The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) (Nepali:नेपालकम्युनिस्टपार्टी(माओवादीकेन्द्र)),abbreviated CPN (Maoist Centre),CPN-Maoist Centre,CPN Maoist Centre,or CPN (MC),is the third largest political party in Nepal. It was founded in 1994 after breaking away from the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre). The party launched an armed struggle in 1996 against the Nepalese government. In 2006,the party formally joined mainstream politics after signing a peace agreement following the 2006 Nepalese revolution.
Upendra Yadav is a Nepalese politician who served as the chairman of the People's Socialist Party,Nepal from 2020 until 2023.
The Nepal Communist Party,abbreviated NCP is a defunct communist party of Nepal. It was founded on 17 May 2018,from the unification of two leftist parties,Communist Party of Nepal and Communist Party of Nepal. The unification was completed by the Party Unification Coordination Committee,after eight months of negotiation. The two predecessor parties subsequently dissolved,making way for the new united party. The party retained the electoral symbol of the CPN (UML),the sun.
The Communist Party of Nepal is a political party in Nepal founded in April 2013. The party was formed through the merger of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified),Communist Party of Nepal Marxist−Leninist (Samajbadi),Communist Party of Nepal,Marxist Communist Party of Nepal,Bidrohi ML and the Independent Thought Group. Rishi Kattel is the chairman of the party. Jagat Bahadur Bogati and Lok Narayan Subedi serve as co-chairs of the party,whilst Haridev Gyawali,Ram Bahadur Bhandari and Tanka Rai serve as vice-chairs.
The Ministry of Youth and Sports is a government ministry of Nepal that governs the development of young people and sports in the country.
The Second Oli cabinet was the Government of Nepal from 15 February 2018 to 13 July 2021. It was initially formed as a majority coalition on 15 February 2018,after Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime Minister of Nepal following the 2017 general election. Oli's candidacy was supported by the Communist Party of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal. He assumed his office along with two ministers with the remaining ministers added at later points. The CPN withdrew its support from the government in May 2021,reducing it to a minority,and after the dissolution of the House of Representatives,it turned into an interim government. The second Oli cabinet was replaced by the fifth Deuba cabinet,formed after the Supreme Court ordered the appointment of Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba as prime minister under in accordance with Article 76 (5) of the Constitution of Nepal.
Chakka Bahadur Lama is a Nepalese politician belonging to CPN (UML). He had previously served as a member of parliament in the 2nd House of Representatives and the 1st Federal Parliament for Humla 1.
Ganesh Singh Thagunna is a Nepali politician and former Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration .He is a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. Previously,he was also elected to the 2nd constituent assembly in 2013. He is a long time member of CPN UML. He is from Darchula District,where he won both the 2013 and 2017 elections from Darchula 1 (constituency).
Hem kumar Rai is a Nepali politician and a former member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. He is also a member of the parliamentary Finance Committee. He won his seat from the Solukhumbu-1 constituency as a candidate from Communist Party of Nepal of the left alliance,by defeating his nearest rival Bal Bahadur KC of Nepali Congress. He garnered 20,747 votes to KC's 17,294. After his party united with CPN UML to form Nepal Communist Party (NCP),he became the new party's "co-incharge" for Solukhumbu district.
Indu Kumari Sharma is a Nepali communist politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. She was elected from CPN Maoist Centre under the proportional representation system. She represents Nepal Communist Party (NCP) which was formed after the election by the merger of her party with CPN UML.
Juli Kumari Mahato is a Nepali communist politician. She is a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal and the former Minister of Women,Children and Senior Citizens. She was elected from CPN UML under the proportional representation system.
Kamala Roka is a Nepali communist politician,former sports minister and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal.
Kumari Meche(Nepali:कुमारीमेचे) is a Nepali communist politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. She was elected from CPN UML under the proportional representation system filling the reserved seat for women and indigenous groups. She represents Nepal Communist Party (NCP),the new party formed by the merger of CPN UML with CPN,in the parliament. She is a member of the House Women and Social Committee.
Lila Nath Shrestha is a Nepali communist politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. He was the former Minister of Law,Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and also served as Minister of Women,Children and Senior Citizens. He joined politics as a student and has remained a prominent communist politician from Siraha District.
Maina Kumari Bhandari is a Nepali communist politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal.
Man Kumari GC is a Nepali communist politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. She is also a member of the House Education and Health Committee.
Narayan Prasad Marasini is a Nepali communist politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. He was elected from Syangja-1 constituency defeating Raju Thapa of Nepali Congress by more than 10,000 votes. A long time member of CPN UML,he represents the newly formed Nepal Communist Party (NCP) following the merger of the party with CPN. He was also the candidate for CPN UML in Syangja-1 constituency in the second constituent assembly election,in 2013.
General elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives. There were two ballots in the election;one to elect 165 members from single-member constituencies via FPTP,and the other to elect the remaining 110 members from a single nation-wide constituency via party-list proportional representation.
The fourth presidential election of Nepal,to elect the country's third president since the abolition of the monarchy,was held on 9 March 2023.
At the end of 2020,a major split in the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) revived the Communist Party of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal.
