Jhala Nath Khanal
Jhala Nath Khanal (Nepali: झलनाथ खनाल, [d͡zʱʌlʌˈnatʰ ˈkʰʌnal] ; born 20 May 1950) is a Nepalese politician who was the 35th Prime Minister of Nepal from February 2011 to August 2011. He was previously the chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (CPN (UML)) and Leader of the Constituent Assembly Parliamentary Party of the CPN (UML).[1][2]
Jhala Nath Khanal
Constituency created
Benup Raj Prasain
Benup Raj Prasain
CPN (Unified Socialist) (2021–present)
CPN (UML) (until 2018; 2021)
Nepal Communist Party (2018–2021)
Since 18 August 2021, he has been serving as the senior leader of the CPN (Unified Socialist), a new party formed through split in CPN (UML) citing arrogance and monopoly of the party president KP Sharma Oli.[3]
Personal life[edit]
Khanal was born in Sakhejung of Ilam District to a hill Brahmin family of the Khanal clan.
Political life[edit]
Early political career[edit]
Khanal was a member of the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist), and was its General Secretary from 1982 to 1986. Later, he became member of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist).
Government posts[edit]
Khanal served for a time as Minister of Information and Communication in the 1997 coalition government under Surya Bahadur Thapa.[4]
Khanal won the seat of the Ilam 1 constituency in the 2008 Constituent Assembly election. He led the CPN (UML) as General Secretary from 2008 to February 2009 and was elected as the Chairman of the CPN (UML) on February 16, 2009.[1]