Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli

Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Prime Minister of Nepal
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 October 2015
President	Ram Baran Yadav Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Preceded by	Sushil Koirala
Personal details
Born	(1952-02-22) 22 February 1952 Terhathum, Nepal
Political party	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
Religion	Hinduism
Website	Official website

K. P. Oli

Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli (Nepali: खड्ग प्रसाद शर्मा ओली; born 22 February 1952),^[1] commonly known as K. P. Oli, is a Nepali politician and the Prime Minister of Nepal since 11 October 2015.^[2] He is the first Prime Minister under the newly adopted Constitution of Nepal^[3] and the originator of "Olitics".^[4]

Oli was elected as the chairman of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) in July 2014.^[5][6] Oli was elected as leader of the CPN-UML Parliamentary Party in the 2nd Constituent Assembly on 4 February 2014, defeating party chairman Jhala Nath Khanal by a vote of 98 to 75.^[7] His hometown is Jhapa, Nepal. He won the Jhapa–7 seat in the 2013 Constituent Assembly election as a CPN-UML candidate.

He was the Home Minister in the Adhikari cabinet in 1994–1995. He became the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs during the interim government in 2006.^[8][9] He was elected as Prime Minister in a parliamentary vote in October 2015, receiving 338 votes out of 597. Oli's PM candidacy was supported by UCPN-Maoists, Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, and Madhesi Rights Forum Democratic along with 13 other small parties.

Oli is well known for his humor and one-liner sarcastic comments on opposition parties and regional Madhesi leaders.^[10][11][12]

Political career

KP began his political career in 1966 and was influenced by Marxism-Leninism. He became a member of the Communist Party of Nepal in February 1970. He became involved in subversive politics in contradiction of the tyrannical party-less Panchayat System in that time. For his activities, he was arrested for the first time in 1970. A year later he became the District committee member of party and soon the Chief of the Jhapa Movement Organizing Committee in 1972. For his movement, Oli was arrested and imprisoned for 14 consecutive years from 1973 to 1987. After being released in 1987, he became a Central committee member of UML as an in-charge for Lumbini Zone until 1990. He then went on to hold the post of chief of foreign department of CPN (UML) in 1992. Oli became the Founder president of the National Democratic Youth Federation of Nepal(DNYF).

Subsequently, he became a member of the parliament in the House of Representatives (HOR) from Jhapa district's electorate no. 6 in the year 1991 and from Jhapa electorate no. 2 in 1999 as well. In no time, he became the Chief of the department of publicity. In the ever changing political situation of Nepal, Oli became the Cabinet Minister of Ministry of Home through the short period of 1994 to 1995. Then in 2006, Oli became the Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal during the interim government. He was also assigned to look into the death of fellow politician Madan Bhandari. From April 2006 to 2007, Oli was assigned as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. While in the Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly, Oli won the Jhapa–7 seat in 2013 as a CPN-UML contender. Oli was designated as the Chief of the International Department of the CPN-UML Parliamentary Party.

Oli was elected as Prime Minister in a parliamentary vote on 11 October 2015. He was sworn in on 12 October.^[13]

Personal life

Oli is married to Radhika Shakya. He used to reside in Bhaktapur with his family. But after being the 39th PM of Nepal on 15 October 2015, he moved to "Baluwataar", an official residence (Office) of the PM of Nepal.

Electoral history

He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha from Jhapa in 1991, 1994 and 1999 on a CPN-UML ticket.^[14] He contested and won from two constituencies in the 1999 election and gave up his Jhapa-6 seat. He lost the 2008 Constituent assembly election. Only the top two candidates are shown below.

1991 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Jhapa-6

1994 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Jhapa-6

1999 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Jhapa-2

1999 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Jhapa-6

2008 Constituent Assembly Election Jhapa-7

2013 Constituent Assembly Election Jhapa-7

References

External links

• Official website
• Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli on Twitter

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