predecessor successor birth_name birth_place president party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name alma_mater
position established girija prasad koirala madhav kumar nepal pushpa kamal dahal dhikur pokhari , nepal ram baran yadav communist before 1983 -rrb- communist party of nepal -lrb- masal -rrb- party -lrb- 1983 -- 1984 -rrb- communist party of nepal -lrb- of mashal -rrb- -lrb- 1984 -- 1991 -rrb- communist party of nepal nepal -lrb- unity centre -rrb- -lrb- 1991 -- 1994 -rrb- -lrb- unified communist party of nepal -lrb- maoist -rrb- -lrb- 1994 fourth -- present -rrb- convention -rrb- -lrb- founder maoist -rrb- 33rd prime minister of nepal of the unified communist party of nepal -lrb- 11 december 1954 may 1999 18 august 2008 prachanda 2009.jpg prachanda
 25 may 2009 prachanda प्रचण्ड tribhuvan university
prachanda

pushpa kamal dahal -lrb- -rrb- ; born chhabilal dahal on 11 december 1954 , commonly known as prachanda -lrb- -rrb- -rrb- is a nepalese politician and chairman of the unified communist party of nepal -lrb- maoist -rrb- -lrb- ucpnm -rrb- .
he led a guerrilla war against the government and later served as prime minister of nepal from 2008 to 2009 .
prachanda led the cpn -lrb- m -rrb- as it launched a communist insurgency on 13 february 1996 .
in the ensuing civil war , more than 17,000 nepalese died .
ultimately elections were held in 2008 and the cpn -lrb- m -rrb- emerged as the strongest party .
the constituent assembly of nepal elected prachanda as prime minister in august 2008 .
prachanda resigned as prime minister on 4 may 2009 after his attempt to sack the army chief , general rookmangud katawal , was opposed by president ram baran yadav .
