Girija Prasad Koirala

Girija Prasad Koirala was a Nepali politician and Nepali Congress leader who served four terms as prime minister and helped guide Nepal’s transition from monarchy to republic.

Comprehensive Peace Agreement: The 2006 agreement that formally ended Nepal’s decade-long Maoist insurgency and began its peace process. Koirala signed the agreement as prime minister, bringing the Maoists into the political process.
B. P. Koirala: A founding leader of the Nepali Congress and Nepal’s first democratically elected prime minister. His younger brother Girija Prasad succeeded him as a leading figure in the party.
Nepali Congress: A major Nepali political party founded in 1950 that led movements against autocratic rule and for democracy. Koirala’s political career and premierships were rooted in this party.
Absolute monarchy: A system in which a monarch exercises supreme political authority with few constitutional limits. Koirala’s political project opposed the restoration of unchecked royal authority.
Nepalese general election, 1991: Nepal’s first general election after the 1990 restoration of multiparty democracy, won by Nepali Congress. Its result brought Koirala to the premiership for the first time.
Interim Constitution of Nepal, 2007: Nepal’s transitional constitution, promulgated in 2007, that established an interim legislature and government. His government oversaw the transition under this charter after the 2006 movement against royal rule.
Pushpa Kamal Dahal: A Nepali Maoist politician known by the nom de guerre Prachanda, who led the insurgency and later became prime minister. Koirala negotiated with Dahal’s Maoist movement to end the civil war.
Rana regime: The hereditary rule of Rana prime ministers in Nepal from 1846 to 1951. Koirala’s family became involved in politics during the struggle to end Rana rule.
Constitutional monarchy: A monarchy in which a constitution limits the monarch’s political powers. Koirala governed first within a constitutional monarchy before Nepal became a republic.
Nepalese general election, 1999: A general election in which Nepali Congress won a parliamentary majority and Koirala returned as prime minister. The election marked his third term leading the government.

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