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Minister of Foreign Affairs
परराष्ट्र मन्त्रालय
Minister of Foreign Affairs ; परराष्ट्र मन्त्रालय
	Emblem 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
First holder	Mohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana

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]

List of ministers

This is a list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Nepal.^[2]^[3]

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	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
(2)	Matrika Prasad Koirala (1912–1997) As Prime Minister	1953–1954
4	Dilli Raman Regmi (1913–2001)	1954–1955
5	Sovag Jung Thapa (1910–2004)	1955–1956
6	Chuda Prasad Sharma (1916–1989)	1956–1957
7	Kunwar Inderjit Singh (1906–1982) As Prime Minister	1957
8	Purendra Bikram Shah (1900–?)	1958–1959
9	Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala (1914–1982) As Prime Minister	1959–1960
10	Tulsi Giri (1926–2018)	1960–1962
11	Rishikesh Shah (1925–2002)	1962
(10)	Tulsi Giri (1926–2018)	1962–1963
12	Kirti Nidhi Bista (1927–2017)	1963–1968
13	Gehendra Bahadur Rajbhandari (1923–1994)	1968–1971
(12)	Kirti Nidhi Bista (1927–2017) As Prime Minister	1971–1972
14	Gyanendra Bahadur Karki (1930–1992)	1972–1975
15	Krishna Raj Aryal (b. 1928)	1975–1979
(12)	Kirti Nidhi Bista (1927–2017) As Prime Minister	1979
16	K. B. Shahi (b. 1929)	1979–1981
17	Surya Bahadur Thapa (1928–2015) As Prime Minister	1981–1982
18	Padma Bahadur Khatri (1915–1985)	1982–1985
19	Ranadhir Subba (1909–1992)	1985–1986
20	Shailendra Kumar Upadhyay (1929–2011)	1986–1990
21	Hari Bahadur Basnet (b. 1942)	1990
22	Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (b. 1941)	1990
23	Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (1924–2011) As Prime Minister	1990–1991
24	Girija Prasad Koirala (1924–2010) As Prime Minister	1991–1994
25	Madhav Kumar Nepal (b. 1953)	1994–1995
26	Prakash Chandra Lohani (b. 1944)	1995–1997
27	Rabindra Nath Sharma (1930?–2008)	1997
(26)	Prakash Chandra Lohani (b. 1944)	1997
28	Kamal Thapa (b. 1955)	1997–1998
(24)	Girija Prasad Koirala (1924–2010) As Prime Minister	1998–1999
(23)	Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (1924–2011) As Prime Minister	1999
29	Ram Sharan Mahat (b. 1951)	1999–2000
30	Chakra Bastola (1946–2018)	2000–2001
31	Sher Bahadur Deuba (b. 1946) As Prime Minister	2001–2002
32	Narendra Bikram Shah (b. 1940)	2002–2003
(17)	Surya Bahadur Thapa (1928–2015) As Prime Minister	2003–2004
33	Bhekh Bahadur Thapa (b. 1937)	2004
(31)	Sher Bahadur Deuba (b. 1946) As Prime Minister	2004–2005
34	Ramesh Nath Pandey (b. 1944)	2005–2006
35	KP Sharma Oli (b. 1952)	2006–2007
36	Sahana Pradhan (1927–2014)	2007–2008
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
37	Upendra Yadav (b. 1960)	2008–2009
38	Sujata Koirala (b. 1954)	2009–2011
(37)	Upendra Yadav (b. 1960)	2011
39	Narayan Kaji Shrestha (b. 1960)	2011–2012
40	Ishwar Pokhrel (b. 1954)	2012
(39)	Narayan Kaji Shrestha (b. 1960)	2012–2013
41	Madhav Prasad Ghimire (1961–2016)	2013–2014
42	Mahendra Bahadur Pandey (b. 1948)	2014–2015
(28)	Kamal Thapa (b. 1955)	2015–2016
43	Prakash Sharan Mahat (b. 1959)	2016–2017
44	Krishna Bahadur Mahara (b. 1958)	2017
(31)	Sher Bahadur Deuba (b. 1946) As Prime Minister	2017–2018
45	Pradeep Kumar Gyawali (b. 1962)	2018–2021
46	Raghubir Mahaseth (b. 1961)	2021
(35)	KP Sharma Oli (b. 1952) As Prime Minister	2021
(31)	Sher Bahadur Deuba (b. 1946) As Prime Minister	2021
47	Narayan Khadka (b. 1949)	2021–2022
48	Bimala Rai Paudyal (b. 1966)	2023–2023
49	Pushpa Kamal Dahal (b. 1954) As Prime Minister	2023–2023
50	Narayan Prakash Saud (b. 1962)	16th April 2023–6th March 2024
51	Narayan Kaji Shrestha (b. 1960)	6th March 2024–15 July 2024
52	Arzu Rana Deuba (b. 1962)	15th July 2024–Present