Dev Gurung

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Dev Prasad Gurung
देव प्रसाद गुरुङ
General Secretary of
Manang 1
Personal details
Born (1958-10-08) 8 October 1958 (age 65)
CPN (Maoist Centre)
Other political
affiliations
CPN (Mashal)

Dev Gurung (

B.S., Gurung became the president of the All Nepal National Free Students Union.[3]

Political career

After the party had declared

Gorkha district, accusing him of responsibility for the capture of Gurung.[4]

Gurung was released by the state, in exchange for a police officer, Thule Rai, who had been captured by the Maoists.[3] During the last phases of the war, Gurung formed part of the Maoist talks team during peace negotiations.[5][6]

After the fall of

King Gyanendra's direct rule in 2006, Gurung was nominated to the interim legislature of Nepal.[7] Gurung became the deputy leader of the Maoist legislative group.[8]

In December 2006, the CPN (M) leadership was reorganized. Gurung was included in the 11-member central secretariat of the party. Gurung was assigned to lead the ethnic front work of the party.[9]

When the Maoists joined the government in April 2007, Gurung was included as Minister for Local Development.[10] Along with the rest of the Maoist ministers, he resigned from his position in September 2007.[11] In December 2007, the Maoists rejoined the government, and Gurung again became Minister for Local Development.[12]

In April 2008, he won the

Prachanda and sworn in on 22 August 2008.[2]

References

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ a b "Cabinet formed including MJF, UML fails to join"[permanent dead link], Nepalnews, 22 August 2008.
  3. ^ a b "Nepalnews.com (newsflash) Arc590". Archived from the original on 30 March 2005. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
  4. ^ "One Year of People's War in Nepal : A Review" Archived 15 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, cpnm.org.
  5. ^ "Headline News The Rising Nepal (Daily)". Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
  6. ^ "Headline News The Kathmandu Post (Nepal)". Archived from the original on 14 October 2004. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
  7. ^ name list of mp Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Mahara to lead Maoists in interim parliament - Nepal News Daily". Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
  9. ^ People's Daily Online - CPN reforms to adapt to peace in Nepal
  10. ^ "Maoists join govt after the 12-yr war - Koirala to head Nepal cabinet", telegraphindia.com, 1 April 2007.
  11. ^ [Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières] Nepal Maoists quit Govt, starts new protest movement
  12. ^ "Maoists rejoin Nepal government", Al Jazeera, 31 December 2007.
  13. ^ Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens