Background
Chand, Lokendra Bahadur was born on February 15, 1940 in Kurkuriya Villiage, Bashunlinga Village Development Committee, Baitadi, Nepal. Son of Mahavir and Laxmi Chand.
Chand, Lokendra Bahadur was born on February 15, 1940 in Kurkuriya Villiage, Bashunlinga Village Development Committee, Baitadi, Nepal. Son of Mahavir and Laxmi Chand.
Student, Tri-Chandra College, Kathmandu, Nepal. Student, DSB Degree College, Nainital, India. Student, DAV Post-Graduate College, Dehradun, India.
Founding member Shree Basudev High School, Liskita, voluntary teacher, 1961—1964. Practicing advisory, 1964—1968. Vice-Chairman Liskita Village Panchayat, Baitadi District, 1968.
Chairman Baitadi District Panchayat, 1970. President Mahakali Zonal Panchayat, 1973. Vice-Chairman Rastriya Panchayat (National Association), Chairman, 1974.
Founder Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Chairman, 1991. President Parliament Board after unification of Thapa and Chand Grp., 1994. Member Parliament, 1995.
Prime Minister, 1983—1985, 1990, 1997, 2002—2003.
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.
Founding Chairman Mahakali Sewa Samaj, 1967. Member Nepal Red Cross Society Center Executive Committee, 1970.
Married; 7 children.