The Ministry of Foreign Affairs maintains the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal's external relations and runs its international diplomatic missions. Since 2015, Kamal Thapa has served as Nepal's Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Nepal's modern, bilateral diplomatic relations officially began with neighboring India in June 1947, followed by formal relations with France in April 1949.
This is a list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Nepal:
1948: Sovag Jung Thapa (acting)1948–1951: Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana1951–1952: Matrika Prasad Koirala1952–1953: Khadga Man Singh1953–1955: Dilli Raman Regmi1955–1956: Sovag Jung Thapa1956–1957: Chuda Prasad Sharma1957: Kunwar Inderjit Singh1958–1959: Purendra Bikram Shah1959–1960: Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala1960–1962: Tulsi Giri1962: Rishikesh Shaha1962–1963: Tulsi Giri1963–1968: Kirti Nidhi Bista1968–1971: Gehendra Bahadur Rajbhandari1971–1972: Kirti Nidhi Bista1972–1975: Gyanendra Bahadur Karki1975–1979: Krishna Raj Aryal1979: Kirti Nidhi Bista1979–1981: K. B. Shahi1981–1982: Surya Bahadur Thapa1982–1985: Padma Bahadur Khatri1985–1986: Ranadhir Subba1986–1990: Shailendra Kumar Upadhyaya1990: Hari Bahadur Basnet1990: Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana1990–1991: Krishna Prasad Bhattarai1991–1994: Girija Prasad Koirala1994–1995: Madhav Kumar Nepal1995–1997: Prakash Chandra Lohani1997–1998: Kamal Thapa1998–1999: Girija Prasad Koirala1999: Krishna Prasad Bhattarai1999–2000: Ram Sharan Mahat2000–2001: Chakra Bastola2001–2002: Sher Bahadur Deuba2002–2003: Narendra Bikram Shah2003–2004: Surya Bahadur Thapa2004: Bhekh Bahadur Thapa2004–2005: Sher Bahadur Deuba2005–2006: Ramesh Nath Pandey2006–2007: K. P. Sharma Oli2007–2008: Sahana Pradhan2008–2009: Upendra Yadav2009–2011: Sujata Koirala2011: Upendra Yadav2011,–2012: Narayan Kaji Shrestha2012: Ishwor Pokhrel2012–2013: Narayan Kaji Shrestha2013–2014: Madhav Prasad Ghimire2014–2015: Mahendra Bahadur Pandey2015-2016: Kamal Thapa2016-present : Prakash Sharan Mahat
