Surya Bahadur Thapa held public office at a time when the terms of that office were themselves being contested.
The record lists Surya Bahadur Thapa as Prime Minister of Nepal (1928-2015).
Surya Bahadur Thapa was born at Dhankuta in 1928. His recorded nationality is Nepal. He was educated at University of Allahabad.
Twentieth-century politics was conducted under the shadow of two world wars, decolonisation and the Cold War, and broadcast to electorates that could watch it happen.
The offices held were Member of the Parliament of Nepal and Prime Minister of Nepal (2003–2004).
His political affiliation is recorded as Rastriya Prajatantra Party.
Power is judged twice: once by contemporaries who felt it, and again by historians who did not.
That the career was made in Nepal is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Surya Bahadur Thapa died in 2015, aged 87. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- Member of the Parliament of Nepal
- Prime Minister of Nepal (2003–2004)
- Educated at University of Allahabad
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