Sher Bahadur Deuba is a Nepali politician. He has served as Prime Minister of Nepal on 5 different occasions and is a former President of Nepali Congress.
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Sher Bahadur Deuba was born on Thursday, 13 June 1946 (age 76; as of 2022) in Ganyafdura Rural Municipality -1 (Formerly – Ruvakhola, AsigramV.DC- 5), Dadeldura District, Nepal. His zodiac sign is Gemini. He did his primary schooling at Asigram Primary School in Dadeldhura and his secondary schooling at Mahendra High School and Sitaram High School, Uchkot Doti, Nepal. He completed his Bachelor of Arts (Humanities) and Bachelor of Laws from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. Graduated with Master of Arts, Political Science (Humanities) from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. He was inclined towards Congress ideology from his school days. He promoted multi-party democracy during Nepal’s 1980 national referendum. He went to London in 1988 and studied political science at the London School of Economics (LSE) on a Research Fellowship in 1989. This allowed him to use the LSE library and seek guidance from a professor without attending a class. He studied under the guidance of the Arabic scholar Fred Halliday; However, he has not published any work. He received a scholarship from the Scottish International Party to study at the LSE in London; However, when it was discontinued, he accepted money from Nepalis, did translation work for the BBC’s Nepali service and stayed at the Natraj restaurant. He actively lobbied for the 1990 Nepalese revolution in London. He returned to Nepal after the 1990 Nepalese revolution. He spent almost 10 years in prison repeatedly, from 1965 to 2005.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′7″
Hair color: salt and pepper
Eye Color: Black
family
parents and siblings
His younger brother Prem Bahadur Deuba died at the age of 67 on 17 May 2022 at Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal after a battle with lung cancer.
Sher Bahadur Deuba’s younger brother Prem Bahadur Deuba
wife and children
Sher Bahadur Deuba married Arzu Singh Rana in 1994 and they have a son, Javier Singh Deuba. Sher Bahadur was 45 and Arzu was 32 at the time of their marriage. His wife and son are members of the Nepali Congress.
Sher Bahadur Deuba (far left) with his wife Arzu Singh Deuba and son Javier Singh Deuba
Caste
He belongs to a Kshatriya Hindu family.
signature/autograph
Signature of Sher Bahadur Deuba
Career
From 1965 to 1968, Sher Bahadar Deuba was the Chairman of the Far Western Students Committee in Kathmandu, Nepal. He formed the Nepali Students Union, the student wing of the Nepali Congress in 1971. After King Mahendra of Nepal banned all political parties in 1960 and established the Panchahad government against this campaign. different cases. He played an active role during the 1985 Nepal Civil Disobedience Movement. From 1991 to November 1994, he was the Member of Parliament from Dadeldura Constituency, and from December 1991 to September 1994, he was the Home Minister in the Nepali Congress government in Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala’s cabinet. In 1991, he was also appointed as the political in-charge of the far western region of the Nepali Congress.
Sher Bahadur Deuba gave a speech in his youth
From November 1994 to September 1995, he served as the leader of the Nepali Congress Parliamentary Group. On February 13, 1996, a civil war began in Nepal. From 1982 to 1998, he worked in the Political Consultative Committee of the Nepali Congress. From March 1997 to 1998, he was a member of the Central Working Committee of the Nepali Congress Party. He was a Member of Parliament from April 1999 to July 2002 and won with the highest number of votes and margin of votes and was re-elected as a member of the Central Working Committee of the Nepali Congress Party. From December 1999 to October 2000, he worked as the head of the high-level advisory committee for solving the Maoist problem. On 22 May 2002, Sher Bahadur Deuba requested King Gyaendra to dissolve Parliament and hold parliamentary elections on 13 November 2002, and the King granted his request. On 26 May 2002, the Nepali Congress expelled him from the party for 3 years after Sher Bahadur failed to consult his cabinet and the party regarding the dissolution of parliament.
Sher Bahadur Deuba during a meeting of the Nepali Congress
On 22 September 2002, Sher Bahadur formed a new political party, the Nepali Congress (Democratic), and chose a water can (Kalash) as its symbol. In April 2005, he was arrested on corruption charges in a road project related to the Melamchi drinking water project near Kathmandu, and on July 26, 2005, he was sentenced to two years in prison and a fine of 90 million Nepalese rupees by the Royal Commission on Corruption Control (RCCC), which was set up in February King Gyanendra2103, free 210305. Imprisoned after Nepal He Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of the RCCC and declared its orders null and void. In May 2006, he was elected as the President of the Nepali Congress (Democratic) Party, and on 25 September 2007, his party merged with the Nepali Congress. In the 2008 Constituent Assembly elections, the Nepali Congress nominated him for 2 seats, Dadeldura 1 and Kanchanpur 4. He won both seats; However it has vacated 4 seats of Kanchanpur. In 2008, he lost to Pushpa Kamal Dahal in the party’s election for the post of Prime Minister of Nepal. From June 2008 to 2012, he was the vice president of the Socialist International Party in Nepal. He contested the 2009 Nepali Congress presidential election and was defeated. On 7 March 2016, he was elected as the President of Nepali Congress.
Prime Minister of Nepal
He served as Prime Minister of Nepal on five different occasions. From September 12, 1995 to March 12, 1997, he was the Prime Minister of Nepal for the first time. He signed the Mahakali Treaty with India on 12 February 1996. On July 26, 2001, he became the Prime Minister of Nepal for the second time. He later organized peace talks with the Maoists; However, the Maoists backed out of the talks, following which attacks on politicians and the police increased. Due to increasing attacks, he declared a state of emergency in the country on 27 November 2001 and imposed the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Control and Punishment) Act. He was removed from the post of Prime Minister on October 4, 2002 by King Gyanendra. On June 4, 2004, King Gyanendra was appointed Prime Minister of Nepal for the third time. He was removed from the post of Prime Minister on February 1, 2005 by King Gyanendra and sentenced to house arrest. In August 2016, he entered into an alliance with Pushpa Kamal Dahal and was sworn in as Prime Minister of Nepal for the fourth time on 7 June 2017; However, he resigned on February 15, 2018. On 13 July 2021, he was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Nepal for the fifth time. He left the service on December 25, 2022.
Sher Bahadur Deuba (right) is sworn in as Prime Minister of Nepal for the fifth time
confrontations
Allegations of nepotism
On 12 February 2017, according to media reports, Sher Bahadur Deuba pressured the government to appoint DIG Jaya Bahadur Chand as Inspector General of Nepal Police. In the first position was DIG Nawa Raj Silwal; However, Shere Bahadur appointed DIG Chand, who hails from the far western region to which Shere Bahadur belongs. He denied the allegations and the Supreme Court of Nepal stayed the appointment of DIG Chand as IGP.
assets and properties
movable assets
- Bank deposits: NPR 1650,739.75
- Jewellery: 10 gold coins, 13 tolas of gold (two 2-tola chains; one 5-tola bracelet; and four 1-tola rings with diamonds, emeralds, corals and rubies) (1 tola = 11.6638038 grams = 3/8 troy ounce)
real estate
He has 57 ropani (4.3. bigha) of land in Dadeldura in his father’s name and 10 bigha of land in Kanchanpur in his brother’s name.
Note: The given valuations of movable and immovable property are given as of 2017. It excludes assets owned by his spouse and dependents (minors).
salary
As of September 2017, his monthly salary as the Prime Minister of Nepal was NPR 77,280.
Facts/Trivia
- From 1965 to 1968, he was the chairman of the Far-West Student Committee in Kathmandu. From 1971 to 1980, he was the founder and president of the Nepali Students’ Union.
- He is the first Nepali to receive an honorary doctorate from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Sher Bahadur Deuba (right) receiving his PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
- In a 2005 interview given by Sher Bhadur’s wife, Arzu Singh Rana, after his arrest, she mentioned that they had to move 14 houses in a decade due to civil unrest.
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