar
Padma Ratna Tuladhar ( ne, पद्मरत्न तुलाधर) (1940–2018) was a Nepalese politician and human rights activist. A resident of Kathmandu, he played an instrumental role in bringing the Nepali Maoists to mainstream politics from armed struggle. He was elected to the Rastriya Panchayat from Kathmandu in the 1986 election. Following the restoration of multi party democracy he was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha from Kathmandu 4 in 1991. He served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Man Mohan Adhikari as Minister for Labour and Health. Tuladhar died at Kathmandu on 4 November 2018 due to a brain hemorrhage. He is survived by his wife Nil Shova Tuladhar and four children. See also *Tuladhar Tulādhar (Devanagari: तुलाधर) is a Nepali/Nepalese caste from the Newar community of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The name Tuladhar is derived from the Sanskrit words "tula" (weighing scale) and "dhar" (possessor), thus meaning sca ... * Adhikari cabine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of Nepal (Unified)
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified) ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एकिकृत)) was a communist party in Nepal. The party was formed in 2007 through the merger of three groups: *A breakaway group of the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) led by Rishi Kattel. *A breakaway group of Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre-Masal), whose Janamorcha Nepal faction was led by Chitra Bahadur Ale *A breakaway group of Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Centre) led by Sitaram Tamang The General Secretary of the party is Ram Singh Shris (Rajbir). The party had two members in the interim legislature of Nepal, Pari Thapa and Navraj Subedi. In April 2013 the party merged into the Communist Party of Nepal.''The Himalayan Times''. New CPN party gets EC status'myRepublica.com. Nepal Communist Party formed'' CA polls The party presented its manifesto for the Constituent Assembly polls on March 10, 2008. The party propo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepal Workers And Peasants Party
The Nepal Workers Peasants Party (NWPP), also known as the Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party and the Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party ( ne, नेपाल मजदुर किसान पार्टी; abbr. , ), is a communist political party in Nepal. The party was founded on 23 January 1975 by Narayan Man Bijukchhe and draws most of its support from Bhaktapur. The party is sympathetic to the Workers' Party of Korea and has declared ''Juche'' to be a "directional ideology". History Foundation and early years (1975–1981) The Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party was founded as the Nepal Workers and Peasants Organization (NPWO) in Nepal on 23 January 1975. The NPWO broke away from the Communist Party of Nepal (Pushpa Lal) in protest over Pushpa Lal Shrestha's support for Indian intervention in East Pakistan, together with the Proletarian Revolutionary Organisation, Nepal, and the Mazdoor Kisan Sangram Samiti. In 1981, the NWPO split, and two separate parties came into existe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rastriya Janamorcha
Rastriya Janamorcha ( ne, राष्ट्रिय जनमोर्चा, lit=National People's Front) is a political party in Nepal. It was originally founded in 1995 as the legal front of Communist Party of Nepal (Masal). Former Deputy Prime Minister, Chitra Bahdur KC is the chairman of the party. It was re-founded again in 2006 after breaking away from Janamorcha Nepal and still acts as the legal front for the Mohan Bikram Singh led Communist Party of Nepal (Masal). The party remains as a strong force political force mainly in Baglung and Pyuthan district. The party advocates decentralization within the former unitary system. History Before formation (1991–1994) The party contested the 1991 local elections as All Nepal Peasants Organization and contested in the 1994 legislative elections as All Nepal Rastriya Janamorcha. Merger and break away (2002–2008) In 2002, the party merged with Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal the legal front of Communist Party o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rastriya Prajatantra Party
The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (; ne, राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी, lit=National Democratic Party; , ( ne, राप्रपा)) is a constitutional monarchist and Hindu nationalist political party in Nepal. As of 26 January 2022, it remains a junior ally in Prachanda led Maoist collision government. It was formed by former Panchayat-era prime ministers Surya Bahadur Thapa and Lokendra Bahadur Chand. The party led the government two separate times in 1997 under Thapa and Chand. The two were also appointed prime minister by King Gyanendra in the 2000s; Chand in 2002 and Thapa in 2003. The RPP is currently the fifth-largest political party of nepal following the 2022 Nepalese general election. The party is recognized as one of seven national parties by the Election Commission of Nepal. History Founding and early years, 1990–1994 The Rastriya Prajatantra Party was formed by the ruling elite of the Panchayat era on 29 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parmanand Jha
Parmanand Jha ( ne, परमानन्द झा; born 1946) is a Nepali politician who served as the first vice president of Nepal from 23 July 2008 to 31 October 2015. Previously he served as a Supreme Court judge. He was born and brought up in Darbhanga district in the Indian state of Bihar with his maternal uncle's home to a Nepali parents - according to Hindu traditions. His father's belongs to historical Mithila region of Nepal, and so he is a descendant native citizen and federal subject of Nepal. Jha resigned as a judge in December 2007 after he was not proposed by the Judicial Council.. Later, Jha joined political life and became a member of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum. On 19 July 2008, he was elected as Vice-President of Nepal by the Constituent Assembly. He began his first term of office as Vice-President of Nepal on 23 July 2008 by taking the oath of office from President Ram Baran Yadav at the Sheetal Niwas Presidential Palace in Maithili (despite he intend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal
The Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (MJFN), or the Madhesi People's Rights Forum, Nepal, was a political party in Nepal. It was initially not a political party as such but a political advocacy movement demanding ethnic self-determination rights with the formation of a Madhes autonomous region for Teraibasi people, an election system based on proportional representation, and the setting-up of a federal republic in Nepal. The MJFN includes former leaders of other political parties like the Nepali Congress and CPN (UML). The party was registered with the Election Commission of Nepal ahead of the 2008 Constituent Assembly election. On 16 June 2015, the party merged with Federal Socialist Party and Khas Samabeshi Party to form the Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal. History The Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum was founded in the mid-1990s as a cross-party non-governmental organization that advocated for Madheshi rights by former CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) leader Upendra Yadav an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashta Laxmi Shakya
Ashta may refer to: * Ashta: Middle Eastern dairy product Geography ''Ashta, Madhya Pradesh'' may refer to: * Ashta, Bangladesh * Ashta, Madhya Pradesh, a municipality in Sehore district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India * Ashta, Maharashtra, a city in Sangli district in the state of Maharashtra, India * Ashta (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Madhya Pradesh * Ashta HN Village of Beed District, Maharashtra State, India {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramprit Paswan
Ram Prit Paswan is an Indian Politician and Minister of Public Health Engineering Department Government of Bihar. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Bihar. He has won the Bihar Legislative Assembly The Bihar Legislative Assembly, also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the Bihar Legislature where the first elections were held in 1952. The total strength of membership in the Assembly was 331, including one nominated ... election in 2010, 2015 and 2020 from Rajnagar constituency. Paswan is presently MLA as well as Sabhapati (Zero Hour) of Bihar Legislative Assembly and also holds a doctorate from Lalit Narayan Mithila University (LNMU-Darbhanga). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Paswan, Ram Prit Living people People from Madhubani district Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Bihar Bihar MLAs 2010–2015 Bihar MLAs 2015–2020 Samata Party politicians Bihar MLAs 2020–2025 State cabinet ministers of Bihar 1963 births Lok Jansha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
The Communist Party of Nepal ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी), abbreviated CPN, was a communist party in Nepal from 1949 to 1962. It was founded on 15 September 1949 to struggle against the autocratic Rana regime, feudalism, and imperialism. The founding general secretary was Pushpa Lal Shrestha. The founding members of the Communist Party of Nepal were Moti Devi Shrestha, Niranjan Govinda Vaidya, Nar Bahadur Karmacharya and Narayan Bilas Joshi. History Formation and early years, 1949–1951 The party was formed by Pushpa Lal Shrestha, a former member of the Nepali National Congress, who had grown disillusioned with the infighting in the party and the willingness to cooperate and make concessions with the Ranas. After his resignation from the Nepali National Congress–which would later become the Nepali Congress–he had been inspired by Marxist literary criticism and in April 1949 published a translated version of ''The Communist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Min Bahadur Bishwokarma
Meen Bahadur Bishwakarma is a Nepali politician, a member of the House of Representatives of the Federal Parliament of Nepal, and former minister of commerce of the Government of Nepal. He is also a member of the central working committee of the main opposition party, Nepali Congress The Nepali Congress ( ne, नेपाली कांग्रेस ; abbr. NC) is the largest social democratic political party in Nepal. As per the results of recent local election, ''Nepali Congress'' stands as the single largest party of .... References Living people Nepali Congress politicians from Koshi Province Place of birth missing (living people) Nepal MPs 2017–2022 People from Sunsari District Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly 1968 births {{Koshi-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
