33 Facts About Khadga Prasad Oli

Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli is a Nepalese politician and former Prime Minister of Nepal.

Khadga Prasad Oli served three terms as prime minister from 11 October 2015 to 3 August 2016, from 15 February 2018 to 13 May 2021 as the first elected prime minister under the new constitution, and from 13 May 2021 to 13 July 2021.

Khadga Prasad Oli strengthened relations with China as an alternative to Nepal's traditional close trade ties with India and updated the map of Nepal by constitutional amendment including territories disputed with India, for which he has received some domestic praise and a reputation as a nationalist.

Khadga Prasad Oli completed his primary school education in Tehrathum and moved to Jhapa in 1962.

Khadga Prasad Oli began his political career in 1966 in opposition to the partyless Panchayat system in place at the time.

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Khadga Prasad Oli joined the Communist Party of Nepal in February 1970.

Khadga Prasad Oli was involved in subversive politics and was arrested for the first time in 1970.

Khadga Prasad Oli was imprisoned for 14 consecutive years from 1973 to 1987 for being against autocratic Panchayat system.

Khadga Prasad Oli was appointed chief of the foreign relations department of the CPN in 1992.

Khadga Prasad Oli was re-elected to the parliament in 1994 and served as the Minister for Home Affairs in Manmohan Adhikari's minority government.

Khadga Prasad Oli was re-elected from in 1999 from Jhapa constituencies 2 and 6 upon which he gave up his Jhapa–6 seat.

Khadga Prasad Oli was assigned to look into the death of fellow politician Madan Bhandari.

Khadga Prasad Oli was defeated in the 2008 Constituent Assembly election from Jhapa–7.

Khadga Prasad Oli lost the election for the position of chairman to Jhala Nath Khanal during the eight general convention of CPN in 2009.

Khadga Prasad Oli was elected from Jhapa–7 in the 2013 Constituent Assembly election and became leader of the CPN parliamentary party on 4 February 2014, defeating party chairman Khanal by a vote of 98 to 75 in the parliamentary party.

Khadga Prasad Oli was elected as the chairman of CPN in July 2014 during the party's ninth general convention.

Khadga Prasad Oli was elected Prime Minister in a parliamentary vote on 11 October 2015, receiving 338 votes out of 597 members in the Legislature Parliament.

Khadga Prasad Oli's candidacy was supported by the Unified Communist Party of Nepal, Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, and Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum along with 13 other small parties.

Khadga Prasad Oli took a defiant stance against India's position to amend the constitution and signed trade and transit treaties with China to counter Indian dependence.

Khadga Prasad Oli was appointed Prime Minister for a second time on 15 February 2018 after CPN became the largest party in the House of Representatives following the 2017 legislative elections with support from Communist Party of Nepal, the same party whose withdrawal of support had led to resignation in his first term.

Khadga Prasad Oli passed a motion of confidence with on 11 March 2018 with 208 out of 268 votes in the 275-member House of Representatives.

In May 2020, the Khadga Prasad Oli government unveiled new maps of the country including the disputed territories of Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura in response to the inauguration of a road across the Lipulekh pass by the Indian government, which led to a "cartographic war" between the two countries.

In December 2020, the Khadga Prasad Oli government recommended the dissolution of the House of Representatives and called for fresh elections on 30 April and 10 May 2021; a step that was readily endorsed by the president.

On 10 May 2021, Khadga Prasad Oli failed to obtain a vote of confidence gaining only 93 of the total 232 votes cast in the House of Representatives, which fell 43 votes short of reaching the 136-vote majority required to win the confidence vote.

Khadga Prasad Oli's status was converted to that of a caretaker prime minister until the appointment of another prime minister by the president.

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Khadga Prasad Oli was appointed Prime Minister for a third time on 13 May 2021 by President Bidya Devi Bhandari, albeit as a minority prime minister, as none of the opposition parties were able to form a majority government or lay their claim for it in the provided time frame.

On 12 July 2021, the constitutional bench of the Supreme Court formed to hear writs against the dissolution of the House of Representatives filed by the opposition alliance; the Supreme Court stated that president Bidya Devi Bhandari's decision to dissolve the House of Representatives on the recommendation of prime minister Khadga Prasad Oli was unlawful and ordered the appointment of Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba as prime minister within 28 hours.

Recently, Khadga Prasad Oli has been appointed as chairman of CPN from his party convention that happened in Chitwan.

Khadga Prasad Oli has been elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha from Jhapa in 1991,1994,1999 and 2017 on a CPN ticket.

Khadga Prasad Oli contested and won from two constituencies in the 1999 election and gave up his Jhapa–6 seat.

Khadga Prasad Oli lost the 2008 Constituent assembly election, but was elected in 2013.

Khadga Prasad Oli met his wife, a fellow communist, after he was released from prison.

Khadga Prasad Oli is known for his tongue-in-cheek remarks and use of various slang and proverbs, often with double meanings and criticism; some directed to his own party.