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Kirti Nidhi Bista
कीर्तिनिधि विष्ट
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Bista in 1968
25th Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
7 April 1969 – 13 April 1970
Monarch King Mahendra
In office
14 April 1971 – 16 July 1973
Monarch King Mahendra
King Birendra
In office
12 September 1977 – 30 May 1979
Monarch King Birendra
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
Residences Gyaneshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal
Occupation Politician

Kirti Nidhi Bista (Nepali: कीर्तिनिधि विष्ट; 15 January 1927 – 11 November 2017) was a Nepali politician and 25th Prime Minister of Nepal.

Biography

Bista was born in Thamel, Kathmandu, Nepal in 1927. He served as prime minister of Nepal from 1969 to 1970, 1971 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979. 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 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. Bista had been battling a long-term cancer.

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