Dev Gurung
{{short description|Nepali politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dev Prasad Gurung
| native_name = देव प्रसाद गुरुङ
| office = General Secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
| 1blankname = Leader
| 1namedata = Pushpa Kamal Dahal
| termstart = 2022
| predecessor = Ram Bahadur Thapa
| office1 = Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
| termstart1 = 2008
| termend1 = 2009
| president1 = Ram Baran Yadav
| primeminister1 = Pushpa Kamal Dahal
| predecessor1 = Narendra Bikram Nembang
| successor1 = Prem Bahadur Singh
| office2 = Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
| term_start2 = 4 March 2018
| constituency2 = Lamjung 1
| predecessor2 = Jamindraman Ghale
| office3 = Member of Constituent Assembly
| term_start3 = 28 May 2008
| term_end3 = 28 May 2012
| predecessor3 = Palten Gurung
| successor3 = Tek Bahadur Gurung
| constituency3 = Manang 1
| birth_place = Manang District
| party = CPN (Maoist Centre)
| otherparty = CPN (Mashal)
| nationality = Nepali
| occupation =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|10|08|df=y}}{{Cite book |url=https://hr.parliament.gov.np/uploads/attachments/z3qljvte6vwen2cy.pdf |title=संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका |publisher=Federal Parliament Secretariat |year=2021 |location=Nepal |pages=270 |language=ne |trans-title=Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet}}
}}
Dev Gurung ({{langx|ne|देव गुरुङ}}; born 8 October 1958) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). Gurung became Minister of Law and Justice on 22 August 2008. And on 20 August 2022 he became General Secretary of Communist party of Nepal (Maoist)[http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/aug/aug22/news07.php "Cabinet formed including MJF, UML fails to join"]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Nepalnews, 22 August 2008. In 2002, B.S., Gurung became the president of the All Nepal National Free Students Union.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nepalnews.com.np/archive/2003/february/arc591.htm |title=Nepalnews.com (newsflash) Arc590 |access-date=11 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050330115422/http://www.nepalnews.com.np/archive/2003/february/arc591.htm |archive-date=30 March 2005 |url-status=dead }}
Political career
After the party had declared People's War in 1996, Gurung was arrested. Following the arrest, the party killed a village committee chairman in Gorkha district, accusing him of responsibility for the capture of Gurung.[http://www.cpnm.org/worker/issue3/oneyear_pw.htm "One Year of People's War in Nepal : A Review"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015152318/http://www.cpnm.org/worker/issue3/oneyear_pw.htm |date=15 October 2008 }}, cpnm.org.
Gurung was released by the state, in exchange for a police officer, Thule Rai, who had been captured by the Maoists. During the last phases of the war, Gurung formed part of the Maoist talks team during peace negotiations.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/trn/2003/mar/mar31/index.htm |title=Headline News The Rising Nepal (Daily) |access-date=11 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107210146/http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/trn/2003/mar/mar31/index.htm |archive-date=7 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/ktmpost/2003/may/may15/index.htm |title=Headline News The Kathmandu Post (Nepal) |access-date=11 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041014055551/http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/ktmpost/2003/may/may15/index.htm |archive-date=14 October 2004 |url-status=dead }}
After the fall of King Gyanendra's direct rule in 2006, Gurung was nominated to the interim legislature of Nepal.[http://www.parliament.gov.np/memberhr.htm name list of mp] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928035821/http://www.parliament.gov.np/memberhr.htm |date=28 September 2007 }} Gurung became the deputy leader of the Maoist legislative group.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hotelnepal.com/nepal_news.php?id=2663 |title=Mahara to lead Maoists in interim parliament - Nepal News Daily |access-date=11 April 2008 |archive-date=8 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108133039/http://www.hotelnepal.com/nepal_news.php?id=2663 |url-status=dead }}
In December 2006, the CPN (M) leadership was reorganized. Gurung was included in the 11-member central secretariat of the party. Gurung was assigned to lead the ethnic front work of the party.[http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200612/21/eng20061221_334829.html People's Daily Online - CPN reforms to adapt to peace in Nepal]
When the Maoists joined the government in April 2007, Gurung was included as Minister for Local Development.[https://archive.today/20130203153802/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070402/asp/foreign/story_7595452.asp "Maoists join govt after the 12-yr war - Koirala to head Nepal cabinet"], telegraphindia.com, 1 April 2007. Along with the rest of the Maoist ministers, he resigned from his position in September 2007.[http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article7420 [Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières] Nepal Maoists quit Govt, starts new protest movement] In December 2007, the Maoists rejoined the government, and Gurung again became Minister for Local Development.[http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E4C99691-E951-4D54-ADC6-58051A574C0A.htm "Maoists rejoin Nepal government"], Al Jazeera, 31 December 2007.
In April 2008, he won the Manang seat in the Constituent Assembly election, defeating the sitting Nepali Congress MP Palten Gurung. Dev Gurung received 1,652 votes, whereas Palten Gurung attracted 1,209 votes. The CPN (UML) candidate in the constituency, Mangal Gurung, had withdrawn his candidature to enable the victory of Dev Gurung.[https://web.archive.org/web/20210126113954/https://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/apr/apr11/news18.php Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens] After extended power-sharing discussions between parties, Gurung was appointed as Minister of Law and Justice in a Cabinet headed by CPN (M) Chairman Prachanda and sworn in on 22 August 2008.
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