Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli (KP Sharma Oli), Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal - Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML), has been elected as the 38th Prime Minister of Nepal. CPN-UML chair and candidate for the post of the Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that his candidacy for the post of PM was for national unity, consensus and the development of the nation.
Sushil Koirala (born 12 August 1939) was the Prime Minister of Nepal form February 11, 2014 to October 10, 2015. He is the President of the Nepali Congress party since 2010. Koirala was elected as Prime Minister of Nepal by the parliament on 10 February 2014. Koirala joined the Nepali Congress in 1952 and served in various capacities prior to becoming its president in 2010. Koirala entered politics in 1954 inspired by the social-democratic ideals of the Nepali Congress. He was in political exile in India for 16 years following the royal takeover of 1960. Koirala also spent three years in Indian prisons for his involvement in a plane hijacking in 1973. While in exile, Koirala was the editor of Tarun, the official party publication. He has been a member of the Central Working Committee of the party since 1979 and was appointed General Secretary of the party in 1996 and Vice President in 1998.
