[[Majelis Konstitusi Nepal|Majelis Konstitusi]] menetapkan Prachanda sebagai Perdana Menteri pada 15 Agustus 2008.<ref name=PM>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080919075548/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/16/asia/AS-Nepal-Premiership-Election.php "Ex-rebels' chief chosen as Nepal's new PM"], Associated Press (''International Herald Tribune''), August 15, 2008.</ref> Ia disumpah sebagai Perdana Menteri pada 18 Agustus 2008.<ref name="sworn">[http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/aug/aug18/news09.php "PM Dahal sworn in"]{{Pranala mati|date=April 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Nepalnews, August 18, 2008.</ref> Pada 4 Mei 2009, ia mengundurkan diri setelah koalisi partai pendukungnya runtuh, setelah sebelumnya terjadi krisis dalam kekuasaan setelah Presiden Nepal mendukung kepala militer Nepal untuk tidak menerima bekas pejuang pemberontak Maois ke dalam ketentaraan.<ref name="mundur">[http://www.antara-sumbar.com/id/index.php?sumbar=berita&d=21&id=27027 "PM Nepal Prachanda Mundur"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117202104/http://www.antara-sumbar.com/id/index.php?sumbar=berita&d=21&id=27027 |date=2012-01-17 }}, ''Antara''</ref>
== MasaCatatan mudakaki ==
Ia lahir dengan nama Ghanashyam Dahal pada 11 Desember 1954 di Lewade, [[Dhikur Pokhari]], sebuah [[Komite Pengembangan Desa (Nepal)|KPD]] 20km utara dari [[Pokhara]], dari pasangan Muktiram dan Bhawani, sebuah keluarga Hindu [[Brahmana]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 August 2008|title=Prachanda elected Prime Minister of Nepal|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/Prachanda-elected-Prime-Minister-of-Nepal/article15282412.ece|work=The Hindu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212211610/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/Prachanda-elected-Prime-Minister-of-Nepal/article15282412.ece|archive-date=12 December 2017|access-date=13 December 2017|url-access=subscription|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last1=Guneratne |first1=Arjun |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b8BnAgAAQBAJ |title=Pathways to Power: The Domestic Politics of South Asia |last2=Weiss |first2=Anita M. |date=19 December 2013 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-2599-2 |pages=306–320 |language=en |access-date=26 December 2022 |archive-date=1 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101143128/https://books.google.com/books?id=b8BnAgAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> Ia kemudian mengubah namanya saat [[ujian kelulusan]] menjadi Pushpa Kamal (yang berarti: [[Nelumbo nucifera|''Bunga Teratai'']]).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080821145221/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/15/content_9366494.htm "Profile: Prachanda, from commander to prime minister."] Chinaview.cn, 15 August 2008</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080819134909/http://english.cri.cn/2947/2008/08/18/1321s395641.htm Nepali PM Prachanda Sworn In]. English.cri.cn. Retrieved 3 September 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=It will be nostalgia time for Prachanda in India|url=http://news.indiainfo.com/2008/09/13/0809131815_it_nostalgia_time_prachanda_india.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617020931/http://news.indiainfo.com/2008/09/13/0809131815_it_nostalgia_time_prachanda_india.html|archive-date=17 June 2011|access-date=28 October 2015|url-status=dead}}. news.indiainfo.com. 13 September 2008</ref> Pada usia delapan tahun, keluarganya pindah ke [[Terai]], sebuah daerah dataran rendah subur di selatan [[Nepal]], dan menetap di [[Distrik Chitwan]].<ref name=":2" /> Pada tahun 1950-an, ayahnya Muktiram pindah ke negara bagian [[Assam]] di India, di mana ia bekerja sebagai pengumpul kayu bakar, dan kembali ke rumah pada tahun 1961.<ref name=":2" /> Pada tahun 1971, Pushpa Kamal Dahal pindah ke [[Kathmandu]] untuk melanjutkan studinya, dan terdaftar di [[Kampus Multi Patan]] selama dua tahun.<ref name=":2" /> Ia kembali ke Chitwan dan menerima diploma ilmu pertanian dari [[Institut Ilmu Pertanian dan Peternakan]] (IAAS) di [[Rampur, Chitwan]].<ref name=":3">[[Somini Sengupta]], dan ia juga seorang guru sekolah menengah di Aarught, distrik Gorkha.[https://747livecasino.co/ 747live], ''[[The New York Times]],'' 30 October 2005.</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Adhikari|first=Aditya|date=7 October 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H7pvDwAAQBAJ|title=The Bullet and the Ballot Box: The Story of Nepal's Maoist Revolution|publisher=Verso Books|isbn=978-1-78168-564-8|pages=5–10|language=en|access-date=26 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901111623/https://books.google.com/books?id=H7pvDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0|archive-date=1 September 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Setelah menyelesaikan studi dan gagal mendapatkan pekerjaan di birokrasi, Dahal menjadi guru sekolah di sebuah desa, di mana ia bekerja hingga tahun 1979. Ia juga menjadi guru privat di desa yang sama.<ref name=":2" />
== Kehidupan pribadi ==
Pada tahun 1969, Dahal menikah dengan Sita Poudel (5 Juli 1954 – 12 Juli 2023)<ref>{{cite web|title=PM Dahal's wife Sita passes away|url=https://english.khabarhub.com/2023/12/310501/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713101716/https://english.khabarhub.com/2023/12/310501/|archive-date=13 July 2023|access-date=13 July 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sita: A guiding force in the political journey of PM Dahal|url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/amp/sita-a-guiding-force-in-the-political-journey-of-pm-dahal/news.html.twig|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713101715/https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/amp/sita-a-guiding-force-in-the-political-journey-of-pm-dahal/news.html.twig|archive-date=13 July 2023|access-date=13 July 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> saat dia berusia lima belas tahun.<ref name=":22">{{Cite book|last1=Guneratne|first1=Arjun|last2=Weiss|first2=Anita M.|date=19 December 2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b8BnAgAAQBAJ|title=Pathways to Power: The Domestic Politics of South Asia|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-4422-2599-2|pages=306–320|language=en|access-date=26 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101143128/https://books.google.com/books?id=b8BnAgAAQBAJ|archive-date=1 January 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Mereka memiliki tiga putri (termasuk [[Renu Dahal]]) dan seorang putra.<ref name=":22" />
Sesuai dengan ideologi Marxis, Dahal adalah seorang [[Ateisme|ateis]], yang telah berhenti mempraktikkan agama Hindu pada masa remajanya.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ghimire|first=Yubaraj|date=6 October 2009|title=Atheist Prachanda Attends Prayers|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/atheist-prachanda-attends-prayers/|website=The Indian Express|access-date=30 August 2023}}</ref>
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