Sushil Koirala

Early life and education

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• Koirala was born to Bodh Prasad and Kumudini Koirala on 12 August 1939 in Biratnagar, the then second-largest city of Nepal. Nepali Congress
• A member of the politically prominent Koirala family, he was the first cousin (his mother was the sister of Krishna Prasad Koirala's second wife) of former prime ministers Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala and Girija Prasad Koirala, as well as a distant relative of their elder half-brother Matrika Prasad Koirala, another former prime minister. Hindustan Times
• Koirala remained unmarried throughout his life and was known to live a simple life. The Kathmandu Post
• A heavy smoker, Koirala was diagnosed with tongue cancer in 2006 and lung cancer in June 2014. BBC News
• He died on 10 February 2016 at 12:50 AM of pneumonia in Kathmandu, at the age of 76. My Republica

Career

• Koirala also spent three years in Indian prisons for his involvement in a plane hijacking in 1973. The Kathmandu Post
• The 12th general convention of the Nepali Congress, on 22 September 2010, elected him party president. The Kathmandu Post
• He was elected leader of the Congress' parliamentary party securing 105 out of 194 votes against former prime minister Deuba's 89 votes, and on 10 February 2014, he was nominated as prime minister by the constituent assembly. My Republica The Kathmandu Post
• During his tenure as prime minister, his government was criticized for its slow aid response to the April 2015 Nepal earthquake. The National
• A historic agreement among the country's four major political parties was also made that year, which paved the way for the promulgation of a new constitution. Hindustan Times
• Due his major role, he is also known as the "Father of the Constitution" Honouring a pledge to stand down as prime minister once the new constitution came into effect, Koirala resigned on 10 October 2015. Al Jazeera