Tulsi Giri
Prime Minister Tulsi Giri | |
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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 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]
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 December 18, 2018, at his home in Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu aged 92, from liver cancer.[8]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Profile of Tulsi Giri". Ilmi Encyclopaedia of General Knowledge. Ilmi Kitab Khana. 1979. p. 382.
- ^ Prominent alumni, Suri Vidyasagar College Archived 2012-04-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Tulsi Giri Interview". Democracy for Nepal. 7 October 2005.
- ^ "Meeting the Other (Sarah) Giri". Wagle Street Journal. 30 November 2005.
- ^ Haviland, Charles (1 March 2005). "Analysis: Nepal one month on". BBC.
- ^ "From Kathmandu to Damon: The Story of Dr. Giri". 17 February 2005. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Former Prime Minister Tulsi Giri passes away at 93". Kathmandu Post. 18 December 2018.
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Preceded by | Prime Minister of Nepal 1960 – 1963 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Prime Minister of Nepal 1964 – 1965 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Prime Minister of Nepal 1975 – 1977 | Succeeded by |
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