Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nepal)

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]

Minister of Foreign Affairs
परराष्ट्र मन्त्रालय
Emblem of Nepal
Flag of Nepal
Incumbent Arzu Rana Deuba since 15 July 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style	Honourable
Member of	Council of Ministers
Reports to	Prime Minister, Parliament
Seat	Kathmandu, Nepal
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	President
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	1948; 77 years ago (1948)
First holder	Mohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana

List of ministers

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