The politics of Nepal functions within the framework of a parliamentary republic with a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Prime Minister and their cabinet,while legislative power is vested in the Parliament.
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 and a member party of Samajbadi Morcha. 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.
The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (Nepali:नेपालकम्युनिष्टपार्टी(एकीकृतमार्क्सवादी-लेनिनवादी),romanized: nēpāla kamyuniṣṭa pārṭī(ēkīkr̥ta mārksavādī-lēninavādī);abbr. CPN (UML)) is a communist political party in Nepal. The party emerged as one of the major parties in Nepal after the end of the Panchayat era.
Madhav Kumar Nepal,is a Nepalese politician and former Prime Minister of Nepal. He served as Prime Minister of Nepal from 25 May 2009 to 6 February 2011 for nearly two years.
The House of Representatives,or Pratinidhi Sabha,is one of the houses of the Federal Parliament of Nepal,with the other house being the National Assembly. Members of the House of Representatives are elected through a parallel voting system. They hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the President on the advice of the council of ministers. The house meets at the International Convention Centre in Kathmandu.
Upendra Yadav is a Nepalese politician who is currently Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal and also served as the chairman of the People's Socialist Party,Nepal from 2020 until 2023.
Agni Prasad Sapkota is a Nepalese politician and former speaker of the House of Representatives. He was elected speaker unopposed on 26 January 2020,after the previous speaker,Krishna Bahadur Mahara,resigned over allegations of attempted sexual assault.
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli is a Nepali Communist politician,former Prime Minister of Nepal. He has served two terms as prime minister,from 11 October 2015 to 3 August 2016,and from 15 February 2018 to 13 July 2021 as the first prime minister to be appointed following the first general election under the new constitution.
Barsaman Pun,also known by his nom de guerre Ananta,is a Nepali communist politician and former Minister for Energy,Water Resources and Irrigation. He is also a member of the Standing Committee in Nepal Communist Party (NCP). He has previously served as Minister of Finance and Minister of Peace and Reconstruction. He was a leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) during the insurgency period and served as one of 4 deputy commanders of People's Liberation Army.
Onsari Gharti Magar is a Nepali communist politician and current parliamentarian. She was the first female Speaker of the Parliament of Nepal. She was elected unopposed as Speaker on October 16,2015.
General elections were held in Nepal in two phases on 26 November and 7 December 2017 to elect the 275 members of the fifth House of Representatives,the lower house of the Federal Parliament of Nepal.
Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe is a Nepali politician and the member of parliament. She has served as the Minister of Law,Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and as the deputy speaker of the House of Representatives. She has been active in politics for more than four decades as a communist leader in eastern Nepal. She holds a PhD in political science from Tribhuvan University. Before being elected the deputy speaker of the house,she was a central committee member of the CPN (UML).
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.
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.
Maheshwar Jung Gahatraj is a Nepali communist politician and a former member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. He also previously served as the Minister for Youth and Sports between 8 October 2021 to 26 December 2022. He was the commander of the first attack carried out by the Maoists,that began the Nepalese civil war.
The First Federal Parliament of Nepal,consisting of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly,was elected via the 2017 legislative,provincial and local elections.
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 Second Federal Parliament of Nepal,was elected by the 2022 general elections on 20 November 2022. The elections elected 275 Members of Parliament (MPs),165 for each constituency and 110 through the party list,to the House of Representatives. The parliament convened for the first time on 9 January 2023.
