| Native name | लोकेन्द्र बहादुर चन्द |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 15 February 1940 (age 86) |
| Birth place | Kurkutiya Village, Baitadi District, Nepal |
| Office | Prime Minister of Nepal |
| Monarch | Gyanendra |
| Term start | 11 October 2002 |
| Term end | 5 June 2003 |
| Predecessor | Sher Bahadur Deuba[a] |
| Successor | Surya Bahadur Thapa |
| Monarch 1 | Birendra |
| Term start 1 | 12 March 1997 |
| Term end 1 | 7 October 1997 |
| Predecessor 1 | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Successor 1 | Surya Bahadur Thapa |
| Monarch 2 | Birendra |
| Term start 2 | 6 April 1990 |
| Term end 2 | 19 April 1990 |
| Predecessor 2 | Marich Man Singh Shrestha |
| Successor 2 | Krishna Prasad Bhattarai |
| Monarch 3 | Birendra |
| Term start 3 | 12 July 1983 |
| Term end 3 | 21 March 1986 |
| Predecessor 3 | Surya Bahadur Thapa |
| Successor 3 | Nagendra Prasad Rijal |
| Office 4 | Member of the Constituent Assembly |
| Term start 4 | 28 May 2008 |
| Term end 4 | 28 May 2012 |
| Constituency 4 | Party list (Rastriya Prajatantra Party) |
| Office 5 | Member of the House of Representatives |
| Term start 5 | 14 December 1994 |
| Term end 5 | 15 January 1999 |
| Predecessor 5 | Binayadhoj Chand |
| Successor 5 | Binayadhoj Chand |
| Constituency 5 | Baitadi 2 |
| Party | Rashtriya Prajatantra Party |
Lokendra Bahadur Chand (Nepali: लोकेन्द्र बहादुर चन्द; born 15 February 1940) is a Nepali politician who served as the 27th prime minister of Nepal four times: from 1983 to 1986, briefly during April 1990, briefly during 1997 and from October 2002 until June 2003.[1][2] He is also involved in literature and have won a Madan Puraskar for his book Bisarjan in 2054 B.S.
Biography
Chand was born in Kurkutiya Village, Baitadi District, Nepal in 1940.[3] He is a major supporter of the Nepalese monarchy. He served as the speaker of Rastriya Panchayat. 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 11 October 2002, a week after the king launched a coup against the Nepali Congress government of Sher Bahadur Deuba. Chand was the head of the 2002 cabinet. Chand was forced to resign in 2003 after massive protests and an intensification of the civil war with Maoist rebels.
Ahead of the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, Chand was the top candidate of RPP for the closed proportional representation list.[4]
He has four sons and three daughters. His son Jayant Chand is in politics and became Minister twice and is active in his father's party.
Notes
- ^ King Gyanendra ruled the country directly from 4 October 2002
References
- ^ "Lokendra Bahadur Chand, former chairman of the National Assembly,...". UPI. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ^ "Left-right-left-right". Himal Southasian. 1997-05-01. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ^ Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations. Gale Group. 1 January 2003. ISBN 9780787673376. Retrieved 1 August 2016. – via Google Books.
- ^ "Ca Election report". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.