(1924-07-04)4 July 1924 Saharsa, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India (present-day Bihar, India)
Died
20 March 2010(2010-03-20) (aged 85) Kathmandu, Nepal
Political party
Nepali Congress
Spouse
Sushma Koirala
Children
Sujata Koirala
Suresh Koirala(stepson)
Parent
Krishna Prasad Koirala (father)
Relatives
See Koirala family
Alma mater
Kirori Mal College (University of Delhi)
Nepal Ratna Girija Prasad Koirala (Nepali: गिरिजाप्रसाद कोइरालाListenⓘ; 4 July 1924 – 20 March 2010),[1][2] affectionately known as Girija Babu,[3] was a Nepalese politician. He headed the Nepali Congress and served as the Prime Minister of Nepal on four occasions, including from 1991 to 1994, 1998 to 1999, 2000 to 2001, and 2006 to 2008. He was the Acting Head of State of Nepal between January 2007 and July 2008 as the country transitioned from a monarchy to a republic.
Koirala, who was active in politics for over sixty years, was a pioneer of the Nepalese labour movement, having started the first political workers' movement on Nepalese soil, known as the Biratnagar jute mill strike in his hometown, Biratnagar. In 1991 he became the first democratically elected Prime Minister since 1959, when his brother B.P. Koirala and the Nepali Congress party were swept into power in the country's first democratic election. He was the most prominent and consequential political leader from 2001 to 2008 in Nepal.
^"Girija Prasad Koirala passes away at 86; last rites on Sunday". Ekantipur. Kathmandu, Nepal. 20 March 2010. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
^Kiran Chapagain and Jim Yardley (22 March 2010). "Girija Prasad Koirala, Former Nepal Premier, Dies at 86". The New York Times. Kathmandu, Nepal. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
^"Why Sushil Koirala leaves a contested legacy in Nepal". 9 February 2016.
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