First to Current Prime Ministers of Nepal


Bhimsen Thapa is regarded as the first Prime Minister of Nepal. 

Some historians recognize Damodar Pandey as the first Prime Minister of Nepal since Damodar served as a Kaji during the reign of King Prithvi Narayan Shah.
 
The first elected Prime Minister was Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, in 1959. The first Prime Minister after restoration of Democracy in 1990 was Krishna Prasad Bhattarai. He was interim govemnment chief. 

Girija Prasad Koirala was the first elected Prime MIinister after the restoration of democracy in 1990 and country became constitutional Monarchy. The monarchy was aboslised in 2008 and  Constituent Assembly (CA) is formed with 601 members. 

Following are the list of Nepali Prime Ministers

 
SN Name Born-Died Term start Term end Political Party
1 Damodar Pande  ?–1804 1799 1804 Nonpartisan
2 Bhimsen Thapa 1775–1839 1805 1837 Nonpartisan
3 Rana Jang Pande (1/2)  ?–1843 1837 1837 Nonpartisan
4 Ranga Nath Poudyal (1/2)   1837 1838 Nonpartisan
5 Puskar Shah   1838 1839 Nonpartisan
(4) Rana Jang Pande (2/2)  ?–1843 1839 1840 Nonpartisan
(5) Ranga Nath Poudyal (2/2)   1840 1840 Nonpartisan
6 Fatte Jang Chautaria (1/2) 1805–1846 Nov 1840 Jan 1843 Nonpartisan
7 Mathabar Singh Thapa 1798–1845 28 Nov 1843 17 May 1845 Nonpartisan
(6) Fatte Jang Chautaria (2/2) 1805–1846 Sep 1845 14 Sep 1846 Nonpartisan
9 Jang Bahadur Kunwar(from 5 May 1848, Jang Bahadur Rana) (1/2) 1817–1877 15 Sep 1846 1 Aug 1856 Nonpartisan
10 Bam Bahadur Kunwar Rana 1818–1857 1 Aug 1856 25 May 1857 Nonpartisan
  Krishna Bahadur Kunwar Rana (acting) 1823–1863 25 May 1857 28 June 1857 Nonpartisan
(9) Jang Bahadur Rana (2/2) 1817–1877 28 Jun 1857 25 Feb 1877 Nonpartisan
11 Renaudip Singh Bahadur 1825–1885 27 Feb 1877 22 Nov 1885 Nonpartisan
12 Bir Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana 1852–1901 22 Nov 1885 5-Mar-01 Nonpartisan
13 Dev Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana 1862–1914 5-Mar-01 27-Jun-01 Nonpartisan
14 Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana 1863–1929 27-Jun-01 26-Nov-29 Nonpartisan
15 Bhim Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana 1865–1932 26-Nov-29 1-Sep-32 Nonpartisan
16 Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana 1875–1952 1-Sep-32 29-Nov-45 Nonpartisan
17 Padma Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana 1882–1961 29-Nov-45 30-Apr-48 Nonpartisan
18 Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana 1885–1967 30-Apr-48 12-Nov-51 Nonpartisan
19 Matrika Prasad Koirala(1/2) 1912–1997 16-Nov-51 14-Aug-52 Nepali Congress
  Direct rule by KingTribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah 14-Aug-52 15-Jun-53
(19) Matrika Prasad Koirala(2/2) 1912–1997 15-Jun-53 14-Apr-55 Nepali Congress
  Direct rule by KingMahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev 14-Apr-55 27-Jan-56
20 Tanka Prasad Acharya 1912–1992 27-Jan-56 26-Jul-57 Nepal Praja Parishad
21 Kunwar Inderjit Singh 1906–1982 26-Jul-57 15-May-58 United Democratic Party
22 Subarna Shamsher Rana 1910–1977 15-May-58 27-May-59 Nepali Congress
23 Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala (First elected PM of Nepal) 1914–1982 27-May-59 26-Dec-60 Nepali Congress
24 Tulsi Giri (1/3) 1926– 26-Dec-60 23-Dec-63 Nonpartisan
25 Surya Bahadur Thapa(1/5) 1928– 23-Dec-63 26-Feb-64 Nonpartisan
(24) Tulsi Giri (2/3) 1926– 26-Feb-64 26-Jan-65 Nonpartisan
(25) Surya Bahadur Thapa(2/5) 1928– 26-Jan-65 7-Apr-69 Nonpartisan
26 Kirti Nidhi Bista (1/3) 1927– 7-Apr-69 13-Apr-70 Nonpartisan
  Direct rule by KingMahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev 13-Apr-70 14-Apr-71
(26) Kirti Nidhi Bista (2/3) 1927– 14-Apr-71 16-Jul-73 Nonpartisan
27 Nagendra Prasad Rijal(1/2) 1927–1994 16-Jul-73 1-Dec-75 Nonpartisan
(24) Tulsi Giri (3/3) 1926– 1-Dec-75 12-Sep-77 Nonpartisan
(26) Kirti Nidhi Bista (3/3) 1927– 12-Sep-77 30-May-79 Nonpartisan
(25) Surya Bahadur Thapa(3/5) 1928– 30-May-79 12-Jul-83 Nonpartisan
28 Lokendra Bahadur Chand(1/4) 1940– 12-Jul-83 21-Mar-86 Nonpartisan
(27) Nagendra Prasad Rijal(2/2) 1927–1994 21-Mar-86 15-Jun-86 Nonpartisan
29 Marich Man Singh Shrestha 1942– 15-Jun-86 6-Apr-90 Nonpartisan
(28) Lokendra Bahadur Chand(2/4) 1940– 6-Apr-90 19-Apr-90 Nonpartisan
30 Krishna Prasad Bhattarai(1/2) 1924–2011 19-Apr-90 26-May-91 Nepali Congress
31 Girija Prasad Koirala (1/4) 1925–2010 26-May-91 30-Nov-94 Nepali Congress
32 Man Mohan Adhikari 1920–1999 30-Nov-94 12-Sep-95 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
33 Sher Bahadur Deuba (1/3) 1946– 12-Sep-95 12-Mar-97 Nepali Congress
(28) Lokendra Bahadur Chand(3/4) 1940– 12-Mar-97 7-Oct-97 Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)
(25) Surya Bahadur Thapa(4/5) 1928– 7-Oct-97 15-Apr-98 Rastriya Prajatantra Party
(31) Girija Prasad Koirala (2/4) 1925–2010 15-Apr-98 31-May-99 Nepali Congress
(30) Krishna Prasad Bhattarai(2/2) 1924–2011 31-May-99 22-Mar-00 Nepali Congress
(31) Girija Prasad Koirala (3/4) 1925–2010 22-Mar-00 26-Jul-01 Nepali Congress
(33) Sher Bahadur Deuba (2/3) 1946– 26-Jul-01 4-Oct-02 Nepali Congress
  Direct rule by KingGyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev 4-Oct-02 11-Oct-02
(28) Lokendra Bahadur Chand(4/4) 1940– 11-Oct-02 5-Jun-03 Rastriya Prajatantra Party
(25) Surya Bahadur Thapa(5/5) 1928– 5-Jun-03 3-Jun-04 Rastriya Prajatantra Party
(33) Sher Bahadur Deuba (3/3) 1946– 3-Jun-04 1-Feb-05 Nepali Congress (Democratic)
  Direct rule by KingGyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev 1-Feb-05 25-Apr-06
(31) Girija Prasad Koirala (4/4) 1925–2010 25-Apr-06 28-May-08 Nepali Congress
           
Names of Prime Ministers of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal  
           
  Name Born-Died Term start Term end Political Party
  Girija Prasad Koirala(acting) 1925–2010 28-May-08 18-Aug-08 Nepali Congress
1 Pushpa Kamal Dahal(alias Prachanda) 1954– 18-Aug-08 25-May-09 Unified CPN (Maoist)
2 Madhav Kumar Nepal 1953– 25-May-09 3-Feb-11 Communist Party Nepal (UML)
3 Jhala Nath Khanal 1950– 3-Feb-11 29-Aug-2011 Communist Party Nepal (UML)
4  Dr. Babu Ram Bhattarai   26/5/1954 29-Aug-2011  13/3/2013 UCPN (Maoist)
5  Khil Raj Regmi   14/3/2013- 29-Aug-2011  Current Chief Justice