Kul Bahadur Gurung () is a

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ese politician and leader of the

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party. Gurung has worked as general secretary of the party. He had been Minister of Education in the cabinet of

Girija Prasad Koirala Nepal Ratna Girija Prasad Koirala ( ; 4 July 1924 – 20 March 2010), affectionately known as Girija Babu, was a Nepalese politician. He headed the Nepali Congress and served as the Prime Minister of Nepal on four occasions: from 1991 to 1994, ...

in 1997. Nepali Congress has raised Gurung as the candidate for the President Election 2015. A resident of

Ilam District Ilam district () is one of Districts of Province No. 1, 14 districts of Koshi Province of eastern Nepal. It is a Geography of Nepal#The Hill Region, Hill districts of Nepal, district and covers . The 2011 Nepal census, 2011 census counted 290,25 ...

, Gurung had fought for democracy and spent many years in jail for the same charge. In the

2008 Constituent Assembly election 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. Etymology English ''eight'', from Old English '', æhta'', Proto-Germanic ''*ahto'' is a direct continuation of Proto-Indo-European '' *oḱtṓ(w)-'', and as such cognate wi ...

he was elected to the assembly from the Ilam-3 constituency, winning 16,286 votes. At 73 years, Gurung was the oldest assembly member elected through the

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system. He was the acting chairman of the Constituent Assembly until the election of Subhas Chandra Nemwang to the post. The first session of the first Constitution Assembly chaired by Gurung ended the 270 years old monarchy in Nepal and declared Republic. In July 2008, there were reports that Gurung is associated with a dissident tendency inside the Nepali Congress.Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gurung, Kul Bahadur Living people Nepali Congress politicians from Koshi Province Education ministers of Nepal Nepalese Buddhists 1935 births Nepal MPs 1994–1999 Gurung people Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly Candidates for President of Nepal

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