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Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, more commonly known as KP Oli, is a Nepalese politician who served as 38th Prime Minister of Nepal from 11 October 2015 to 3 August 2016. A member of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) was the second Prime Minister under the newly adopted Constitution of Nepal.
Oli started his political career in 1966. He joined the Communist Party of Nepal in February 1970. He joined the party-less Panchayat system in opposition in subversive politics. For his activities, he was arrested for the first time in the 1970s. He was a member of the district committee member and soon became Chief of the Jhapa Movement Organizing Committee in 1972. Oli was arrested for 14 consecutive years for the murder from 1973 to 1987. The murders were attributed to "Murkatta revolution", beheading political opponents and landlords. After escaping from prison in 1987, he became a Central Committee member of the UML as a charge for Lumbini Zone until 1990. He then went to the post of the head of the Foreign Department of CPN (UML) in 1992. Oli also became the Founder President of the National Democratic Youth Federation of Nepal (DNYF).
He was elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Jhapa district's electorate no. 6 in 1991. Soon he became the chief of the department of publicity. In the ever-changing political situation of Nepal, Oli served as Minister of Home Affairs in 1994-1995. He was re-elected to the House of Representatives from Jhapa electorate no. 2 in 1999.
Oli was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister as part of the interim government in 2006. He was also assigned to look at the death of fellow politician Madan Bhandari. From April 2006 to 2007, Oli was the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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