Ranju Bastola
Ranju Bastola | |
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.jpg) Bastola in 2020 | |
| Prime Minister of Mahana | |
| Assumed office 4 March 2021 | |
| President | Bina Sharma |
| Deputy | Lalit Tuladhar |
| Preceded by | Bharat Karna |
| Chief of Military Strategy | |
| In office 1 July 2012 – 1 May 2015 | |
| President | Ranju Bastola |
| Preceded by | Beena Khwaounju |
| Succeeded by | Indra Mainali |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ranju Chandrashekhar Thapalia Bastola December 12, 1954 Veydu, Sadheshi Province, Mahana |
| Citizenship | Mahana |
| Political party | MC |
| Spouse | Rasmi Chapai (m. 1980) |
| Children | 4 |
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| Alma mater | Veydu College of Classics and Law and KWC Fine University |
Ranju Bastola (born,Ranju Mukta Niyogi Bastola; 12 December 1954) (Mahanan: रञ्जु बाँस्तोल) is a Mahanan politician and former army strategist who has been the Prime Minister of Mahana since 2021 and as vice-president of the Mahanan Congress since 2020. He described himself as "right of centre, with a strong social emphasis".
Born in Veydu to a military family, he was raised speaking both Mahanan and Ramil, with a Mahanan father and a Koto mother. Following his graduation from high school in 1971 he immediately enlisted for the Mahanan armed forces. After being rejected from the harsh Durkha regiment, he joined the Mahanan Royal Army and joined the Misra Helper's Party in 1975. As tensions began to rise, Bastola began to drift toward the Mahanan Congress.