Dev Gurung

Dev Prasad Gurung
देव प्रसाद गुरुङ
General Secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
Incumbent
Assumed office 2022
Leader	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded by	Ram Bahadur Thapa
Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
In office 2008–2009
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded by	Narendra Bikram Nembang
Succeeded by	Prem Bahadur Singh
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 March 2018
Preceded by	Jamindraman Ghale
Constituency	Lamjung 1
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Preceded by	Palten Gurung
Succeeded by	Tek Bahadur Gurung
Constituency	Manang 1
Personal details
Born	(1958-10-08) 8 October 1958 Manang District
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	CPN (Maoist Centre)
Other political affiliations	CPN (Mashal)

Dev Gurung (Nepali: देव गुरुङ; born 8 October 1958) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). Gurung became Minister of Law and Justice on 22 August 2008. And on 20 August 2022 he became General Secretary of Communist party of Nepal (Maoist) In 2002, B.S., Gurung became the president of the All Nepal National Free Students Union.

Political career

After the party had declared People's War in 1996, Gurung was arrested. Following the arrest, the party killed a village committee chairman in Gorkha district, accusing him of responsibility for the capture of Gurung.

Gurung was released by the state, in exchange for a police officer, Thule Rai, who had been captured by the Maoists. During the last phases of the war, Gurung formed part of the Maoist talks team during peace negotiations.

After the fall of King Gyanendra's direct rule in 2006, Gurung was nominated to the interim legislature of Nepal. Gurung became the deputy leader of the Maoist legislative group.

In December 2006, the CPN (M) leadership was reorganized. Gurung was included in the 11-member central secretariat of the party. Gurung was assigned to lead the ethnic front work of the party.

When the Maoists joined the government in April 2007, Gurung was included as Minister for Local Development. Along with the rest of the Maoist ministers, he resigned from his position in September 2007. In December 2007, the Maoists rejoined the government, and Gurung again became Minister for Local Development.

In April 2008, he won the Manang seat in the Constituent Assembly election, defeating the sitting Nepali Congress MP Palten Gurung. Dev Gurung received 1,652 votes, whereas Palten Gurung attracted 1,209 votes. The CPN (UML) candidate in the constituency, Mangal Gurung, had withdrawn his candidature to enable the victory of Dev Gurung. After extended power-sharing discussions between parties, Gurung was appointed as Minister of Law and Justice in a Cabinet headed by CPN (M) Chairman Prachanda and sworn in on 22 August 2008.