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Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nepal)

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Minister of Foreign Affairs
परराष्ट्र मन्त्रालय
Emblem of Nepal
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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
Formation1948; 77 years ago (1948)
First holderMohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
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The minister of foreign affairs (Nepali: परराष्ट्र मन्त्री, romanized: Pararāṣṭra Mantrī, 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]

List of ministers

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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 		1948
1 Mohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
(1885–1967)
As Prime Minister 		1948–1951
2 Matrika Prasad Koirala
(1912–1997)
As Prime Minister 		1951–1952
3 Khadga Man Singh
(1907–1994) 		1952–1953
4 Matrika Prasad Koirala
(1912–1997)
As Prime Minister 		1953–1954
5 Dilli Raman Regmi
(1913–2001) 		1954–1955
6 Sovag Jung Thapa
(1910–2004) 		1955–1956
7 Chuda Prasad Sharma
(1916–1989) 		1956–1957
8 Kunwar Inderjit Singh
(1906–1982)
As Prime Minister 		1957
9 Purendra Bikram Shah
(1900–1976) 		1958–1959
10 Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala
(1914–1982)
As Prime Minister 		1959–1960
11 Tulsi Giri
(1926–2018) 		1960–1962
12 Rishikesh Shah
(1925–2002) 		1962
13 Tulsi Giri
(1926–2018) 		1962–1963
14 Kirti Nidhi Bista
(1927–2017) 		1963–1968
15 Gehendra Bahadur Rajbhandari
(1923–1994) 		1968–1971
16 Kirti Nidhi Bista
(1927–2017)
As Prime Minister 		1971–1972
17 Gyanendra Bahadur Karki
(1930–1992) 		1972–1975
18 Krishna Raj Aryal
(b. 1928) 		1975–1979
19 Kirti Nidhi Bista
(1927–2017)
As Prime Minister 		1979
20 K. B. Shahi
(b. 1929) 		1979–1981
21 Surya Bahadur Thapa
(1928–2015)
As Prime Minister 		1981–1982
22 Padma Bahadur Khatri
(1915–1985) 		1982–1985
23 Ranadhir Subba
(1909–1992) 		1985–1986
24 Shailendra Kumar Upadhyay
(1929–2011) 		1986–1990
25 Hari Bahadur Basnet
(b. 1942) 		1990
26 Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
(b. 1941) 		1990
27 Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
(1924–2011)
As Prime Minister 		1990–1991
28 Girija Prasad Koirala
(1924–2010)
As Prime Minister 		1991–1994
29 Madhav Kumar Nepal
(b. 1953) 		1994–1995
30 Prakash Chandra Lohani
(b. 1944) 		1995–1997
31 Rabindra Nath Sharma
(1930?–2008) 		1997
32 Prakash Chandra Lohani
(b. 1944) 		1997
33 Kamal Thapa
(b. 1955) 		1997–1998
34 Girija Prasad Koirala
(1924–2010)
As Prime Minister 		1998–1999
35 Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
(1924–2011)
As Prime Minister 		1999
36 Ram Sharan Mahat
(b. 1951) 		1999–2000
37 Chakra Bastola
(1946–2018) 		2000–2001
38 Sher Bahadur Deuba
(b. 1946)
As Prime Minister 		2001–2002
39 Narendra Bikram Shah
(b. 1940) 		2002–2003
40 Surya Bahadur Thapa
(1928–2015)
As Prime Minister 		2003–2004
41 Bhesh Bahadur Thapa
(b. 1937) 		2004
42 Sher Bahadur Deuba
(b. 1946)
As Prime Minister 		2004–2005
43 Ramesh Nath Pandey
(b. 1944)
2005–2006
44 KP Sharma Oli
(b. 1952) 		2006–2007
45 Sahana Pradhan
(1927–2014) 		2007–2008
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
46 Upendra Yadav
(b. 1960) 		2008–2009
47 Sujata Koirala
(b. 1954) 		2009–2011
48 Upendra Yadav
(b. 1960) 		2011
49 Narayan Kaji Shrestha
(b. 1960) 		2011–2012
50 Ishwar Pokhrel
(b. 1954) 		2012
51 Narayan Kaji Shrestha
(b. 1960) 		2012–2013
52 Madhav Prasad Ghimire
(1961–2016) 		2013–2014
53 Mahendra Bahadur Pandey
(b. 1948) 		2014–2015
54 Kamal Thapa
(b. 1955) 		2015–2016
55 Prakash Sharan Mahat
(b. 1959) 		2016–2017
56 Krishna Bahadur Mahara
(b. 1958) 		2017
57 Sher Bahadur Deuba
(b. 1946)
As Prime Minister 		2017–2018
58 Pradeep Kumar Gyawali
(b. 1962) 		2018–2021
59 Raghubir Mahaseth
(b. 1961) 		2021
60 KP Sharma Oli
(b. 1952)
As Prime Minister 		2021
61 Sher Bahadur Deuba
(b. 1946)
As Prime Minister 		2021
62 Narayan Khadka
(b. 1949) 		2021–2022
63 Bimala Rai Paudyal
(b. 1966) 		2023
64 Pushpa Kamal Dahal
(b. 1954)
As Prime Minister 		2023–2023
65 Narayan Prakash Saud
(b. 1962) 		2023–2024
66 Narayan Kaji Shrestha
(b. 1960) 		2024
67 Arzu Rana Deuba
(b. 1962) 		2024–present

References

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  1. ^ "About MoFA – Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nepal MOFA". mofa.gov.np. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  2. ^ "Former Minister List – Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nepal MOFA". mofa.gov.np. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  3. ^ "Foreign ministers L–R". rulers.org. B. Schemmel. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
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