Kirti Nidhi Bista

Kirti Nidhi Bista (Nepali: कीर्तिनिधि विष्ट; 15 January 1927 – 11 November 2017)^[1] was a Nepali politician and 25th 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
Monarch	Birendra Bir Bikram Shah
Preceded by	Tulsi Giri
In office 16 July 1973 – 14 April 1971
Monarch	Birendra Bir Bikram Shah
Preceded by	Gehendra Bahadur Rajbhandari Acting Prime Minister
Succeeded by	Nagendra Prasad Rijal
In office 7 April 1969 – 13 April 1970
Monarch	Birendra Bir Bikram Shah
Preceded by	Surya Bahadur Thapa
Succeeded by	Gehendra Bahadur Rajbhandari Acting Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 9 April 1964 – 7 April 1969
Monarch	Birendra Bir Bikram Shah
Prime Minister	Tulsi Giri Surya Bahadur Thapa
Preceded by	Tulsi Giri as Prime Minister
Succeeded by	Gehendra Bahadur Rajbhandari
Personal details
Born	(1927-01-15)15 January 1927 Thamel, Kathmandu, Nepal
Died	11 November 2017(2017-11-11) (aged 90) Gyaneshwar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Citizenship	Nepalese
Nationality	Nepali
Residence(s)	Gyaneshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal
Occupation	Politician

Biography

Bista was born in Thamel, Kathmandu, Nepal in 1927.^[2] He served as prime minister of Nepal from 1969 to 1970, 1971 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979.^[3] 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^[4] 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.^[5][6][7] Bista had been battling a long-term cancer.^{[8][9][10][11]}

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 by Surya Bahadur Thapa	Prime Minister of Nepal 1969–1970	Succeeded by direct rule by King Mahendra
Preceded by direct rule by King Mahendra	Prime Minister of Nepal 1971–1973	Succeeded by Nagendra Prasad Rijal
Preceded by Tulsi Giri	Prime Minister of Nepal 1977–1979	Succeeded by Surya Bahadur Thapa