Sxhyfjdsxr Sher Bahadur Deuba
Sxhyfjdsxr Sher Bahadur Deuba
Sxhyfjdsxr Sher Bahadur Deuba
June 1946) is a Nepali politician and former prime minister of Nepal. He has also been serving as the
president of the Nepali Congress since 2016. Deuba has served five terms as the prime minister (1995–
1997, 2001–2002, 2004–2005, 2017–2018 and 2021–2022) and is the Member of Parliament for the
parliamentary constituency of Dadeldhura 1.
Born and raised in Ashigram, a remote village in Dadeldhura, Deuba completed his primary education
there and secondary education in Doti. He completed his higher education from Tri-Chandra College In
1991, he was elected to the House of Representatives and served as the Minister of Home Affairs in the
cabinet led by Girija Prasad Koirala. Deuba became prime minister after Manmohan Adhikari tried to
dissolve the parliament for a second time in two years in 1995.[2] He oversaw the signature of the
Mahakali treaty with India during his first term. His second premiership started in July 2001 amidst the
rise of the Maoists and he later declared a state of emergency and listed the Communist Party of Nepal
(Maoist) as a "terrorist organisation".[3] He was dismissed by King Gyanendra in October 2002, but after
public backlash, he was reappointed prime minister in June 2004. He was arrested after 2005 coup
d'état by the King Gyanendra, and was released in February 2006 after the Supreme Court declared his
arrest unlawful.[4]
Deuba was sworn in as prime minister for a fourth stint in June 2017, as per an agreement to form a
rotational government by Congress and CPN (Maoist Centre).[5] His government successfully conducted
the elections of all three levels of government in different phases in 2017. On 12 July 2021, the Supreme
Court ordered the appointment of Deuba as prime minister within 28 hours, and he was appointed
prime minister for a fifth term by President Bidya Devi Bhandari in accordance with Article 76(5) of the
Constitution of Nepal the next day.[6]