Marich Man Singh Shrestha

Prime Minister of Nepal

1 January 1942 Khalanga Bazar, Salyan District, Nepal

15 August 2013(2013-08-15) (71) Kathmandu, Nepal

15 June 1986 – 6 April 1990

Nepali politician Marich Man Singh Shrestha (Nepali: मरिचमान सिंह श्रेष्ठ ; 1 January 1942 – 15 August 2013) was a Nepali politician and former Prime Minister of Nepal. He was born in 1942 in Khalanga Bazar, Salyan, Nepal. He served as the Prime Minister of Nepal from 15 June 1986 to 6 April 1990, and is remembered as the last Prime Minister of the Panchayat period and the Prime Minister during the 1989 Indian economic blockade on Nepal. Prior to that, he was the speaker of the Rastriya Panchayat from 1981 to 1985. He is one of the only two non-Khas Prime Ministers of Nepal, both the exceptions having been Newar Shresthas. He is the first Newar to have assumed the full title of the Prime Minister of Nepal, second if we count Gehendra Bahadur Rajbhandari who was acknowledged as an Acting Prime Minister.