Background
Deuba, Sher Bahadur was born on June 13, 1946 in Angra, Dadeldhura District, Nepal.
Deuba, Sher Bahadur was born on June 13, 1946 in Angra, Dadeldhura District, Nepal.
Master of Arts, Tribhuvan University.
He was elected as Prime Minister for the second time when he succeeded Girija Prasad Koirala, who resigned in July 2001. A coup d"etat by King Gyanendra removed Deuba in October 2002. After two other governments, much political protest for his restoration especially in capital Kathmandu, Gyanendra restored Deuba to the position of Prime Minister in 2004.
He was removed on February 1, 2005 by King Gyanendra, who dissolved the government for three years and seized direct power.
He was sentenced to two years in prison in July 2005 under corruption charges, but was subsequently released on February 13, 2006, after the anti-corruption body that sentenced him was outlawed. Deuba received 113 votes, while Prachanda received 464.
He is the president of the Nepali Congress elected with more than 60% vote in North Carolina convention 2072. He has twice been elected as the leader of parliamentary party of the Nepali Congress, thus enabling him to be elected twice as the Prime Minister of Nepal. An official from Deuba"s Nepali Congress Democratic Party, Dip Kumar Upadhaya, told the Associated Press that the former premier"s release was "a victory for democracy and a humiliating defeat for the royal regime".
Following street protests against the UML government of Manitoba Mohan Adhikari, he was declared the Parliamentary Leader of Nepali Congress in 1994. In the election held to select the Parliamentary Leader for Nepali Congress following the resignation of Girija Prasad Koirala in 2001, he defeated Sushil Koirala by a huge margin. This victory established him as a powerful leader, especially because his rival was supported by Girija Prasad Koirala, the president of Nepali Congress.
However, in 2009, he lost the election for the position of the Leader of the Parliamentary Party of the Nepali Congress to Ram Chandra Paudel. After dispute between Girija Prasad Koirala, President of Nepali Congress and Sher Bahadur Deuba, then Prime Minister, over continuation of Emergency Situation in Nepal, Nepali Congress underwent vertical split into Nepali Congress led by Koirala and led by Deuba. Both parties ultimately merged in 2007 with the name of unified party to remain as Nepali Congress.
In the Constituent Assembly election held on April 10, 2008, the Nepali Congress nominated Deuba as its candidate for Dadeldhura and Kanchanpur-4 constituencies under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system. In the subsequent vote for Prime Minister, held in the Constituent Assembly on August 15, 2008, Deuba was nominated by the Nepali Congress, but was defeated by Prachanda of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). Deuba was elected as the Vice President of during its Congress held in Athens, Greece from 30 June 2008 to 2 July 2008.
He has been elected as a Member of Parliament three times, representing Dadeldhura District.