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Personal Biography |
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Hon. Girija Prasad
Koirala |
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Date of Birth
: 1925 A. D.
Parents:
Late Mr
K.P. Koirala
Late Mrs Divya Koirala
Daughter: Ms. Sujata
Koirala
Designation:
Prime
Minister of Nepal
President, Nepali Congress Party
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Political Background:
Started political
career joining the Indian Freedom Struggle and the historic Nepalese
Revolution against Rana regime by organizing the first Labour's Movement in
Biratnagar Jute Mill in 1947-48.
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| 1948 |
Founding Member and President of Nepal
Trade Union Congress (erstwhile Nepal Mazdoor Congress).
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| 1952-1960 |
President, Morang District, Nepali
Congress |
| 1960-1967 |
Imprisoned after 1960 coup.
Spent seven years in prison, During the jail, sustained 21 days Hunger
Strike. |
| 1968 |
Exiled in
India along with senior Nepali Congress Party leaders and workers. |
| 1979 |
Returned
to Nepal with the Programme of National Reconciliation propounded by B.P. Koirala.
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| 1975-1991 |
General
Secretary of Nepali Congress Party. |
| 1987
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Senior Leader of the peaceful
"Satyagraha" (Civil Disobedience) movement and put under "house arrest" for
nine months. |
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1990 |
Senior Leader and Nepali
Congress Party General Secretary during the popular "Jana Andolan" (Mass
Movement), which restored the Multi Party System in Nepal. |
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1991 |
Elected Member, House of
Representatives from Morang-1 and Sunsari-5. |
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1991 |
Elected as leader of
Parliamentary Party of Nepali Congress Party. |
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1991-1994 |
Appointed as Prime Minister of Nepal. |
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1994 |
Elected Member, House of
Representatives from Morang-1 and Sunsari-5 in mid-term election. |
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1995 |
Elected as President of Nepali Congress
Party. |
| 1997 |
Elected as Leader of the Parliamentary
Party of Nepali Congress Party. |
| 1998-1999 |
Prime Minister of Nepal. |
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1999 |
Elected Member, House of
Representatives from Morang-1 and Sunsari-5. |
| 2000 |
Elected
as Leader of the Parliamentary Party of Nepali Congress Party. |
| 2000 |
Elected as Prime Minister of Nepal. |
| 2001 |
Elected as President of Nepali Congress
Party. |
| 2005 |
Elected
as President of Nepali Congress Party. |
| 2006 |
Lader of
People's Movement initiated by Seven Party Alliance (SPA) |
| 2006 April 28 |
Prime
Minister of Nepal. |
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Hobbies:
Reading contemporary biographies of renowned political personalities, short
stories, political memoirs. |
