to step down, though later joined forces with him to launch a campaign against King Gyanendra's assumption of executive powers. Transition period On 12 April 2008, Nepal resigned as General Secretary of the CPN (UML), after having lost the Kathmandu 2 seat to Maoist candidate Jhakku Prasad Subedi in the 2008 Constituent Assembly election. Subedi was a comparatively obscure candidate. Nepal was also defeated in Rautahat-6 constituency by Maoist candidate Devendra Patel. He later won both Kathmandu 2 and Rautahat 1 seats in the Second Constituent Assembly election of 2013. Nepal later chose Rautahat 1. He won the Kathmandu 2 constituency again in the 2017 general election by a margin of 14,000 votes. In June 2008, the CPN (UML) proposed that Nepal become the country's first President, following the declaration of a republic, though the idea did not materialise after disagreement with the ruling Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). Prime Minister of Nepal He became the 34th Prime Minister of Nepal on 25 May 2009 after his predecessor Prachanda resigned over a conflict with the president over the dismissal of the army's chief of staff. Nepal himself resigned as prime minister on 30 June 2010 in an effort to help the government move past its deadlock and to pave the way for a national consensus government, as demanded by the opposition. Split in Nepal Communist Party and CPN (UML) Nepal returned to CPN (UML) after the Supreme court decision to dissolve the party merger between CPN (UML) and CPN (Maoist Centre). Since 18 August 2021, he has been serving as the chairman of the CPN (Unified-Socialist), a new party formed through split in CPN (UML) citing arrogance and monopoly of the party president KP Sharma Oli. Major Political offices held 1990: Member, Constitution Drafting Commission 1991-1999: Member of the National Assembly 1991-1994: Leader of Opposition, National Assembly 1993-2008: General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (UML) 1994-1995: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Minister of Foreign Affairs 1999-2002: Member of the House of Representatives from Rautahat-1 1999-2002: Leader of the Opposition, House of Representatives 2008-2013: Member of the Constituent Assembly from CPN (UML) party list 2009-2011: Prime Minister of Nepal 2013-2017: Member of the Legislative Parliament from Kathmandu-2 2017–2021: Member of the House of Representatives from Kathmandu-2 Personal life He is married to Gayatri Acharya. He has a son and a daughter, Saurav and Suman Nepal. There