Lokendra Bahadur Chand
Lokendra Bahadur Chand (Nepali: लोकेन्द्र बहादुर चंद born 15 February 1940) was the prime minister of Nepal four times: from 1983 to 1986, briefly during April 1990, briefly during 1997, and from October 2002 until June 2003.
Chand was born in Kurkutiya Village, Baitadi District, Nepal in 1940.[1] He is a major supporter of the Nepalese monarchy. During his first two terms as Prime Minister, he did not belong to any political party, but by 1997 he was a member of his current political party, the conservative Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (RPP). He became Prime Minister on October 11, 2002, a week after the king launched a coup against the Nepali Congress government of Sher Bahadur Deuba. Chand was forced to resign in 2003 after massive protests and an intensification of the civil war with Maoist rebels.
Ahead of the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, Chand is the top candidate of RPP for the closed proportional representation list.[2]
References
- ↑ Group, Gale (1 January 2003). "Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations". Gale Group. Retrieved 1 August 2016 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Ca Election report". Retrieved 1 August 2016.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Surya Bahadur Thapa |
Prime Minister of Nepal 1983 – 1986 |
Succeeded by Nagendra Prasad Rijal |
| Preceded by Marich Man Singh Shrestha |
Prime Minister of Nepal 1990 |
Succeeded by Krishna Prasad Bhattarai |
| Preceded by Sher Bahadur Deuba |
Prime Minister of Nepal 1997 |
Succeeded by Surya Bahadur Thapa |
| Preceded by Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah |
Prime Minister of Nepal 2002 – 2003 |
Succeeded by Surya Bahadur Thapa |
