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{{Short description|Nepalese prime minister (born 1954)}}
{{Redirect|Prachanda}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name = Pushpa Kamal Dahal
| native_name = {{Nobold|पुष्पकमल दाहाल}}
| image = Pushpa Kamal Dahal 2016.jpg
| caption = Dahal in 2016
| office = [[Prime Minister of Nepal]]
| president = {{ubl|[[Bidya Devi Bhandari]]|[[Ram Chandra Paudel]]}}
| vicepresident = {{ubl|[[Nanda Kishor Pun]]|[[Ram Sahaya Yadav]]}}
| deputy = {{ubl|[[Purna Bahadur Khadka]]|[[Bishnu Prasad Paudel]]|[[Narayan Kaji Shrestha]]|[[Rabi Lamichhane]]|[[Rajendra Prasad Lingden]]}}
| term_start = 26 December 2022
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]]
| successor =
| president1 = [[Bidya Devi Bhandari]]
| term_start1 = 4 August 2016
| term_end1 = 7 June 2017
| predecessor1 = [[Khadga Prasad Oli]]
| successor1 = [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]]
| deputy1 = {{ubl|[[Bimalendra Nidhi]]|[[Bijay Kumar Gachhadar]]}}
| president2 = [[Ram Baran Yadav]]
| vicepresident1 = [[Nanda Kishor Pun]]|
| vicepresident2 = [[Parmananda Jha]]
| term_start2 = 15 August 2008
| term_end2 = 25 May 2009
| deputy2 = [[Bamdev Gautam]]
| predecessor2 = [[Girija Prasad Koirala]]
| successor2 = [[Madhav Kumar Nepal]]
{{Collapsed infobox section begin|Senior party positions|titlestyle=background-color:lavender}}
| office3 = Chairman of the [[Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)|CPN (Maoist Centre)]]
| term_start3 = 8 March 2021
| term_end3 =
| predecessor3 = Position re-established
| successor3 =
| term_start4 = 1994
| term_end4 = 2018
| predecessor4 = Position established
| successor4 = Position abolished{{efn|Party merged with [[CPN (UML)]] to form [[Nepal Communist Party|NCP]]}}
| office5 = Chairman of the [[Nepal Communist Party]]
| alongside5 = [[KP Sharma Oli]]
| term_start5 = 17 May 2018
| term_end5 = 8 March 2021
| predecessor5 = Position established
| successor5 = Position abolished{{Collapsed infobox section end|Senior party positions|titlestyle=background-color:lavender}}
{{Collapsed infobox section begin|Parliamentary offices|titlestyle=background-color:lavender}}
| office6 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[House of Representatives (Nepal)|Pratinidhi Sabha]]
| term_start6 = 22 December 2022
| term_end6 =
| constituency6 = [[Gorkha 2 (constituency)|Gorkha 2]]
| predecessor6 = [[Baburam Bhattarai]]
| term_start7 = 4 March 2018
| term_end7 = 18 September 2022
| constituency7 = [[Chitwan 3]]
| predecessor7 = [[Krishna Bhakta Pokharel]]
| successor7 = [[Bikram Pandey]]
| office8 = Member of the [[1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly|Constituent Assembly]] / [[2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly|Legislature Parliament]]
| term_start8 = 21 January 2014
| term_end8 = 14 October 2017
| constituency8 = Siraha 5
| predecessor8 = Mahendra Paswan
| successor8 = ''Constituency abolished''
| term_start9 = 28 May 2008
| term_end9 = 28 May 2012
| predecessor9 = ''Constituency established''
| successor9 = [[Rajendra Kumar KC]]
| constituency9 = [[Kathmandu 10 (constituency)|Kathmandu 10]]{{Collapsed infobox section end|Parliamentary offices|titlestyle=background-color:lavender}}
| birth_name = Ghanashyam Dahal
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|12|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Pokhara]], [[Kingdom of Nepal|Nepal]]
| party = [[CPN (Maoist Centre)]] (1994–2018; 2021–present)
| otherparty = {{ubl|[[Nepal Communist Party]] (2018–2021)|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre)|CPN (Unity Centre)]] (1991–1994)|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal)|CPN (Mashal)]] (1984–1991)|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) (historical)|CPN (Masal)]] (1983–1984)|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention)|CPN (Fourth Convention)]] (before 1983)}}
| spouse = Sita Poudel (died 2023)
| children = 4, including [[Renu Dahal|Renu]]
| nickname = Prachanda
| alma_mater = [[Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science]]
| website = {{Official URL}}
| native_name_lang = ne
}}

'''Pushpa Kamal Dahal''' ({{lang-ne|पुष्पकमल दाहाल}}; born '''Ghanashyam Dahal''', 11 December 1954), alias '''''Prachanda''''' ({{Lang-ne|प्रचण्ड}}, {{IPA-ne|prʌˈt͡sʌɳɖʌ|pron}}, meaning "fierce"), is a Nepalese politician currently serving as the [[Prime Minister of Nepal]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-25 |title=Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' becomes Nepal's new PM |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/world/pushpa-kamal-dahal-prachanda-appointed-new-prime-minister-nepal-8343712/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> He previously held the prime ministerial post from 2008 to 2009 as the first prime minister of the [[Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal]], and again from 2016 to 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dahal elected 39th prime minister of Nepal |url=https://kathmandupost.com/valley/2016/08/03/dahal-elected-as-39th-prime-minister |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}}</ref>

Dahal was born in [[Pokhara]], and spent most of his childhood in [[Chitwan]], where he received a diploma of science in agriculture from [[Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science]] (IAAS) in Rampur, [[Chitwan District|Chitwan]]. He joined left-wing political parties after [[Poverty in Nepal|seeing severe poverty]] in his youth. In 1981, he joined the [[Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention)]], and later became general secretary of the [[Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal)]] in 1989. This party later became the [[Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (1994)|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)]]. Dahal was the leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) during the [[Nepalese Civil War|country's civil war]] and [[1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly|subsequent peace process and the 1st Nepalese constituent assembly.]] In the [[2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2008 elections]], CPN(M) emerged as the largest party, and Dahal became Prime Minister in August of that year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IPU PARLINE database: NEPAL (Sambidhan Sabha) ELECTIONS IN 2008 |url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2386_08.htm |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=archive.ipu.org}}</ref> He resigned from the post on 4 May 2009, after his attempt to sack the then [[Chief of the Army Staff (Nepal)|army chief]], [[General officer|General]] [[Rookmangud Katawal]], was opposed by then [[President of Nepal|President]] [[Ram Baran Yadav]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=कटवालको आत्मकथा पढ्दा |url=https://www.setopati.com/sahityapati/15948/ |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=Setopati |language=en-US}}</ref>

Dahal was sworn in as Prime Minister for the second time in 2016, as per an agreement to form a rotational government by Congress and CPN (Maoist Centre).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dahal elected 39th prime minister of Nepal |url=https://kathmandupost.com/valley/2016/08/03/dahal-elected-as-39th-prime-minister |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}}</ref> He resigned from the post of Prime Minister on 24 May 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' Resigns As Nepal Prime Minister |url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/pushpa-kamal-dahal-prachanda-resigns-as-nepal-prime-minister-1697767 |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref> Following the [[2022 Nepalese general election]], with an [[alliance]] with political parties including [[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|CPN (UML)]], [[Rastriya Swatantra Party]] and [[Rastriya Prajatantra Party]], Dahal was sworn in as Prime Minister once again in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dahal sworn in as prime minister |url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2022/12/26/dahal-sworn-in-as-prime-minister |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}}</ref>

==Early life==
He was born Ghanashyam Dahal on 11 December 1954 in [[Pokhara]], to Muktiram and Bhawani, a [[Brahmin]] Hindu family.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Prachanda elected Prime Minister of Nepal |date=16 August 2008 |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/Prachanda-elected-Prime-Minister-of-Nepal/article15282412.ece |access-date=13 December 2017 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> He later changed his name during a [[matriculation examination]] to Pushpa Kamal (meaning: [[Nelumbo nucifera|''Lotus Flower'']]).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080821145221/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/15/content_9366494.htm "Profile: Prachanda, from commander to prime minister."] Chinaview.cn, 15 August 2008</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080819134909/http://english.cri.cn/2947/2008/08/18/1321s395641.htm Nepali PM Prachanda Sworn In]. English.cri.cn. Retrieved 3 September 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.indiainfo.com/2008/09/13/0809131815_it_nostalgia_time_prachanda_india.html |title=It will be nostalgia time for Prachanda in India |access-date=28 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617020931/http://news.indiainfo.com/2008/09/13/0809131815_it_nostalgia_time_prachanda_india.html |archive-date=17 June 2011 }}. news.indiainfo.com. 13 September 2008</ref> At the age of eight, his family migrated to [[Terai]], a fertile lowland region in southern [[Nepal]], and settled in [[Chitwan District]].<ref name=":2" /> In the 1950s, his father Muktiram moved to Indian state of [[Assam]], where he worked as a firewood collector, and returned home in 1961.<ref name=":2" /> In 1971, Pushpa Kamal Dahal moved to [[Kathmandu]] for his studies, and was enrolled in [[Patan Multiple Campus]] for two years.<ref name=":2" /> He moved back to Chitwan and received a diploma of science in agriculture from [[Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science]] (IAAS) in [[Rampur, Chitwan]].<ref name=":3">[[Somini Sengupta]], and he was also a high school teacher in Aarught of Gorkha district.[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/magazine/30maoists.html?pagewanted=6&ei=5090&en=6325acb2413a7226&ex=1288328400 "Where Maoists Still Matter"], ''[[The New York Times]],'' 30 October 2005.</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Adhikari |first=Aditya |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H7pvDwAAQBAJ |title=The Bullet and the Ballot Box: The Story of Nepal's Maoist Revolution |date=7 October 2014 |publisher=Verso Books |isbn=978-1-78168-564-8 |pages=5–10 |language=en}}</ref> After completing studies and failing to find jobs in bureaucracy, Dahal became a school teacher in a village, where he worked until 1979.<ref name=":2" />

Dahal became drawn to left-wing political parties after [[Poverty in Nepal|seeing severe poverty]] in his youth.<ref name=":4" /> He joined the [[Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention)]] in 1981.<ref>[http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/others/feature/aug/news_feature01.php] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203020014/http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/others/feature/aug/news_feature01.php|date=3 December 2008}}</ref> He became general secretary of the [[Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal)]] in 1989, this party, later, became the [[Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (1994)|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)]].<ref name="Lawoti-Pahadi3">{{cite book |title=The Maoist Insurgency in Nepal: Revolution in the twenty-first century |publisher=Routledge |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-415-77717-9 |editor=Mahendra Lawoti and Anup K. Pahadi}}</ref> Dahal was underground, even after the restoration of democracy in 1990.<ref name="Lawoti-Pahadi3" /> Not yet widely known, he controlled the clandestine wing of the party, while [[Baburam Bhattarai]] represented the [[United People's Front of Nepal|United People's Front]] in parliament.<ref name="Lawoti-Pahadi3" />

==Nepalese Civil War==
{{See also|Nepalese Civil War}}
[[File:Prachanda.jpg|thumb|left|Dahal speaking at a rally in [[Pokhara]].]]

On 4 February 1996, [[Baburam Bhattarai]] gave the government, led by [[Nepali Congress]] Prime Minister [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]], a [[40-Point Demands|list of 40 demands]], threatening civil war if they were not met.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=DeVotta |first=Neil |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f6XbCgAAQBAJ |title=An Introduction to South Asian Politics |date=23 October 2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-36973-8 |pages=119 |language=en}}</ref> The demands related to "nationalism, democracy, and livelihood" and included such line items as the "domination of foreign capital in Nepali industries, business and finance should be stopped", and "discriminatory treaties, including the [[Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship|1950 Nepal-India Treaty]], should be abrogated", and "land under the control of the feudal system should be confiscated and distributed to the landless and the homeless."<ref name=":0" /><ref>[[Baburam Bhattarai]], [http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/nepal/document/papers/40points.htm "40 Point Demand"], ''South Asia Intelligence Review'', 4 February 1996</ref> After that, and until 26 April 2006, Dahal directed the military efforts of the [[Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)|CPN (Maoist Centre)]] towards establishing areas of control, particularly in the mountainous regions and in western Nepal.<ref name=":1" /> The 40 demands were whittled down to 24 in subsequent political negotiations.<ref name=":1">[http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/ktmpost/2003/apr/apr28/index1.htm "Maoists Demand Interim Constitution,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927091159/http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/ktmpost/2003/apr/apr28/index1.htm |date=27 September 2008 }} ''Kathmandu Post'', 28 April 2003</ref>
In late 2004 or early 2005, relations between Dahal and Baburam Bhattarai soured.<ref>Singh Khadka, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4517585.stm "Nepal's Maoist leadership divisions"], BBC News, 6 May 2005.</ref> This was reportedly due to disagreement on power-sharing inside the party. Bhattarai was unhappy with the consolidation of power under Dahal.<ref name="TVNZ_479664" /> At one point, Dahal expelled Bhattarai from the party, though he was later reinstated.<ref name="TVNZ_479664">{{cite news |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_world_story_skin/479664 |title=Official expelled from Maoist party |date=15 March 2005 |work=[[Television New Zealand]] |access-date=4 November 2011}}</ref> They later reconciled at least some of their differences.<ref>Charles Haviland, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4707058.stm "Meeting Nepal's Maoist leader"], BBC News, 16 June 2005.</ref><ref>Sanjay Upadhya, [http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0602/S00154.htm "Nepal: Maoists hide more than they reveal"], ''[[Scoop (news website)|Scoop]]'', 16 February 2005.</ref> On 22 November 2005, Dahal and the [[Seven Party Alliance]] released a 'twelve-point agreement' that expressed areas of agreement between the CPN(M) and the parties that had won a large majority in the last parliamentary election in 1999.<ref name=":5" /> Among other points, this document stated that the dictatorial monarchy of [[King Gyanendra]] was the chief impediment to progress in Nepal.<ref name=":5" /> It claimed further that the [[Maoists]] were committed to human rights and [[Freedom of the press|press freedoms]] and a [[multi-party system]] of government.<ref name=":5" /> It pledged self-criticism and the intention of the Maoists and the Seven Parties to not repeat past mistakes.<ref name=":5">Unofficial translation, [http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2005/nov/nov25/12-point_Maoist_MoU.php "The 12-point agreement between the Maoists and the seven-party alliance as listed in statement by Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829004402/http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2005/nov/nov25/12-point_Maoist_MoU.php |date=29 August 2008 }} ''Nepal News'', 25 November 2005</ref>

On 26 April 2006, [[Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)|CPN (Maoist Centre)]] announced a [[ceasefire]] with a stated duration of 90 days.<ref name=":6" /> The move followed weeks of massive protests—the [[April 2006 Nepalese general strike]]— in [[Kathmandu]] and elsewhere that had forced [[Gyanendra of Nepal|King Gyanendra]] to give up the personal dictatorship he had established on 1 February 2005, and restore the parliament that had been dissolved in May 2002.<ref name=":6" /> A new government was then established by the Seven-Party Alliance. The parliament and the new government supported the ceasefire and started negotiations with the Maoists on the basis of the twelve-point agreement. The two sides agreed that a new constituent assembly would be elected to write a new constitution, and decide the fate of the monarchy. The Maoists wanted this process to end with Nepal becoming declared as a republic.<ref name=":6">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4949066.stm "Nepal Maoist rebels declare truce,"] [[BBC]], 27 April 2006</ref>

==Premierships==
[[File:Baburam and prachanda.jpg|thumb|left|Dahal (third from left), [[Baburam Bhattarai]] (fourth from left)]]

=== First premiership ===
{{see also|First Dahal cabinet}}

Dahal met for talks with Prime Minister [[Girija Prasad Koirala]] on 16 June 2006, which was thought to be his first visit to the capital Kathmandu in more than a decade.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5085760.stm "Maoists to join Nepal government,"] [[BBC]], 16 June 2006</ref><ref>[http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-612387108,prtpage-1.cms "Power Play,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112085204/http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-612387108,prtpage-1.cms |date=12 January 2009 }} ''The Times of India'' 3 November 2001</ref> This meeting resulted in the [[Comprehensive Peace Accord]] to dissolve parliament, incorporate the CPN(M) into a new interim government, draft a new constitution, and disband the CPN(M)'s "people's governments" operating in rural Nepal. The two sides also agreed to disarm at a later date, under international supervision.<ref>Maseeh Rahman, [https://www.theguardian.com/international/story/0,,1799696,00.html "After a decade of fighting, Nepal's Maoist rebels embrace government,"] ''[[The Guardian]]'', 17 June 2006</ref> On 18 September 2007, the CPN(M) left the coalition government ahead of the [[2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|Constituent Assembly election]], demanding the declaration of a republic by parliament, and a system of [[proportional representation]] in the election. The CPN(M) rejoined the government on 30 December 2007, after an agreement to abolish the monarchy following the election, and to have a system of partial proportional representation in the election.<ref>[http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-31175720071230 "Nepal Maoists rejoin cabinet after monarchy deal,"] [[Reuters]], 30 December 2007</ref> Following power-sharing discussions that lasted several months, Dahal was elected as Prime Minister by the Constituent Assembly on 15 August 2008, and he was sworn in as Prime Minister on 18 August 2008.<ref name="sworn">[http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/aug/aug18/news09.php "PM Dahal sworn in"]{{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}, Nepalnews, 18 August 2008.</ref>

The decade-long war ultimately led the Maoists to Nepal's parliament. After winning a remarkable majority in the Constitutional Assembly elections, Dahal was nominated for the Prime Ministership by the party.<ref>[http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DEL223504.htm "Nepal Maoists want their chief as president"], Reuters (AlertNet), 25 January 2008.</ref> In the April 2008 Constituent Assembly election, he was elected from Kathmandu constituency-10, winning by a large margin, and receiving nearly twice as many votes as his nearest rival, the candidate of the [[Nepali Congress]]. He also won overwhelmingly in Rolpa constituency-2, receiving 34,230 votes against 6,029 for Shanta Kumar Oli of the [[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)]], CPN(UML).<ref>[http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/apr/apr13/news07.php "Prachanda wins from Rolpa-2 as well"]{{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}, Nepalnews, 13 April 2008.</ref> With the CPN(M) appearing to have won the election, Dahal pledged that the party would work together with other parties in crafting the new constitution, and he assured the international community, particularly India and China, that the party wanted good relations and co-operation. He also said that the party had expressed its commitment to multi-party democracy through the election.<ref>[http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/apr/apr12/news11.php "'We want to continue working with parties and the int'l community,' says Prachanda."]{{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}, Nepalnews, 12 April 2008.</ref>

=== Second premiership ===
{{see also|Second Dahal cabinet}}

In August 2016 Pushpa Kamal Dahal was elected for a second stint as Prime Minister of Nepal.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Chaudhury, Dipanjan Roy |title=New PM Prachanda will bring Indo-Nepal ties back on track, hopes India |date=4 August 2016 |newspaper=The Economic Times |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/new-pm-prachanda-will-bring-indo-nepal-ties-back-on-track-hopes-india/articleshow/53544117.cms }}</ref> Dahal became the 24th prime minister since Nepal's adoption of multi-party democracy in 1990 and the eighth since the [[Nepal#Republic (2008)|abolition of the monarchy]] in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Reuters |date=3 August 2016 |title=Maoist chief Prachanda elected as Nepal prime minister |newspaper=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Maoist-chief-Prachanda-elected-as-Nepal-prime-minister/articleshow/53523388.cms }}</ref> He resigned from the post of Prime Minister on 24 May 2017 and was succeeded by [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]] of the Nepali Congress in June.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nepalese PM announces resignation – Xinhua | English.news.cn |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-05/24/c_136311901.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524134613/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-05/24/c_136311901.htm |archive-date=24 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Prachanda resigns as Nepal Prime Minister making way for Sher Bahadur Deuba to take over |date=24 May 2017 |url=http://www.timesnow.tv/international/article/prachanda-resigns-as-nepal-prime-minister-making-way-for-sher-bahadur-deuba-to-take-over/61620 |access-date=8 September 2018}}</ref>

=== Third premiership ===
{{see also|Dahal cabinet, 2022}}

Pushpa Kamal Dahal was appointed [[prime minister]] for the third time on 25 December 2022, following the [[2022 Nepalese general election]].<ref name = "r">{{Cite web |last=Online |first=T. H. T. |date=25 December 2022 |title=President Bhandari appoints Dahal as new PM, swearing-in on Monday |url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/president-bhandari-appoints-dahal-as-new-pm-swearing-in-on-monday |access-date=25 December 2022 |website=The Himalayan Times |language=en}}</ref> He won the vote of confidence in the House on 10 January 2023 after 268 out of the present 270 members voted in favor of him.<ref>{{Cite web |agency=Associated Press |date=2023-01-10 |title=Nepal's new PM secures vote of confidence in parliament |url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/nepals-new-pm-secures-vote-of-confidence-in-parliament |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=The Himalayan Times |language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
In 1969 Pushpa Kamal Dahal married Sita Poudel (5 July 1954 – 12 July 2023)<ref>https://english.khabarhub.com/2023/12/310501/ {{bare URL inline|date=August 2023}}</ref><ref>https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/amp/sita-a-guiding-force-in-the-political-journey-of-pm-dahal/news.html.twig {{bare URL inline|date=August 2023}}</ref> when he was fifteen.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last1=Guneratne |first1=Arjun |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b8BnAgAAQBAJ |title=Pathways to Power: The Domestic Politics of South Asia |last2=Weiss |first2=Anita M. |date=19 December 2013 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-2599-2 |pages=306–320 |language=en}}</ref> They have three daughters (including [[Renu Dahal]]) and a son.<ref name=":2" />

== Notes ==
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==Publications==
* {{cite book |title=Problems & Prospects of Revolution in Nepal: A Collection of Articles by Com. Prachanda and Other Leaders of the CPN (Maoist) |publisher=Janadisha Publications}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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Pushpa Kamal Dahal - Revision history

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