Tulsi Giri

Tulsi Giri
तुल्सी गिरी
Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
1960–1963
Monarch King Birendra
In office
1964–1965
Personal details
Born 26 September 1926
Siraha District, Nepal
Citizenship Nepalese
Political party Independent
Residence Bangalore, India
Occupation Politician
Religion Jehovah's Witnesses (converted from Hinduism)

Tulsi Giri (Nepali: तुलसी गिरि born 26 September 1926) 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 was also a Minister in the Congress government of 1959-1960, before its dissolution by King Mahendra. He was the first prime-minister under the dictatorship.[3] He studied at the Suri Vidyasagar College, when it was affiliated with the University of Calcutta.[4] He received his medical degree but politics soon became his life.[5]

Tulsi has had numerous wives and children and is currently married to Sarah Giri, Sarah is a deaf-rights advocate. As of 2013 they have been married 34 years.[6]

As an adult Tulsi was baptized to this wife's faith i.e Jehovah's witness and 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 till 2005.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala		 Prime Minister of Nepal
1960 – 1963 		Succeeded by
Surya Bahadur Thapa
Preceded by
Surya Bahadur Thapa		 Prime Minister of Nepal
1964 – 1965 		Succeeded by
Surya Bahadur Thapa
Preceded by
Nagendra Prasad Rijal		 Prime Minister of Nepal
1975 – 1977 		Succeeded by
Kirti Nidhi Bista