Subarna Shamsher Rana
Subarna Shamsher Rana | |
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Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal | |
In office 27 May 1959 – 16 December 1960 | |
Prime Minister | Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala |
Finance Minister of Nepal | |
In office 27 May 1959 – 16 December 1960 | |
Prime Minister | Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala |
21st Prime Minister of Nepal | |
In office 15 May 1958 – 27 May 1959 | |
Monarch | Mahendra |
Preceded by | Kunwar Inderjit Singh |
Succeeded by | Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala |
3rd President of Nepali Congress | |
In office 24 January 1956 – 23 May 1957 | |
Preceded by | Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala |
Succeeded by | Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala |
Finance Minister of Nepal | |
In office 1950–1951 | |
Prime Minister | Mohan Shamsher Rana, Matrika Prasad Koirala |
Subarna Shamsher Rana (Nepali: सुवर्ण सम्शेर राणा) (1910–1977) was a leading figure in the movement to overthrow the ruling Rana oligarchy and to establish democracy in Nepal. He was part of the leadership of the Nepali Congress in the late 1940s, opposing his relatives, the Rana family, who held power in Nepal at the time. He is one of the most revered leaders of Nepali Congress.
In 1951, he became the Minister of Finance in the Congress-Rana government led by Sir Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana.[1] He was appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers, the head of government in Nepal at the time, in 1958 until elections were held in 1959, after which fellow Congress politician Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala became Prime Minister. After the coup d'état by King Mahendra in 1960, he continued his struggle to bring multiparty democracy in Nepal.
He was the grandson of the Prime Minister Bhim Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana & son of Hiranya Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana.
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Preceded by Kunwar Indrajit Singh |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Nepal 1958 – 1959 |
Succeeded by Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala |