List of heads of state of Nepal
The following is a list of the heads of state of Nepal, from the unification of the country and the establishment of the Kingdom of Nepal in 1768 to the present day.
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Kingdom of Nepal (1768–2008)
No. | Portrait | King (Birth–Death) |
Reign | House | Claim | ||
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Reign start | Reign end | Duration | |||||
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Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723–1775) |
25 September 1768 | 11 January 1775 | 6 years, 108 days | Shah | King of the Gorkha Kingdom since 1743 |
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Pratap Singh Shah (1751–1777) |
11 January 1775 | 17 November 1777 | 2 years, 310 days | Shah | Son of Prithvi Narayan Shah |
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Rana Bahadur Shah (1775–1806) |
17 November 1777 | 8 March 1799 (abdicated.) |
21 years, 111 days | Shah | Son of Pratap Singh Shah |
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Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah (1797–1816) |
8 March 1799 | 20 November 1816 | 17 years, 257 days | Shah | Son of Rana Bahadur Shah |
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Rajendra Bikram Shah (1813–1881) |
20 November 1816 | 12 May 1847 (abdicated.) |
30 years, 173 days | Shah | Son of Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah |
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Surendra Bikram Shah (1829–1881) |
12 May 1847 | 17 May 1881 | 34 years, 5 days | Shah | Son of Rajendra Bikram Shah |
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Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah (1875–1911) |
17 May 1881 | 11 December 1911 | 30 years, 208 days | Shah | Grandson of Surendra Bikram Shah |
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Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah (1906–1955) |
11 December 1911 | 7 November 1950 (went into exile.) |
38 years, 331 days | Shah | Son of Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah |
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Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah (1947–) |
7 November 1950 | 7 January 1951 (stepped down.) |
61 days | Shah | Grandson of Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah |
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Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah (1906–1955) |
7 January 1951 | 13 March 1955 | 4 years, 65 days | Shah | Son of Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah |
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Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah (1920–1972) |
14 March 1955 | 31 January 1972 | 16 years, 323 days | Shah | Son of Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah |
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Birendra Bir Bikram Shah (1945–2001) |
31 January 1972 | 1 June 2001 (assassinated.) |
29 years, 121 days | Shah | Son of Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah |
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Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah (1971–2001)[1] |
1 June 2001 | 4 June 2001 (suicide.) |
3 days | Shah | Son of Birendra Bir Bikram Shah |
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Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah (1947–)[2] |
4 June 2001 | 28 May 2008 (deposed.) |
6 years, 359 days | Shah | Son of Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah |
Transitional period (State of Nepal, 2007–2008)
- Status
Denotes Acting Head of State
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | ||
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Took Office | Left Office | Time in Office | ||||
– | Girija Prasad Koirala (1925–2010) Acting [3] | 15 January 2007 | 23 July 2008 | 1 year, 190 days | Congress |
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (2008–present)
No. | Portrait | President (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party (at time of appointment) | |||
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Elected | Took Office | Left Office | Time in Office | ||||
1 | Ram Baran Yadav (born 1948) | 2008 | 23 July 2008 | 29 October 2015 | 7 years, 98 days | Congress | |
2 | Bidhya Devi Bhandari (born 1961) | 2015 2018 | 29 October 2015 | Incumbent | 4 years, 292 days | CPN (UML) |
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Notes
- Reigned whilst in a coma, following the royal massacre
- Served as regent for Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah from 1–4 June 2001
- Simultaneously served as Prime Minister, from 25 April 2006 – 18 August 2008
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