Krishna Prasad Bhattarai

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
कृष्णप्रसाद भट्टराई
Krishna Prasad Bhattarai in 1977
29th Prime Minister of Nepal
In office 31 May 1999 – 22 March 2000
Monarch	Birendra
Preceded by	Girija Prasad Koirala
Succeeded by	Girija Prasad Koirala
Interim Prime Minister of Nepal
In office 19 April 1990 – 26 May 1991
Monarch	King Birendra
Preceded by	Lokendra Bahadur Chand
Succeeded by	Girija Prasad Koirala
4th President of the Nepali Congress
In office 17 January 1988 – 10 January 1992
Succeeded by	Girija Prasad Koirala
In office 12 February 1976 – 16 January 1992 (Acting)
Preceded by	Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala
1st Speaker of the Pratinidhi Sabha
In office May 1959 – 26 December 1960
Monarch	King Birendra
Deputy	Mahendra Narayan Nidhi
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Bal Chandra Sharma
Personal details
Born	(1924-12-13)13 December 1924 Benares, Benares State, British India (present-day Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died	4 March 2011(2011-03-04) (aged 86) Godawari Municipality, Nepal
Political party	Nepali Congress
Nickname(s)	Kishunji, Santa Neta (Saint Leader)

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (Nepali: कृष्णप्रसाद भट्टराई; 13 December 1924 – 4 March 2011) also known as Kishunji was a Nepalese political leader. He was the Interim Prime Minister from 1990 to 1991 when the country was moving away from having a monarchy to support democratic multi-party system. He later became the 29th prime minister in 1999 and left office a year later.

Bhattarai died at Norvic International Hospital in Godawari Municipality, Nepal from kidney and congestive heart failure caused by bronchitis on 4 March 2011, aged 86.