Girija Prasad Koirala

Nepal Ratna Girija Prasad Koirala (Nepali: गिरीजाप्रसाद कोइराला Listen ; 4 July 1924 – 20 March 2010),^[1][2] was a Nepalese politician. He was the Prime Minister of Nepal four times, including from 1991 to 1994, 1998 to 1999, 2000 to 2001, and from 2006 to 2008.

Nepal Ratna Girija Prasad Koirala गिरीजाप्रसाद कोइराला
Head of State of Nepal Acting
In office 15 January 2007 – 23 July 2008
Preceded by	Gyanendra (King)
Succeeded by	Ram Baran Yadav (President)
30th Prime Minister of Nepal
In office 25 April 2006 – 18 August 2008
Monarch	King Gyanendra
Deputy	Ram Chandra Poudel
Preceded by	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Succeeded by	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
In office 22 March 2000 – 26 July 2001
Monarch	King Birendra King Dipendra King Gyanendra
Preceded by	Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
Succeeded by	Sher Bahadur Deuba
In office 15 April 1998 – 31 May 1999
Monarch	King Birendra
Preceded by	Surya Bahadur Thapa
Succeeded by	Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
In office 26 May 1991 – 30 November 1994
Monarch	King Birendra
Preceded by	Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
Succeeded by	Man Mohan Adhikari
5th President of the Nepali Congress
In office 11 January 1992 – 20 March 2010
Preceded by	Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
Succeeded by	Sushil Koirala
Personal details
Born	(1924-07-04)4 July 1924 Saharsa, Bihar, British Raj (present-day India)
Died	20 March 2010(2010-03-20) (aged 85) Kathmandu, Nepal
Political party	Nepali Congress
Spouse(s)	Sushma Koirala
Children	Sujata Koirala
Parents	Krishna Prasad Koirala (father)
Relatives	See Koirala family

He was the Acting Head of State of Nepal between January 2007 and July 2008 as the country became a republic.^[3]