17 Facts About Baburam Bhattarai

Baburam Bhattarai was elected to the Constituent Assembly from Gorkha 1 as a Maoist candidate in 2008 and became Minister of Finance in the cabinet formed after the election.

Baburam Bhattarai was a senior Standing Committee member and vice chairperson of the Maoist party until his resignation from his post and all party responsibilities on 26 September 2015.

Baburam Bhattarai was until recently the Coordinator of the Naya Shakti.

On 4 February 1996, Baburam Bhattarai gave the government, led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, from the Nepali Congress, a list of 40 demands, threatening civil war if those were not met.

Baburam Bhattarai was unhappy with the consolidation of power under Prachanda.

Baburam Bhattarai was elected in support small parties including MJF, MJF, TMLP, TMSP and Nepal Sadbhawana Party splinter groups.

Baburam Bhattarai led the country from 29 August 2011 to 14 March 2013.

Baburam Bhattarai did some exemplary works during his tenure including the expansion of ring road.

On 12 July 2016, Baburam Bhattarai announced the establishment of the Naya Shakti Nepal as a new political party under his leadership.

Baburam Bhattarai took part in a ceremony announcing an alliance with CPN UML and CPN Maoist centre but left the alliance after two weeks as he was not guaranteed an election ticket.

Baburam Bhattarai was born in a low-middle class peasant family.

Baburam Bhattarai has three siblings: one elder sister, one younger sister and one younger brother.

Baburam Bhattarai went to high school at Amrit Science College.

Baburam Bhattarai is married to Hisila Yami, a fellow Maoist leader.

Baburam Bhattarai completed his PhD degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1986.

Baburam Bhattarai's thesis was published in 2003 as "The Nature of Underdevelopment and Regional Structure of Nepal - A Marxist Analysis".

Baburam Bhattarai has contributed a number of published works, including The Nature of Underdevelopment and Regional Structure of Nepal: A Marxist Analysis which is a cursory rewriting of his PhD thesis.