Sher Bahadur Deuba is a Nepalese politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Nepal on 5 different occasions and is a former President of Nepal Congress.
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Sher Bahadur Deuba was born on Thursday, 13 June 1946 (age 76 years; as of 2022) in Ganyapadhura Rural Municipality-1 (Formerly – Ruwakhola, Asigram V.DC- 5), Dadeldhura District, Nepal. His zodiac sign is Gemini. He had his primary education at Asigram Primary School in Dadeldhura and secondary education 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. He completed Master of Arts, Political Science (Humanities) from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. Since his school days, he was inclined towards Congress ideology. He promoted multi-party democracy during Nepal’s national referendum in 1980. He went to London in 1988 and studied political science at the London School of Economics (LSE) under the ‘Research Fee’ program in 1989. This allowed them to use the LSE library and seek guidance from professors without having to attend any classes. He studied under the guidance of Arab scholar Fred Halliday; However, he did not publish any paper. He received a scholarship from the Scottish International Party to study at the LSE in London; However, when it was closed down, he received money from the Nepali people, did translation work for the BBC’s Nepali service and stayed at the Nataraja restaurant. He actively lobbied for the Nepalese revolution of 1990 in London. He returned to Nepal after the Nepalese Revolution of 1990. He spent almost 10 years in jail on several occasions between 1965 and 2005.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 7″
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
His younger brother Prem Bahadur Deuba died at the age of 67 on 17 May 2022 at Bir Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal after battling lung cancer.
Prem Bahadur Deuba, younger brother of Sher Bahadur Deuba
wife and children
Sher Bahadur Deuba is married to Arzoo Singh Rana in 1994 and has a son, Jaiveer Singh Deuba. At the time of marriage, Sher Bahadur was 45 years old and Arzoo was 32 years old. His wife and son are members of Nepali Congress.
Sher Bahadur Deuba (far left) with his wife Arzoo Singh Deuba and son Jaiveer Singh Deuba
Caste
He belongs to Kshatriya Hindu family.
signature/autograph
Signature of Sher Bahadur Deuba
livelihood
Sher Bahadar Deuba was the President of the Far-Western Student Committee in Kathmandu, Nepal from 1965 to 1968. He formed Nepal Chhatra Sangh, the student wing of Nepali Congress, in 1971. After Nepal King Mahendra banned all political parties in 1960 and established the Panchayat system of government, Sher Bahadur Deuba campaigned against it and was jailed on various occasions. He played an active role during the Nepalese civil disobedience movement of 1985. From 1991 to November 1994, he was the Member of Parliament from Dadeldhura District, and from December 1991 to September 1994, he was the Minister of Home Affairs of the Nepali Congress government in the cabinet of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala. In 1991, he was also made the political in-charge of the Far Western region of Nepali Congress.
Sher Bahadur Deuba giving a speech in his younger days
From November 1994 to September 1995, he served as the parliamentary group leader of the Nepali Congress. Civil war started in Nepal on 13 February 1996. From 1982 to 1998, he worked as a convenor in the Political Advisory Committee of the Nepali Congress. From March 1997 to 1998, he was a member of the Central Working Committee of the Nepali Congress Party. From April 1999 to July 2002, he was a Member of Parliament and won the highest number of votes and margin of votes, and was again elected as a member of the Central Working Committee of the Nepali Congress Party. From December 1999 to October 2000, he served as the head of the High Level Recommendation Committee to address the Maoist problem. On 22 May 2002, Sher Bahadur Deuba requested King Gyanendra to dissolve Parliament and hold parliamentary elections on 13 November 2002, and the King complied with his request. Since Sher Bahadur did not consult his cabinet and party regarding the dissolution of Parliament, on 26 May 2002 the Nepali Congress expelled him from the party for 3 years.
Sher Bahadur Deuba during Nepal Congress meeting
On 22 September 2002, Sher Bahadur formed a new political party, Nepali Congress (Democratic), and chose a water pitcher (Kalash) as its symbol. In April 2005, he was arrested on corruption charges in a link road project to the Melamchi drinking water project near Kathmandu, and on 26 July 2005, he was sentenced by a Royal Commission to two years in prison and a fine of 90 million Nepalese rupees. Was imposed. Control of Corruption (RCCC) was established by King Gyanendra in February 2005. On 13 February 2006, he was released from jail after the Supreme Court of Nepal ordered the dissolution of the RCCC and declared its orders invalid. In May 2006, he was elected 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, Nepali Congress nominated him for 2 seats, Dadeldhura 1 and Kanchanpur 4. He won both seats; However, he vacated the Kanchanpur 4 seat. In 2008, he lost to Pushpa Kamal Dahal in the party voting in the race to become Prime Minister of Nepal. From June 2008 to 2012, he was the Vice President of the Socialist International Party in Nepal. He contested the presidential election of Nepali Congress in 2009 and lost. On 7 March 2016, he was elected President of Nepali Congress.
Prime Minister of Nepal
He served as the Prime Minister of Nepal on five separate occasions. He was the Prime Minister of Nepal for the first time from 12 September 1995 to 12 March 1997. He signed the Mahakali Treaty with India on 12 February 1996. On 26 July 2001, he became the Prime Minister of Nepal for the second time. He later held peace talks with the Maoists; However, the Maoists withdrew from the talks following which attacks on politicians and police increased. Due to increasing attacks, he declared emergency in the country on 27 November 2001 and invoked the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Control and Punishment) Act. On 4 October 2002, King Gyanendra removed him from the post of Prime Minister. On 4 June 2004, he was appointed as the Prime Minister of Nepal for the third time by King Gyanendra. On 1 February 2005, King Gyanendra removed him from the post of Prime Minister and placed him under house arrest. In August 2016 he reconciled 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 15 February 2018. On 13 July 2021, he was sworn in as Prime Minister of Nepal for the fifth time. He left his office on 25 December 2022.
Sher Bahadur Deuba (right) is taking oath as the Prime Minister of Nepal for the fifth time.
controversies
allegations of nepotism
On 12 February 2017, media reports claimed that Sher Bahadur Deuba pressured the government to appoint DIG Jaya Bahadur Chand as the Inspector General of Nepal Police. DIG Nava Raj Silwal stood first; However, Sher Bahadur appointed DIG Chand, who hails from the far western region where Sher Bahadur hails from. He denied the allegations and the Supreme Court of Nepal stayed the appointment of IG Chand as IGP.
property and properties
movable property
- Bank Deposit: 1650,739.75 NPR
- Jewellery: 10 gold coins, 13 Tola gold (two chains of 2 Tola each; one 5 Tola bracelet; and four 1 Tola rings studded with diamonds, emeralds, coral and rubies) (1 Tola = 11.6638038 grams = 3/8 troy ounce)
Immovable property
There is 57 ropani (4.3.bigha) land in Dadeldhura in his father’s name and 10 bigha land in Kanchanpur in his brother’s name.
Note: The given estimate of movable and immovable assets is as per the year 2017. It does not include property owned by his wife and dependents (minors).
Salary
As Prime Minister of Nepal in September 2017, his monthly salary was NPR 77,280.
Facts/General Knowledge
- He was the Chairman of the Far-Western Students Committee in Kathmandu from 1965 to 1968. He was the founder and president of Nepal Students Union from 1971 to 1980.
- He is the first Nepali person to receive an honorary doctorate from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Sher Bahadur Deuba (right) receiving his doctorate from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
- After Sher Bahadur’s arrest in 2005, his wife Arzoo Singh Rana told in an interview that due to civil unrest they had to change 14 houses in a decade.
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