Events in the year 2017 in

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

: Bidhya Devi Bhandari *

Vice President A vice president or vice-president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vi ...

: Nanda Kishor Pun *

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

: previously

Pushpa Kamal Dahal Pushpa Kamal Dahal (; born Ghanashyam Dahal, 11 December 1954), alias ''Prachanda'' (, , "fierce"), is a Nepalese politician, currently serving as the Leader of the Opposition, since July 2024. He has served as the Prime Minister of Nepal o ...

and currently

Sher Bahadur Deuba Sher Bahadur Deuba (, ; born 13 June 1946, Ashigram, Kingdom of Nepal) is a Nepali politician and former prime minister of Nepal. He has also been serving as the president of the Nepali Congress since 2016. Deuba has served five terms as prime ...

* Chief Justice:

Sushila Karki Sushila Karki () (born 7 June 1952 in Biratnagar) is a Nepalese jurist. She is the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nepal and the only woman to have held the post. Karki became Chief Justice on 11 July 2016. The Constitutional Coun ...

(until 9 June), Gopal Prasad Parajauli (starting 9 June)

Events

May

* May 14 - First phase of

Local elections Local may refer to: Geography and transportation * Local (train), a train serving local traffic demand * Local, Missouri, a community in the United States Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Local'' (comics), a limited series comic book by Bria ...

. * May 27 -

Summit Air Flight 409 On 27 May 2017, a Let L-410 Turbolet operating as Goma Air Flight 409 crashed short of the runway whilst attempting to land at Tenzing–Hillary Airport in Nepal. It was on final approach when the aircraft hit trees short of the runway and subseq ...

crashes on final approach at

Lukla Airport Tenzing-Hillary Airport (, ), also known as Lukla Airport, is a domestic airport and altiport in the town of Lukla, in Khumbu Pasanglhamu, Solukhumbu District, Koshi Province of Nepal. The airport has gained worldwide fame, both for its unusua ...

June

* June 28 - Second phase of Local elections.

August

* August 7/8 - Partial Lunar eclipse visible from entire Nepal. * August 10–14 - Monsoon

Floods A flood is an overflow of water (list of non-water floods, or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are of significant con ...

lead to death of about 150 people in southern districts of Nepal.

September

* September 18 - Third phase of Local elections.

October

* October 14 - Tenure of Legislature Parliament ends.

November

* November 26 – First round of the

legislative election A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. General elections ...

December

* December 7 – Second round of the legislative election

Deaths

*14 January –

Yama Buddha Anil Adhikari (; 30 May 1987 – 14 January 2017) better known by his stage name Yama Buddha () was a Nepalese rapper based in London, United Kingdom. He is widely considered one of the most influential rappers of Nepalese hip hop, Nepalese hip- ...

, rapper (b. 1987). *6 May – Min Bahadur Sherchan, mountaineer (b. 1931) *6 May – Marshall Julum Shakya, politician (b. 1939) *14 July – Ram Hari Joshi, former minister and founding member of

Nepali Congress The Nepali Congress ( ; Abbreviation, abbr. NC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a Social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Nepal, political party in Nepal and the largest party in the country ...

(b. 1928) *11 November –

Kirti Nidhi Bista Kirti Nidhi Bista (; 15 January 1927 – 11 November 2017) was a Nepali politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Nepal. Biography Bista was born in Thamel, Kathmandu, Nepal in 1927. He served as prime minister of Nepal from 1969 to 19 ...

, 25th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1927)

References

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