Political Timeline – Sher Bahadur Deuba

Political Timeline

  • Deuba won the Vote of Confidence in the House of Representatives, receiving 165 votes in his favor and 83 against in the 275-member house.
  • After Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli failed to obtain a vote of confidence in the House of Representatives, President Bidya Devi Bhandari appointed Deuba as Prime Minister in accordance with Article 76 (5) of the Constitution of Nepal in 12 July.
  • He resigned as the Prime Minister of Nepal in 15 February paving way for KP Sharma Oli, leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (UML), to become Prime Minister
  • Deuba successfully conducted elections of all three levels (parliamentary, provincial, and local) in different phases.
  • Deuba was sworn Prime Minister for fourth stint in 7 June, 2017 following the deal between Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Centre) to lead a rotational government.
  • After the death of Sushil Koirala, Deuba was elected president of the Nepali Congress at the party’s 13th General Convention defeating his intra-party rival, Ram Chandra Poudel, receiving almost 60% of the votes cast.
  • Deuba was nominated as the Nepali Congress candidate for Prime Minister but was defeated by Pushpa Kamal Dahal of the UCPN (Maoists)
  • Vice President, Socialist International.
  • Deuba was nominated as candidate for Dadeldhura-1 and Kanchanpur-4 constituencies in the Constituent Assembly Election. He won from both but gave up the latter seat.
  • Deuba dissolved the splinter party and rejoined the Nepali Congress
  • Elected President of Nepali Congress (Democratic)
  • Deuba was sentenced two years in prison in July 2005, by King Gyanendra but was subsequently released in 12 February after the sentence was outlawed by Supreme Court of Nepal
  • King led copu d’etat which saw Deuba and his cabinet members under house arrest
  • King Gyanendra reappointed Deuba as Prime Minister for his third term
  • Founded a breakaway party, Nepali Congress (Democratic)
  • Maoists pulled out of Peace Talks and attacked army, and Deuba declared the state of emergency
  • Defeated Sushil Koirala to become the Parliamentary Party Leader of Nepali Congress and appointed as Prime Minister for second time
  • First term as Prime Minister of Nepal came to an end
  • Signed the Mahakali Treaty with Government of India regarding the development of the watershed of the Mahakali River
  • Appointed as Prime Minister for the first term and led a minority coalition government with Rastriya Prajatantra Party
  • Elected as Parliamentary Party Leader of the Nepali Congress
  • Minister of Home Affairs in the Cabinet of Girija Prasad Koirala
  • Elected to the House of Representatives from Dadeldhura-1 in General Elections
  • Campaigned during the 1990 Revolution which dissolved the party-less Panchayat system and ushered in the beginning of multiparty democracy
  • Founded the Nepal Student Union, a student wing of the Nepali Congress, and served as its President.