List of ambassadors of Nepal to the United States

The Nepali Ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of Nepal to the United States.[1]

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Emblem of Nepal
Incumbent Arjun Karki since May 18, 2015
Inaugural holder	Kaiser Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana
Formation	1948 / 1953

List of representatives

Diplomatic agrément	Diplomatic accreditation	Representative / Ambassador	Notes	Nepal Prime Minister	U.S. President	Term end
February 16, 1948			Legation opened	Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana	Harry S. Truman
February 16, 1948	February 19, 1948	Kaiser Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana		Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana	Harry S. Truman
August 19, 1948		Subba Iswary Raj Misra	Chargé d'affaires	Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana	Harry S. Truman
September 21, 1949	September 27, 1949	Shankar Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana	Chargé d'affaires	Mohan Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana	Harry S. Truman
February 24, 1953			Legation raised to embassy	Matrika Prasad Koirala	Dwight D. Eisenhower
February 17, 1953	February 24, 1953	Shankar Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana		Matrika Prasad Koirala	Dwight D. Eisenhower
September 29, 1958	October 27, 1958	Rishikesh Shah		Subarna Shamsher Rana	Dwight D. Eisenhower
July 13, 1961	August 3, 1961	Matrika Prasad Koirala		Tulsi Giri	John F. Kennedy
October 23, 1964	December 3, 1964	Major General Padma Bahadur Khatri	Served again as an ambassador from 1976–1980.	Tulsi Giri	Lyndon B. Johnson
April 4, 1969	April 17, 1969	Kul Shekhar Sharma		Kirti Nidhi Bista	Richard Nixon
April 27, 1973	June 14, 1973	Yadunath Khanal		Nagendra Prasad Rijal	Richard Nixon
May 25, 1975		Bishweshwar Prasad Rimal	Chargé d'affaires	Tulsi Giri	Gerald Ford
January 9, 1976	January 23, 1976	Padma Bahadur Khatri	Previously served as an ambassador from 1964–1969. Memorandum of conversation between U.S. President Gerald Ford and the Nepalese Ambassador Padma Bahadur Khatri at the presentation of credentials on 23 January 1976	Tulsi Giri	Gerald Ford
August 8, 1980	August 29, 1980	Bhekh Bahadur Thapa		Surya Bahadur Thapa	Jimmy Carter
February 3, 1986	February 18, 1986	Bishwa Pradhan		Nagendra Prasad Rijal	Ronald Reagan
August 29, 1988	September 19, 1988	Mohan Man Sainju		Nagendra Prasad Rijal	Ronald Reagan
November 5, 1991	November 25, 1991	Yog Prasad Upadhyay		Girija Prasad Koirala	George H. W. Bush
March 7, 1995	March 20, 1995	Basudev Prasad Dhungana		Sher Bahadur Deuba	Bill Clinton
March 18, 1996	April 30, 1996	Bhekh Bahadur Thapa		Sher Bahadur Deuba	Bill Clinton
September 9, 1998	September 10, 1998	Damodar Prasad Gautam		Girija Prasad Koirala	Bill Clinton
January 28, 2002	February 14, 2002	Jai Pratap Rana	(Died March 2003)	Gyanendra of Nepal	George W. Bush
August 20, 2004	September 15, 2004	Kedar Bhakta Shrestha		Sher Bahadur Deuba	George W. Bush
November 21, 2007	January 22, 2008	Suresh Chandra Chalise	Dr	Girija Prasad Koirala	George W. Bush
November 18, 2009	February 24, 2010	Shankar Prasad Sharma		Madhav Kumar Nepal	Barack Obama
May 11, 2015	May 18, 2015	Arjun Karki		Sushil Koirala	Barack Obama
	Khadga Prasad Oli	Donald Trump

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References

1. "Nepal Embassy USA | Embassy of Nepal USA". www.nepalembassyusa.org. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
2. Chief of Protocol

External links

• National Archives and Records Administration