Kathmandu, Oct 11:
CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has been elected the new Prime Minister of Nepal, following the promulgation of the new constitution of Federal Republic Nepal.
In a voting for the post of the Prime Minister held at the Legislature-Parliament today, Oli won with a total of 338 votes, out of the total 587 votes cast. The total existing number of parliamentarians is 597.
The second candidate in the fray, Sushil Koirala, President of Nepali Congress and outgoing Prime Minister bagged a total of 249 votes.
The votes CPN-UML Chair received include 183 of his own party, 83 from UCPN (Maoist), 25 from RPP Nepal and 14 from Madheshi Janadhikar Forum-Democratic. Likewise, 12 from RPP, 5 from CPN-ML, 3 from Rastriya Janamorcha, 2 from Nepal Pariwar Dal, 2 from Rastriya Janamukti Party, one each from Madhesh Samata Party Nepal, Nepa Rastriya Party and CPN-United also came in favour of leader Oli.
Elected from constituency no. 7 of Jhapa, 64-year-old Oli becomes the 38th Prime Minister of Nepal. Oli was born in Iwa of Terhathum district on 22 February 1952 to Mohan Prasad Oli and Madhu Oli.
Brief Political History of PM Oli
Newly elected Prime Minister Oli has been involved in politics since 1966 after being influenced by Marxism-Leninism. Member of Communist Party of Nepal in Feb-1970, he became the member of area committee in 1970. He started and was involved in underground politics against autocratic party-less Panchayat System in 1970. He was arrested for the first time in 1970.
Oli became District Committee Member of the party in 1971 and Chief of the Jhapa Movement Organizing Committee in 1972. He was arrested and imprisoned and put in the various jails and toxic cells for 14 consecutive years from 1973 to 1987. He was released from jail in 1987.
After becoming the Central Committee Member of the party in 1987, he was assigned the responsibility of In-charge for Lumbini Zone till April 1990. He was elected as standing committee member and chief of Foreign Department of CPN (UML) since 1992. He is the Founder President of the National Democratic Youth Federation of Nepal (DNYF).
He was elected as the Member of the Parliament in the House of Representatives from Jhapa district constituency no. 6 in 1991 and from Jhapa constituency no. 2 in 1999 as well. He served as Chief of the Department of Publicity in 1993 and Chief of the Investigation Commission constituted by CPN (UML) to investigate into the Dasdhunga Jeep Accident (May 16, 1993) for the inquiry on death of CPN (UML) the then General Secretary Madan Kumar Bhandari and party’s Organization Department Chief Jeeb Raj Ashrit in May 1993.
Then after he, was the Presidium member of Afro-Asian Peoples’ Solidarity Organization Nepal in 1994 and president of AAPSO since 2000. He served as the Minister of Home Affairs from 1994-1995 in the first communist government headed by Man Mohan Adhikari and as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs in Girija Prasad Koirala led government.
Newly elected Prime Minister Oli became the chair of the party UML from the 9th National Congress of the party and parliamentary party leader of the party after the second Constituent Assembly (CA) election.
Leader Oli represented Nepalese Parliament in the 87th Inter Parliamentary Union conference in Cameroon, Africa, 1992, apart from representing in the Presidential election observation in the United States of America in November 1992 as council member of IPU.
Besides visiting the People’s Republic of China at the friendly invitation of Communist Party of China in April 1993, Oli also participated in 88th Inter Parliamentary Union Conference in Stockholm, Sweden, 1992. Oli also took part in sixth Nepal-Bhutan joint ministerial committee meeting, Thimpu, in April 17-19, 1995 followed by a friendship visit to the People’s Republic of China organised and invited by the Communist Party of China in August-September, 1997.
