Baburam Bhattarai
Baburam Bhattarai
बाबुराम भट्टराई
Prime Minister of Nepal
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 August 2011
President Ram Baran Yadav
Deputy Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar
Preceded by Jhala Nath Khanal
Personal details
Born 18 June 1954
Belbas, Nepal
Political party Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
Spouse(s) Hisila Yami
Alma mater Tribhuvan University
Chandigarh College of Architecture
School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Dr.
Baburam Bhattarai (born 18 June 1954) is the 36th and current Prime
Minister of Nepal since August 2011. He is a senior Standing Committee
Member and vice chairperson of Unified Communist Party of Nepal
(Maoist). His party started a revolutionary People's War in Nepal in
1996 that ultimately led to the change of the political system in
Nepal. The decade long civil war transformed Nepal from a monarchy into a
republic. He was elected to the Constituent Assembly from Gorkha in
2008 and became Finance Minister in the cabinet formed after the
election.
Maoist insurrection
On
4 February 1996, Bhattarai gave the government, led by Nepali Congress
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, a list of 40 demands, threatening
civil war if they were not met. The demands related to "nationalism,
democracy and livelihood" and included such line items as the
"domination of foreign capital in Nepali industries, business and
finance should be stopped", and "discriminatory treaties, including the
1950 Nepal-India Treaty, should be abrogated" (referring here to the
1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship), and "land under the
control of the feudal system should be confiscated and distributed to
the landless and the homeless." After that, and until 26 April 2006, the
guerilla leader Prachanda directed the military efforts of the CPN (M)
towards establishing areas of control, particularly in the mountainous
regions and western Nepal.
The 40 demands were whittled down to 24 in subsequent political negotiations.
Relation with Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda)
In
late 2004 or early 2005, the relations between Prachanda and Bhattarai
cooled down. This was reportedly due to disagreement on power sharing
inside the party. Bhattarai was unhappy with the consolidation of power
under Prachanda. At one point, Prachanda expelled Bhattarai from the
party, though he was later reinstated.They later reconciled at least
some of their differences.
Twelve point agreement
On
22 November 2005, Prachanda and the Seven Party Alliance released a
"twelve-point agreement" that expressed areas of agreement between the
CPN(M) and the parties that won a large majority in the last
parliamentary election in 1999. Among other points, this document
stated that a dictatorial monarchy of King Gyanendra is the chief
impediment to progress in Nepal. It claimed further that the Maoists are
committed to human rights and press freedoms and a multi-party system
of government. It pledged self-criticism and the intention of the
Maoists and the Seven Parties to not repeat past mistakes.
Ceasefires
Several ceasefires have occurred over the course of the Nepalese civil war.
Most recently, on 26 April 2006, Prachanda announced a ceasefire with a
stated duration of 90 days. The move followed weeks of massive
protests—the April 2006 Nepalese general strike— in Kathmandu and
elsewhere that had forced King Gyanendra to give up the personal
dictatorship he had established on the February 1, 2005, and restore
the parliament that was dissolved in May 2002.
After that a new government was established by the Seven-Party
Alliance. The parliament and the new government supported the ceasefire
and started negotiations with the Maoists on the basis of the
twelve-point agreement. The two sides agreed that a new constituent
assembly will be elected to write a new constitution, and decide on the
fate of monarchy. The Maoists want this process to end with Nepal
becoming a republic.
Personal life
Baburam
Bhattarai was born in a village called Belbas in Khoplang VDC of Gorkha
District. He was born in a low-middle class peasant family. He has
three siblings: one elder sister, one younger sister and one younger
brother.
He completed his secondary school education from Amar Jyoti High School
in Luintel, Gorkha. In the School leaving Certificate (SLC) of 1970 AD,
he topped the exam in Nepal. He went to high school at Amrit Science
College and repeated the same feat and topped the board again. After that under the Colombo plan scholarship, he studied Bachelor of Architecture in 1977 from Chandigarh. “He had been an outstanding student,” says Lieut-Col I.J.S. Bakshi (retd), Principal of the college.
It was during this time he became the founding President of All India
Nepalese Student's Association. This organization ended up becoming his
first step towards building his academic interests outside the field
of architecture.
Bhattarai went to the Delhi School of Planning and Architecture for an
M.Tech degree. He is married to Hisila Yami,a fellow maoist leader. They
have a daughter, Manushi.
He completed his PhD degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi)in 1986.
His Ph.D. thesis was later published as a book "The Nature of
Underdevelopment and Regional Structure of Nepal- A Marxist Analysis".
PublicationsBhattarai has contributed a number of published works, including The Nature of Underdevelopment and Regional structure of Nepal: A Marxist Analysis (Adroit Publishers, Delhi, 2003) which is a cursory rewriting of his PhD thesis. Other works include Politico-Economic Rationale of People's War in Nepal (Utprerak Publications, Kathmandu, 1998), and Nepal! krantika adharharu
(in Nepali) (Janadisha Publications, 2004). His books and articles
have had some impact on Nepalis both home and abroad, though primarily
only on those who share his political beliefs . Among his many well
read newspaper articles is "Let’s Give No Legitimacy to the
Beneficiaries of the New Kot Massacre" written in the aftermath of
Palace Massacre of 2001. Similarly, it is widely believed that he is
the principal author of the most successful Election Manifesto brought
out by Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists) in March 2008 in preparation
of the Constituent Assembly Election held in April 2008.
Baburam Bhattarai बाबुराम भट्टराई | |
---|---|
Prime Minister of Nepal | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 29 August 2011 | |
President | Ram Baran Yadav |
Deputy | Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar |
Preceded by | Jhala Nath Khanal |
Personal details | |
Born | 18 June 1954 Belbas, Nepal |
Political party | Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) |
Spouse(s) | Hisila Yami |
Alma mater | Tribhuvan University Chandigarh College of Architecture School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru University |
Dr.
Baburam Bhattarai (born 18 June 1954) is the 36th and current Prime
Minister of Nepal since August 2011. He is a senior Standing Committee
Member and vice chairperson of Unified Communist Party of Nepal
(Maoist). His party started a revolutionary People's War in Nepal in
1996 that ultimately led to the change of the political system in
Nepal. The decade long civil war transformed Nepal from a monarchy into a
republic. He was elected to the Constituent Assembly from Gorkha in
2008 and became Finance Minister in the cabinet formed after the
election.
Maoist insurrection
The 40 demands were whittled down to 24 in subsequent political negotiations.
Relation with Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda)
Twelve point agreement
On
22 November 2005, Prachanda and the Seven Party Alliance released a
"twelve-point agreement" that expressed areas of agreement between the
CPN(M) and the parties that won a large majority in the last
parliamentary election in 1999. Among other points, this document
stated that a dictatorial monarchy of King Gyanendra is the chief
impediment to progress in Nepal. It claimed further that the Maoists are
committed to human rights and press freedoms and a multi-party system
of government. It pledged self-criticism and the intention of the
Maoists and the Seven Parties to not repeat past mistakes.
Ceasefires
Several ceasefires have occurred over the course of the Nepalese civil war.
Most recently, on 26 April 2006, Prachanda announced a ceasefire with a
stated duration of 90 days. The move followed weeks of massive
protests—the April 2006 Nepalese general strike— in Kathmandu and
elsewhere that had forced King Gyanendra to give up the personal
dictatorship he had established on the February 1, 2005, and restore
the parliament that was dissolved in May 2002.
After that a new government was established by the Seven-Party
Alliance. The parliament and the new government supported the ceasefire
and started negotiations with the Maoists on the basis of the
twelve-point agreement. The two sides agreed that a new constituent
assembly will be elected to write a new constitution, and decide on the
fate of monarchy. The Maoists want this process to end with Nepal
becoming a republic.
Personal life
Baburam
Bhattarai was born in a village called Belbas in Khoplang VDC of Gorkha
District. He was born in a low-middle class peasant family. He has
three siblings: one elder sister, one younger sister and one younger
brother.
He completed his secondary school education from Amar Jyoti High School
in Luintel, Gorkha. In the School leaving Certificate (SLC) of 1970 AD,
he topped the exam in Nepal. He went to high school at Amrit Science
College and repeated the same feat and topped the board again. After that under the Colombo plan scholarship, he studied Bachelor of Architecture in 1977 from Chandigarh. “He had been an outstanding student,” says Lieut-Col I.J.S. Bakshi (retd), Principal of the college.
It was during this time he became the founding President of All India
Nepalese Student's Association. This organization ended up becoming his
first step towards building his academic interests outside the field
of architecture.
Bhattarai went to the Delhi School of Planning and Architecture for an
M.Tech degree. He is married to Hisila Yami,a fellow maoist leader. They
have a daughter, Manushi.
He completed his PhD degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi)in 1986.
His Ph.D. thesis was later published as a book "The Nature of
Underdevelopment and Regional Structure of Nepal- A Marxist Analysis".
PublicationsBhattarai has contributed a number of published works, including The Nature of Underdevelopment and Regional structure of Nepal: A Marxist Analysis (Adroit Publishers, Delhi, 2003) which is a cursory rewriting of his PhD thesis. Other works include Politico-Economic Rationale of People's War in Nepal (Utprerak Publications, Kathmandu, 1998), and Nepal! krantika adharharu (in Nepali) (Janadisha Publications, 2004). His books and articles have had some impact on Nepalis both home and abroad, though primarily only on those who share his political beliefs . Among his many well read newspaper articles is "Let’s Give No Legitimacy to the Beneficiaries of the New Kot Massacre" written in the aftermath of Palace Massacre of 2001. Similarly, it is widely believed that he is the principal author of the most successful Election Manifesto brought out by Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists) in March 2008 in preparation of the Constituent Assembly Election held in April 2008.
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