Baburam Bhattarai

Baburam Bhattarai
Baburam Bhattarai
बाबुराम भट्टराई
	Bhattarai in 2017
36th Prime Minister of Nepal
	In office; 29 August 2011 – 14 March 2013
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Deputy	Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar; Narayan Kaji Shrestha; Krishna Prasad Sitaula; (6 – 29 May 2012); Ishwar Pokhrel; (16 – 29 May 2012)
Preceded by	Jhala Nath Khanal
Succeeded by	Khil Raj Regmi
Minister of Finance
	In office; 18 August 2008 – 25 May 2009
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Chairman of Nepal Socialist Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 28 July 2022
Preceded by	Position established
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
	In office; 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Preceded by	Hari Raj Adhikari
Succeeded by	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Constituency	Gorkha 2
Member of Constituent Assembly
	In office; 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Preceded by	Parbati Thapa Shrestha
Succeeded by	Hari Raj Adhikari
Constituency	Gorkha 2
	In office; 21 January 2014 – 26 September 2015
Preceded by	Kamala Panta
Succeeded by	Hit Raj Pandey
Constituency	Gorkha 1
Personal details
Born	18 June 1954; Khoplang, Nepal
Political party	Nepal Socialist Party
Other political; affiliations	CPN (Fourth Convention); Samyukta Janamorcha; UCPN (Maoist) (before 2015); Naya Shakti (2016-2019)
Spouse	Hisila Yami (m. 1980)
Children	1
Parents	Bhoj Prasad Bhattarai (father); Dharma Kumari Bhattarai (mother);
Education	Tribhuvan University; Chandigarh College of Architecture (B.Arch.); SPA New Delhi (M.Tech.); Jawaharlal Nehru University (PhD)

Baburam Bhattarai (Nepali: बाबुराम भट्टराई, pronounced [ˈbaburam ˈbʱʌʈːʌrai̯]; born 18 June 1954), also known by his nom de guerre Laaldhwoj, is a Nepalese politician, architect and former Prime Minister who presently serves as leader of the Nepal Socialist Party.

Bhattarai was a long-time leading member and deputy chairman of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) prior to founding a new party, Naya Shakti Party, Nepal. He subsequently embraced democratic socialism.