Tulsi Giri

Nepalese politician

Tulsi Giri (Nepali: 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) between 1960 and 1963, and again in 1964 and 1965. He was born in Siraha District, Nepal in 1926.[2]

Tulsi Giri
Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
1960–1963
MonarchKing Birendra
In office
1964–1965
Personal details
Born(1926-09-26)26 September 1926
Siraha District, Nepal
Died18 December 2018(2018-12-18) (aged 92)
Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu, Nepal
Political partyIndependent
OccupationPolitician

Giri died on 18 December 2018 from liver cancer in Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu, Nepal, aged 92.[3]

References change

  1. Praagh, David Van (2003). The greater game: India's race with destiny and China. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 332. ISBN 978-0-7735-2639-6. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  2. "Ilmi Encyclopaedia of General Knowledge". 1979.
  3. "Former Prime Minister Tulsi Giri passes away at 93". Archived from the original on 2018-12-18. Retrieved 2018-12-18.