Dev Gurung (; born 8 October 1958) is a

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ese politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). Gurung became Minister of Law and Justice on 22 August 2008. And on 20 August 2022 he became General Secretary of Communist party of Nepal (Maoist)"Cabinet formed including MJF, UML fails to join"
Nepalnews, 22 August 2008. In 2002, B.S., Gurung became the president of the All Nepal National Free Students Union.

Political career

After the party had declared

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in 1996, Gurung was arrested. Following the arrest, the party killed a village committee chairman in

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, accusing him of responsibility for the capture of Gurung. Gurung was released by the state, in exchange for a police officer, Thule Rai, who had been captured by the Maoists. During the last phases of the war, Gurung formed part of the Maoist talks team during peace negotiations. After the fall of

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's direct rule in 2006, Gurung was nominated to the

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. Gurung became the deputy leader of the Maoist legislative group. In December 2006, the CPN (M) leadership was reorganized. Gurung was included in the 11-member central secretariat of the party. Gurung was assigned to lead the ethnic front work of the party. When the Maoists joined the government in April 2007, Gurung was included as Minister for Local Development. Along with the rest of the Maoist ministers, he resigned from his position in September 2007. In December 2007, the Maoists rejoined the government, and Gurung again became Minister for Local Development. In April 2008, he won the

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seat in the Constituent Assembly election, defeating the sitting

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MP Palten Gurung. Dev Gurung received 1,652 votes, whereas Palten Gurung attracted 1,209 votes. The

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candidate in the constituency, Mangal Gurung, had withdrawn his candidature to enable the victory of Dev Gurung.Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens
/ref> After extended power-sharing discussions between parties, Gurung was appointed as Minister of Law and Justice in a Cabinet headed by CPN (M) Chairman Prachanda and sworn in on 22 August 2008.

References

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