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Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nepal)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nepali: परराष्ट्र मन्त्री, or simply, the Foreign Minister) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Nepal. One of the senior-most offices in the federal cabinet, the chief responsibility of the foreign minister is to represent Nepal and its government in the international community. The Foreign Minister also plays an important role in determining and implementing Nepalese foreign policy.[1]

Minister of Foreign Affairs
परराष्ट्र मन्त्रालय
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Emblem of Nepal
Incumbent
Arzu Rana Deuba
since 15 July 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
StyleHonourable
Member ofCouncil of Ministers
Reports toPrime Minister, Parliament
SeatKathmandu, Nepal
NominatorPrime Minister
AppointerPresident
Term lengthNo fixed term
FormationExpression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{"., 1948 (1948-{{{month}}}-{{{day}}}) (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. years ago)
First holderMohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
Nepal
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This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Nepal
 

List of ministers

This is a list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Nepal.[2][3]

No. Name
(Birth–Death) 		Portrait Term of office
Kingdom of Nepal
— Sovag Jung Thapa
(1910–2004)
Acting 		File:No image.png 1948
1 Mohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
(1885–1967)
As Prime Minister 		80px 1948–1951
2 Matrika Prasad Koirala
(1912–1997)
As Prime Minister 		80px 1951–1952
3 Khadga Man Singh
(1907–1994) 		File:No image.png 1952–1953
4 Matrika Prasad Koirala
(1912–1997)
As Prime Minister 		80px 1953–1954
5 Dilli Raman Regmi
(1913–2001) 		80px 1954–1955
6 Sovag Jung Thapa
(1910–2004) 		File:No image.png 1955–1956
7 Chuda Prasad Sharma
(1916–1989) 		File:No image.png 1956–1957
8 Kunwar Inderjit Singh
(1906–1982)
As Prime Minister 		80px 1957
9 Purendra Bikram Shah
(1900–?) 		File:No image.png 1958–1959
10 Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala
(1914–1982)
As Prime Minister 		80px 1959–1960
11 Tulsi Giri
(1926–2018) 		80px 1960–1962
12 Rishikesh Shah
(1925–2002) 		80px 1962
13 Tulsi Giri
(1926–2018) 		80px 1962–1963
14 Kirti Nidhi Bista
(1927–2017) 		1963–1968
15 Gehendra Bahadur Rajbhandari
(1923–1994) 		File:No image.png 1968–1971
16 Kirti Nidhi Bista
(1927–2017)
As Prime Minister 		1971–1972
17 Gyanendra Bahadur Karki
(1930–1992) 		File:No image.png 1972–1975
18 Krishna Raj Aryal
(b. 1928) 		File:No image.png 1975–1979
19 Kirti Nidhi Bista
(1927–2017)
As Prime Minister 		1979
20 K. B. Shahi
(b. 1929) 		File:No image.png 1979–1981
21 Surya Bahadur Thapa
(1928–2015)
As Prime Minister 		80px 1981–1982
22 Padma Bahadur Khatri
(1915–1985) 		File:No image.png 1982–1985
23 Ranadhir Subba
(1909–1992) 		File:No image.png 1985–1986
24 Shailendra Kumar Upadhyay
(1929–2011) 		80px 1986–1990
25 Hari Bahadur Basnet
(b. 1942) 		File:No image.png 1990
26 Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
(b. 1941) 		80px 1990
27 Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
(1924–2011)
As Prime Minister 		80px 1990–1991
28 Girija Prasad Koirala
(1924–2010)
As Prime Minister 		80px 1991–1994
29 Madhav Kumar Nepal
(b. 1953) 		80px 1994–1995
30 Prakash Chandra Lohani
(b. 1944) 		80px 1995–1997
31 Rabindra Nath Sharma
(1930?–2008) 		File:No image.png 1997
32 Prakash Chandra Lohani
(b. 1944) 		80px 1997
33 Kamal Thapa
(b. 1955) 		80px 1997–1998
34 Girija Prasad Koirala
(1924–2010)
As Prime Minister 		80px 1998–1999
35 Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
(1924–2011)
As Prime Minister 		80px 1999
36 Ram Sharan Mahat
(b. 1951) 		80px 1999–2000
37 Chakra Bastola
(1946–2018) 		File:No image.png 2000–2001
38 Sher Bahadur Deuba
(b. 1946)
As Prime Minister 		File:Sher bahadur.jpg 2001–2002
39 Narendra Bikram Shah
(b. 1940) 		File:No image.png 2002–2003
40 Surya Bahadur Thapa
(1928–2015)
As Prime Minister 		80px 2003–2004
41 Bhekh Bahadur Thapa
(b. 1937) 		File:No image.png 2004
42 Sher Bahadur Deuba
(b. 1946)
As Prime Minister 		File:Sher bahadur.jpg 2004–2005
43 Ramesh Nath Pandey
(b. 1944) 		100x100px 2005–2006
44 KP Sharma Oli
(b. 1952) 		80px 2006–2007
45 Sahana Pradhan
(1927–2014) 		File:Sahana Pradhan.jpg 2007–2008
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
46 Upendra Yadav
(b. 1960) 		80px 2008–2009
47 Sujata Koirala
(b. 1954) 		80px 2009–2011
48 Upendra Yadav
(b. 1960) 		80px 2011
49 Narayan Kaji Shrestha
(b. 1960) 		80px 2011–2012
50 Ishwar Pokhrel
(b. 1954) 		2012
51 Narayan Kaji Shrestha
(b. 1960) 		80px 2012–2013
52 Madhav Prasad Ghimire
(1961–2016) 		File:No image.png 2013–2014
53 Mahendra Bahadur Pandey
(b. 1948) 		80px 2014–2015
54 Kamal Thapa
(b. 1955) 		80px 2015–2016
55 Prakash Sharan Mahat
(b. 1959) 		80px 2016–2017
56 Krishna Bahadur Mahara
(b. 1958) 		File:Krishna Bahadur mahara.jpg 2017
57 Sher Bahadur Deuba
(b. 1946)
As Prime Minister 		File:Sher bahadur.jpg 2017–2018
58 Pradeep Kumar Gyawali
(b. 1962) 		80px 2018–2021
59 Raghubir Mahaseth
(b. 1961) 		File:No image.png 2021
60 KP Sharma Oli
(b. 1952)
As Prime Minister 		80px 2021
61 Sher Bahadur Deuba
(b. 1946)
As Prime Minister 		File:Sher bahadur.jpg 2021
62 Narayan Khadka
(b. 1949) 		2021–2022
63 Bimala Rai Paudyal
(b. 1966) 		2023–2023
64 Pushpa Kamal Dahal
(b. 1954)
As Prime Minister 		80px 2023–2023
65 Narayan Prakash Saud
(b. 1962) 		80px 16th April 2023–6th March 2024
66 Narayan Kaji Shrestha
(b. 1960) 		80px 6th March 2024–15 July 2024
67 Arzu Rana Deuba
(b. 1962) 		15th July 2024–Present

References

  1. ↑ "About MoFA - Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nepal MOFA". mofa.gov.np. Retrieved 2022-01-29.[dead link]
  2. ↑ "Former Minister List - Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nepal MOFA". mofa.gov.np. Archived from the original on 2022-02-16. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  3. ↑ "Foreign ministers L–R". rulers.org. B. Schemmel. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

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