Nepali Congress

The Nepali Congress (Nepali: नेपाली कांग्रेस Nepali pronunciation: [neˈpali ˈkaŋres]; abbr. NC) is the largest social democratic political party in Nepal. It has been the ruling party of Nepal since July 2021.^[7]

Nepali Congress नेपाली काँग्रेस
Abbreviation	NC
President	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Vice-president	Bimalendra Nidhi[1]
General Secretary	Shashanka Koirala Purna Bahadur Khadka[1]
Spokesperson	Bishwa Prakash Sharma[1]
Founder	Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala and others
Founded	9 April 1950 (75 years ago) (1950-04-09)
Merger of	Nepali National Congress Nepal Democratic Congress
Headquarters	B.P. Smriti Bhawan, B.P. Nagar, Lalitpur[2]
Student wing	Nepal Student Union
Youth wing	Nepal Tarun Dal
Women's wing	Nepal Woman Association
Membership	852,711 (2021)[3]
Ideology	Social democracy[4] Third Way[5]
Political position	Centre to centre-left[6]
International affiliation	Socialist International Progressive Alliance
Colours
House of Representatives	63 / 275
National Assembly	7 / 59
Provincial Assemblies	114 / 550
Local governments	280 / 753 Mayor/Chairperson
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
nepalicongress.org

The only party in Nepal to have been elected with a majority, NC formed a majority government post three elections; in 1959, 1991 and 1999.^[8] Similarly, it emerged as the single largest party from the 2013 Constituent Assembly election, and played a leading role in the promulgation of Constitution of Nepal in 2015.^[9]

The party was formed in 1950 by the merger of the Nepali National Congress and the Nepal Democratic Congress along democratic socialist lines. NC prime ministers led four governments between the fall of the Rana dynasty and the start of the Panchayat era, including the first democratically-elected government of Nepal, after the 1959 general election.

Leadership

Sher Bahadur Deuba, party president and Prime Minister of Nepal

Party presidents

• Matrika Prasad Koirala, 1950–1952
• Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, 1952–1956, 1957–1982
• Subarna Shamsher Rana, 1956–1957
• Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, 1982–1996
• Girija Prasad Koirala, 1996–2010
• Sushil Koirala, 2010–2016
• Sher Bahadur Deuba, 2016–present

Prime Ministers of Nepal

No.	Prime Minister	Portrait	Terms in Office			Legislature	Cabinet	Constituency
			Start	End	Tenure
1	Matrika Prasad Koirala		16 November 1951	14 August 1952	272 days	Appointed by King Tribhuvan	M.P. Koirala, 1951
2	Subarna Shamsher Rana[a]		15 May 1958	27 May 1959	1 year, 12 days	Appointed by King Mahendra
3	Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala		27 May 1959	26 December 1960	1 year, 213 days	1st House of Representatives	B.P. Koirala, 1959	Morang–Biratnagar West
4	Krishna Prasad Bhattarai		19 April 1990	26 May 1991	1 year, 37 days	Appointed by King Birendra
			31 May 1999	22 March 2000	296 days	3rd House of Representatives		Parsa 1
5	Girija Prasad Koirala		26 May 1991	30 November 1994	3 years, 188 days	3rd House of Representatives		Morang 1
			15 April 1998	31 May 1999	1 year, 46 days	4th House of Representatives		Sunsari 5
			22 March 2000	26 July 2001	1 year, 126 days
			25 April 2006	28 May 2008	2 years, 33 days	Interim legislature of Nepal
6	Sher Bahadur Deuba		12 September 1995	12 March 1997	1 year, 181 days	4th House of Representatives		Dadeldhura 1
			26 July 2001	4 October 2002	1 year, 70 days
			7 June 2017	15 February 2018	253 days	2nd Constituent Assembly	Deuba, 2017
			13 July 2021	Incumbent	4 years, 160 days	5th House of Representatives	Deuba, 2021
7	Sushil Koirala		11 February 2014	12 October 2015	1 year, 243 days	2nd Constituent Assembly	Sushil Koirala, 2013	Banke 3

Chief Ministers of provinces of Nepal

No.	Chief Minister	Portrait	Terms in Office			Legislature	Cabinet	Constituency
			Start	End	Tenure
1	Krishna Chandra Nepali		12 June 2021[10]	Incumbent	4 years, 191 days	Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Province	Krishna Chandra Nepali cabinet	Nawalparasi East 1(A)
2	Jeevan Bahadur Shahi		2 November 2021	Incumbent	4 years, 48 days	Provincial Assembly of Karnali Province	Jeevan Bahadur Shahi cabinet	Humla 1(B)

1. As Chairman of the Council of Ministers

Sister organizations

According to the website of Nepali Congress, the following are its sister organizations.[11]

• Nepal Woman Association
• Nepal Tarun Dal
• Nepal Students' Union
• Nepal Peasants' Union
• Nepal Dalit Sangh
• Nepal Ex-servicemen's Association
• Nepal Prajatantra Senani Sangh
• Indigenous Nationality Association of Nepal
• Nepal Muslim Sangh
• Nepal Tamang Sangh
• Nepal National Magar Association
• Nepal Thakur Society