Girija Prasad Koirala (Mr.)

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

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.

1948 Founding Member and President of Nepal Trade Union Congress (erstwhile Nepal Mazdoor Congress).

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.

1975-1991 General Secretary of Nepali Congress Party.

1987 Senior Leader of the peaceful "Satyagraha" (Civil Disobedience) movement and put under "house arrest" for nine months.

1990 Senior Leader and Nepali Congress Party General Secretary during the popular "Jana Andolan" (Mass Movement), which restored the Multi Party System in Nepal.

1991 Elected Member, House of Representatives from Morang-1 and Sunsari-5.

1991 Elected as leader of Parliamentary Party of Nepali Congress Party.

1991-1994 Appointed as Prime Minister of Nepal.

1994 Elected Member, House of Representatives from Morang-1 and Sunsari-5 in mid-term election.

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.

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 Leader of People's Movement initiated by Seven Party Alliance (SPA)

2006 April 28 Prime Minister of Nepal.

Hobbies: Reading contemporary biographies of renowned political personalities, short stories, political memoirs.

Foreign Visits: Various countries.