Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, is a Nepalese politician and the chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre).
He has been Prime Minister of Nepal since 2016; previously he was Prime Minister from 2008 to 2009. Dahal led the CPN (M) as it launched a communist insurgency on 13 February 1996. In the ensuing civil war, more than 17,000 Nepalese died