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Baburam Bhattarai
prime minister of Nepal
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- Born:
- June 18, 1954, Belbas, Nepal (age 70)
- Title / Office:
- prime minister (2011-), Nepal
- Political Affiliation:
- Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
- Naya Shakti Nepal
Baburam Bhattarai (born June 18, 1954, Belbas, Nepal) is a Nepali Marxist scholar, politician, and former guerrilla leader who served as prime minister of Nepal from August 2011 to March 2013. Bhattarai was raised in a small remote village in the vicinity of Gurkha (Gorkha) in central Nepal. His family was poor, but he was an excellent student and was able to attend college in India on scholarship through the Colombo Plan (economic development forum for South and Southeast Asia). Bhattarai received a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Punjab University in Chandigarh in 1977 and a master’s degree in planning ...(100 of 644 words)