Pushpa Kamal Dahal

Pushpa Kumal Dahal born on December 11, 1954) is the former Prime Minister of Nepal. He is one of the most influential personality in the nepalese political scenario. He is president of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre). He is elected three times as a Prime Minister Of Nepal.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: Pushpa Kamal Dahal

- **image**: Prachanda 2009-03-31.jpg
- **caption**: Official Portrait, 2009
- **office**: 33rd Prime Minister of Nepal
- **president**: Bidya Devi Bhandari
Ram Chandra Poudel
- **term start**: 26 December 2022
- **term end**: 15 July 2024
- **predecessor**: Sher Bahadur Deuba
- **successor**: KP Sharma Oli, Khadga Prasad Oli
- **president1**: Bidya Devi Bhandari
- **term start1**: 4 August 2016
- **term end1**: 7 June 2017
- **predecessor1**: KP Sharma Oli, Khadga Prasad Oli
- **successor1**: Sher Bahadur Deuba
- **deputy1**: Bimalendra Nidhi
Bijay Kumar Gachhadar
- **president2**: Ram Baran Yadav
- **term start2**: 15 August 2008
- **term end2**: 25 May 2009
- **deputy2**: Bamdev Gautam
- **predecessor2**: Girija Prasad Koirala
- **successor2**: Madhav Kumar Nepal
- **office3**: Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), CPN (Maoist Centre)
- **term start3**: 8 March 2021
- **predecessor3**: Position established (after party revived by Supreme Court)
- **term start4**: 1994
- **term end4**: 2018
- **predecessor4**: Position established
- **successor4**: Party merger to form Nepal Communist Party
- **office5**: Chairman of the Nepal Communist Party
- **alongside5**: Khadga Prasad Oli
- **term start5**: 2018
- **term end5**: 8 March 2021
- **predecessor5**: Position established
- **successor5**: Party dissolved by Supreme court decision
- **office6**: House of Representatives (Nepal), Member of Parliament,
Pratinidhi Sabha
- **term start6**: 4 March 2018
- **constituency6**: Chitwan 3
- **predecessor6**: Krishna Bhakta Pokharel
- **office7**: Nepalese Constituent Assembly, Member of Constituent Assembly
- **term start7**: 21 January 2014
- **term end7**: 14 October 2017
- **constituency7**: Siraha 5
- **predecessor7**: Mahendra Paswan
- **successor7**: _Constituency abolished_
- **term start8**: 28 May 2008
- **term end8**: 28 May 2012
- **constituency8**: Kathmandu 10
- **predecessor8**: _Constituency established_
- **successor8**: Rajendra Kumar KC
- **birth name**: Chhabi Lal Dahal
- **birth place**: Dhikur Pokhari, Districts of Nepal, West No. 3 district, Kingdom of Nepal
(present day Dhikur Pokhari, Annapurna Rural Municipality, Kaski, Annapurna R.M., Kaski District, Kaski, Gandaki Province, Nepal, Republic of Nepal)
- **party**: Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), CPN (Maoist Centre)
- **otherparty**: Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention), CPN (Fourth Convention)
Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) (historical), CPN (Masal)
Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal), CPN (Mashal)
Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre), CPN (Unity Centre)
Nepal Communist Party
- **relations**: * Bina Magar (daughter-in-law)
* Renu Dahal (daughter)
* Sita Dahal (spouse)
* Prakash Dahal (son)
* Ganga Dahal (daughter)
* Gyanu KC (daughter)
- **nickname**: Prachanda
- **alma mater**: Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Tribhuvan University IAAS