Kul Bahadur Gurung ( ne, कुल बहादुर गुरुङ) is a

Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

ese politician and leader of the

Nepali Congress The Nepali Congress ( ne, नेपाली कांग्रेस ; abbr. NC) is the largest social democratic political party in Nepal. As per the results of recent local election, ''Nepali Congress'' stands as the single largest party of ...

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 ( ne, गिरिजाप्रसाद कोइराला ; 4 July 1924 – 20 March 2010), affectionately known as Girija Babu, was a Nepalese politician. He headed the Nepali Congress and served as the ...

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

Ilam District Ilam district ( ne, इलाम जिल्ला) is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. It is a Hill district and covers . The 2011 census counted 290,254 population. The municipality of Ilam is the district headquar ...

, Gurung had fought for democracy and spent many years in jail for the same charge. In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election he was elected to the

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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 Education ministers Living people Nepali Congress politicians from Province No. 1 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

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