Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nepal)

Minister of Foreign Affairs
परराष्ट्र मन्त्री
Emblem of Nepal
Incumbent Narayan Khadka since 22 September 2021
Style	His Excellency
Member of	Council of Ministers
Reports to	Prime Minister
Seat	Kathmandu, Nepal
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	The President
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Mohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
Formation	1948 (1948)

The Minister of External Affairs (or simply, the Foreign Minister, in Nepali Videsh Mantri) is the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Government of Nepal. One of the senior-most offices in the Union 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.

List of ministers

This is a list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Nepal:

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Tenure
Kingdom of Nepal
—	Sovag Jung Thapa (1910–?) Acting Minister		1948
1	Mohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (1885–1967)		1948–1951
2	Matrika Prasad Koirala (1912–1997)		1951–1952
3	Khadga Man Singh (1907–1994)		1952–1953
(2)	Matrika Prasad Koirala (1912–1997)		1953–1954
4	Dilli Raman Regmi (1913–2001)		1954–1955
5	Sovag Jung Thapa (1910–?)		1955–1956
6	Chuda Prasad Sharma (1916–1989)		1956–1957
7	Kunwar Inderjit Singh (1906–1982)		1957
8	Purendra Bikram Shah (1900–?)		1958–1959
9	Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala (1914–1982)		1959–1960
10	Tulsi Giri (1926–2018)		1960–1962
11	Rishikesh Shah (1925–2002)		1962
(10)	Tulsi Giri (1926–2018)		1962–1963
12	Kirti Nidhi Bista (1927–2017)		1963–1968
13	Gehendra Bahadur Rajbhandari (1923–1994)		1968–1971
(12)	Kirti Nidhi Bista (1927–2017)		1971–1972
14	Gyanendra Bahadur Karki (1930–1992)		1972–1975
15	Krishna Raj Aryal (b. 1928)		1975–1979
(12)	Kirti Nidhi Bista (1927–2017)		1979
16	K. B. Shahi (b. 1929)		1979–1981
17	Surya Bahadur Thapa (1928–2015)		1981–1982
18	Padma Bahadur Khatri (1915–1985)		1982–1985
19	Ranadhir Subba (1909–1992)		1985–1986
20	Shailendra Kumar Upadhyay (1929–2011)		1986–1990
21	Hari Bahadur Basnet (b. 1942)		1990
22	Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (b. 1941)		1990
23	Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (1924–2011)		1990–1991
24	Girija Prasad Koirala (1924–2010)		1991–1994
25	Madhav Kumar Nepal (b. 1953)		1994–1995
26	Prakash Chandra Lohani (b. 1944)		1995–1997
27	Rabindra Nath Sharma (1930?–2008)		1997
(26)	Prakash Chandra Lohani (b. 1944)		1997
28	Kamal Thapa (b. 1955)		1997–1998
(24)	Girija Prasad Koirala (1924–2010)		1998–1999
(23)	Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (1924–2011)		1999
29	Ram Sharan Mahat (b. 1951)		1999–2000
30	Chakra Bastola (1946–2018)		2000–2001
31	Sher Bahadur Deuba (b. 1946)		2001–2002
32	Narendra Bikram Shah (b. 1940)		2002–2003
(17)	Surya Bahadur Thapa (1928–2015)		2003–2004
33	Bhekh Bahadur Thapa (b. 1937)		2004
(31)	Sher Bahadur Deuba (b. 1946)		2004–2005
34	Ramesh Nath Pandey (b. 1944)		2005–2006
35	KP Sharma Oli (b. 1952)		2006–2007
36	Sahana Pradhan (1932–2014)		2007–2008
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
37	Upendra Yadav (b. 1960)		2008–2009
38	Sujata Koirala (b. 1954)		2009–2011
(37)	Upendra Yadav (b. 1960)		2011
39	Narayan Kaji Shrestha (b. 1960)		2011–2012
40	Ishwar Pokhrel (b. 1954)		2012
(39)	Narayan Kaji Shrestha (b. 1960)		2012–2013
41	Madhav Prasad Ghimire (b. 1961)		2013–2014
42	Mahendra Bahadur Pandey (b. 1948)		2014–2015
(28)	Kamal Thapa (b. 1955)		2015–2016
43	Prakash Sharan Mahat (b. 1959)		2016–2017
44	Krishna Bahadur Mahara (b. 1958)		2017
(31)	Sher Bahadur Deuba (b. 1946)		2017–2018
45	Pradeep Kumar Gyawali (b. 1962)		2018–2021
46	Raghubir Mahaseth		2021
(35)	KP Sharma Oli (b. 1952)		2021
(31)	Sher Bahadur Deuba (b. 1946)		2021
47	Narayan Khadka (b. 1949)		2021–present

External links

• Official Website of Ministry of Foreign Affairs