Tulsi Giri

Tulsi Giri (Maithili: तुलसी गिरि; 26 September 1926 – 18 December 2018) was the Prime Minister of Nepal^[1] from 1975 to 1977, and chairman of the Council of Ministers (a de facto Prime Ministerial position) in 1963, and again in 1964 and 1965. He was born in Siraha District, Nepal in 1926.^[2] Tulsi was a Minister in the Congress government of 1959−1960 before its dissolution by King Mahendra. He became the first Prime Minister following the two-year direct rule of Mahendra. He studied at the Suri Vidyasagar College, when it was affiliated with the University of Calcutta.^[3] He received a medical degree prior to entering politics.^[4]

Prime Minister Tulsi Giri
तुलसी गिरी
Tulsi Giri in 1963
23rd Prime Minister of Nepal
In office 2 April 1960 – 23 December 1963
Monarch	Mahendra
Preceded by	Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala
Succeeded by	Surya Bahadur Thapa
In office 26 February 1964 – 26 January 1965
Monarch	Mahendra
Preceded by	Surya Bahadur Thapa
Succeeded by	Surya Bahadur Thapa
In office 1 December 1975 – 12 September 1977
Monarch	King Birendra
Preceded by	Nagendra Prasad Rijal
Succeeded by	Kirti Nidhi Bista
Personal details
Born	(1926-09-26)26 September 1926 Siraha, Siraha District, Nepal
Died	18 December 2018(2018-12-18) (aged 92) Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu
Citizenship	Nepalese
Political party	Independent
Residence(s)	Bangalore, India
Occupation	Politician

Tulsi was married 3 times and had 2 sons and 4 daughters; his third wife Sarah Giri, worked as a deaf-rights advocate. As of 2013 they had been married 34 years.^[5] As an adult Tulsi was baptized to his wife's faith, Jehovah's Witnesses.^[6] He resigned as chairman Rastriya Panchayat in 1986 and moved to Sri Lanka^[7] where he stayed for two years and then finally settled in Bangalore, India until 2005. He died on 18 December 2018, at his home in Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu aged 92, from liver cancer.^[8]