Pushpa Kamal Dahal (; born Ghanashyam Dahal, 11 December 1954), alias Prachanda (, , "fierce"), is a Nepalese politician currently serving as the Prime Minister of Nepal. He previously held the prime ministerial post from 2008 to 2009 as the first prime minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, and again from 2016 to 2017. He was elected as prime minister for the third time in 2022, following that year's elections. Wikipedia