Nepal Highlights

Madhav Kumar Nepal is the Prime Minister of Nepal. A senior leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), Nepal is considered a relatively honest leader, who has a capacity of bringing differing forces together in Nepali politics.

Pushpa Kamal Dahal is probably the second most influential person in the present day Nepali politics. Some consider him to be the most influential though. Dahal, more popularly known as Prachanda, is the chairman of the Unified CPN (Maoist). He is also the supreme commander of the party's army People's Liberation Army.