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Former Prime Minister of Nepal
Kirti Nidhi Bista
कीर्तिनिधि विष्ट
Bista in 1968
25th Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
12 September 1977 – 30 May 1979
MonarchBirendra Bir Bikram Shah
Preceded byTulsi Giri
In office
16 July 1973 – 14 April 1971
MonarchBirendra Bir Bikram Shah
Preceded byGehendra Bahadur Rajbhandari
Acting Prime Minister
Succeeded byNagendra Prasad Rijal
In office
7 April 1969 – 13 April 1970
MonarchBirendra Bir Bikram Shah
Preceded bySurya Bahadur Thapa
Succeeded byGehendra Bahadur Rajbhandari
Acting Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
9 April 1964 – 7 April 1969
MonarchBirendra Bir Bikram Shah
Prime MinisterTulsi Giri
Surya Bahadur Thapa
Preceded byTulsi Giri
as Prime Minister
Succeeded byGehendra Bahadur Rajbhandari
Personal details
Born(1927-01-15)15 January 1927
Thamel, Kathmandu, Nepal
Died11 November 2017(2017-11-11) (aged 90)
Gyaneshwar, Kathmandu, Nepal
CitizenshipNepalese
NationalityNepali
Residence(s)Gyaneshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal
OccupationPolitician

Kirti Nidhi Bista (Nepali: कीर्तिनिधि विष्ट; 15 January 1927 – 11 November 2017) was a Nepali politician and 25th Prime Minister of Nepal.

Biography

Bista was born in Thamel, Kathmandu, Nepal in 1927. He served as prime minister of Nepal from 1969 to 1970, 1971 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979. He was minister of finance from 1969 to 1970 and from 1971 to 1973 AD.

After the coup d'état of King Gyanendra in 2005 AD, Bista was appointed one of the vice-chairmen until the government collapsed in April 2006 after the people's uprising. He is best remembered for resigning from the prime ministerial post after Singha Durbar burned down in 1973

Bista died at his residence in Gyaneshwor on 11 November 2017. He was 90 years old at that time.He has only one Grandson Named Aayam Bikram Bista who was born in 2056/12/24 at Gaighat,Udayapur currently living in Tikathali,Lalitpur. Bista had been battling a long-term cancer.

References

  1. Profile of Kirti Nidhi Bista
  2. Nepal Who's who, Research Centre for Communication and Development, 1997, page 98
  3. Anderson, Trevor (2005). Chambers Book of Facts. Chambers. p. 393. ISBN 978-0-550-10137-2.
  4. "Nations recall Nepal ambassadors". BBC News. 14 February 2005. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
  5. "Last rites of ex-PM Kirti Nidhi Bista performed (In photos)".
  6. "Former PM Bista passes away at 90".
  7. "कीर्तिनिधि विष्ट जसले भारतीय सेना फिर्ता गराए". Archived from the original on 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  8. "Former PM Kirti Nidhi Bista no more". 11 November 2017.
  9. "Former PM Bista passes away".
  10. "Nepal's three-time premier of monarchy era Kirti Nidhi Bista dies at 90". 11 November 2017.
  11. "Former PM Kirti Nidhi Bista passes away".
Political offices
Preceded bySurya Bahadur Thapa Prime Minister of Nepal
1969–1970 		Succeeded bydirect rule by King Mahendra
Preceded bydirect rule by King Mahendra Prime Minister of Nepal
1971–1973 		Succeeded byNagendra Prasad Rijal
Preceded byTulsi Giri Prime Minister of Nepal
1977–1979 		Succeeded bySurya Bahadur Thapa
Prime ministers of Nepal
Kingdom of Nepal
(19th century–1990)		 Nepal
Kingdom of Nepal
(1990–2008)
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
(2008–present)


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