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Girija Prasad Koirala
Nepal Ratna Girija Prasad Koirala, affectionately known as Girija Babu, was a Nepalese politician. He headed the Nepali Congress and served as the Prime Minister of Nepal on four occasions: from 1991 to 1994, 1998 to 1999, 2000 to 2001, and 2006 to 2008. He was the Acting Head of State of Nepal between January 2007 and July 2008 as the country transitioned from a monarchy to a republic.
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Born 4 July 1924 · Died 20 March 2010 · Q220991
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2026· 17 entries
OnlineKhabar English News: What Shashank Koirala’s rise means for Purna Bahadur Khadka in Nepali Congress
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Ratopati: Nepali Congress Leader Shashank Koirala Offers Mediation Between Gagan Thapa and Sher Bahadur Deuba
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Ratopati: Congress Leader Shashank Koirala Addresses Gagan Thapa as 'Former General Secretary'
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NDTV: On Her 56th Birthday, A Look Inside Manisha Koirala's Cosy Nepal Home
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Ratopati: Nepali Congress Leader Shashank Koirala Criticizes Current Government's Inaction, Hints at Mid-Term Elections
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NepalNews: I am not in favor of a party split: Nepali Congress leader Shashank Koirala
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Ratopati: Nepali Congress Leader Shashank Koirala Clarifies Stance Against Party Split
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Ratopati: Nepali Congress Leader Shashank Koirala Declares Sher Bahadur Deuba as True Leader and President
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Khabarhub: Sujata Koirala backs Gagan Thapa, calls for Nepali Congress unity
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Ratopati: National Gathering of Nepali Congress (Deuba and Dr. Shekhar Koirala Factions) Begins in Kathmandu
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Ekantipur: Justice will be delivered by the judiciary, and the Congress will become united again: Koirala
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NepalNews: Sujata Koirala calls for unity in Nepali Congress, urges rival faction to rejoin mainstream
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Ekantipur: The gathering was organized to unite the Nepali Congress: Shashank Koirala
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Ratopati: Nepali Congress Leader Shashank Koirala Claims Sher Bahadur Deuba Remains Party President
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Khabarhub: Shekhar Koirala to urge party unity at Nepali Congress faction’s gathering
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Khabarhub: Shekhar Koirala to address Nepali Congress dissenting faction’s national gathering
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2015· 1 entry
Was posthumously awarded with Nepal Ratna Man Padavi, the highest honour to a Nepali citizen by the Government of Nepal
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2010· 1 entry
Died 2010-03-20.
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2007· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of Nepal (2007–2008).
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2006· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Nepal (2006–2008).
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2000· 2 entries
For his third term following the resignation of Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, under whose leadership the Nepali Congress Party had won the parliamentary election
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Nepal (2000–2001).
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1998· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Nepal (1998–1999).
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1991· 3 entries
Koirala was elected as a member of parliament from the Morang-1 and Sunsari-5 constituencies
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Became the first democratically elected prime minister in Nepal since 1959, when his brother B
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Nepal (1991–1994).
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1967· 1 entry
Koirala, along with other leaders and workers of the party, was exiled to India until his return to Nepal in 1979
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1953· 1 entry
Their daughter Sujata Koirala was born in 1953.
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1952· 2 entries
Became the President of the Morang District Nepali Congress and held that office until he was arrested and imprisoned by King Mahendra following the 1960 royal coup
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Koirala married Sushma Koirala, headmistress at the local school for women in Biratnagar
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1948· 1 entry
Koirala founded the Nepal Mazdoor Congress, later known as the Nepal Trade Union Congress-Independent
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1924· 1 entry
Born 1924-07-04.
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