Lokendra Bahadur Chand

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Lokendra Bahadur Chand (born 1940) was the prime minister of Nepal four times: from 1983 to 1986, briefly during April 1990, briefly during 1997, and from October 2002 until June 2003. He is a major supporter of the Nepalese monarchy. During his first two terms as Prime Minister, he did not belong to any political party, but by 1997 he was a member of his current political party, the conservative Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (RPP). He became Prime Minister on October 11, 2002, a week after the king launched a coup against the Nepali Congress Party government of Sher Bahadur Deuba. Chand was forced to resign in 2003 after massive protests and an intensification of the civil war with Maoist rebels.

Ahead of the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, Chand is the top candidate of RPP for the closed proportional representation list.^[1]

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Political offices
Preceded by Surya Bahadur Thapa	Prime Minister of Nepal 1983 – 1986	Succeeded by Nagendra Prasad Rijal
Preceded by Marich Man Singh Shrestha	Prime Minister of Nepal 1990	Succeeded by Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
Preceded by Sher Bahadur Deuba	Prime Minister of Nepal 1997	Succeeded by Surya Bahadur Thapa
Preceded by Sher Bahadur Deuba	Prime Minister of Nepal 2002 – 2003	Succeeded by Surya Bahadur Thapa

v • d • e Prime Ministers of Nepal

Damodar Pande • Rana Bahadur Shah Deva • Bhimsen Thapa • Rana Jang Pande • Ranga Nath Poudyal • Puskar Shah • Rana Jang Pande • Ranga Nath Poudyal • Fateh Jang Chautaria • Madhabar Singh Thapa • Fateh Jang Chautaria • Jang Bahadur • Bam Bahadur Kunwar Rana • Krishna Bahadur Kunwar Rana • Jang Bahadur • Ranaudip Singh • Bir Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana • Deva Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana • Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana • Bhim Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana • Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana • Padma Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana • Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana • Matrika Prasad Koirala • vacant (1952-1953) • Matrika Prasad Koirala • vacant (1955-1956) • Tanka Prasad Acharya • Kunwar Indrajit Singh • Subarna Shamsher Rana • Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala • Tulsi Giri • Surya Bahadur Thapa • Tulsi Giri • Surya Bahadur Thapa • Kirti Nidhi Bista • vacant (1970-1971) • Kirti Nidhi Bista • Nagendra Prasad Rijal • Tulsi Giri • Kirti Nidhi Bista • Surya Bahadur Thapa • Lokendra Bahadur Chand • Nagendra Prasad Rijal • Marich Man Singh Shrestha • Lokendra Bahadur Chand • Krishna Prasad Bhattarai • Girija Prasad Koirala • Man Mohan Adhikari • Sher Bahadur Deuba • Lokendra Bahadur Chand • Surya Bahadur Thapa • Girija Prasad Koirala • Krishna Prasad Bhattarai • Sher Bahadur Deuba • vacant (2002) • Lokendra Bahadur Chand • Surya Bahadur Thapa • Sher Bahadur Deuba • vacant (2005-2006) • Girija Prasad Koirala