Khimlal Devkota () is a Nepali politician belonging to

Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) (), abbreviated as CPN (Unified Socialist) is a political party in Nepal led by former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal. As of July 2023, the party leads Socialist Front (Nepal), Socialist Front a ...

and a Senior Advocate. Previously Devkota was party spokesman for the Naya Shakti Party in Nepal.

Education and career

Devkota was educated at

Tribhuvan University Tribhuvan University (TU; ) is a public university located in Kirtipur, Kathmandu Valley, Kathmandu, Nepal. Established in 1959, TU is the oldest and the largest university in Nepal. It offers 1,000 undergraduate and 500 postgraduate programs a ...

and has a bachelor's degree in law and two master's degrees in Political Science and Sociology/Anthropology, respectively. He was a practicing lawyer at the Supreme Court of Nepal from 1990 to 2005. In 2006, he became a member of the Interim Constitution Drafting Committee and then the Interim Legislature Parliament of Nepal.

Political life

In 2008, he became a member of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal and, in 2009, a member of the Constitutional Committee of Nepal. Here, he acted as a drafting committee member and contributed as a member of the Taskforce for High Level Political Mechanisms. Devkota was the Chairperson of the National Intellectuals Organization of Nepal until 2015. After the Supreme Court decision on the Nepal Communist Party, the party was divided into two, UML and Maoist Center. Devkota is a Central Committee Member of the Communist-Party-of-Nepal-Maoist-Centre in the position of Head of the Election Department. He was a former leader in the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). Devkota is currently a senior advocate for the Supreme Court of Nepal from his role as legal and constitutional adviser at Swabhiman Law Firm and Consultancy.

Books

Devkota has written books related to law and constitution. He is a professor at the Institute of Crisis Management Studies affiliated with Tribhuvan University.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Devkota, Khimlal Living people Nepalese socialists Year of birth missing (living people) Members of the National Assembly (Nepal) Khas people Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) politicians