# List of ambassadors of Nepal to the United States

The Nepali Ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of Nepal to the United States.

## List of representatives

| Diplomatic agrément | Diplomatic accreditation | Representative/ Ambassador | Prime Minister of Nepal | President of the United States | Notes |
| February 16, 1948 | February 19, 1948 | Kaiser Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Harry S. Truman | Legation opened |
| August 19, 1948 | | Subba Iswary Raj Misra | Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Harry S. Truman | Chargé d'affaires |
| September 21, 1949 | September 27, 1949 | Shankar Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana | Mohan Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Harry S. Truman | Chargé d'affaires |
| February 24, 1953 | | | Matrika Prasad Koirala | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Legation raised to embassy |
| February 17, 1953 | February 24, 1953 | Shankar Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana | Matrika Prasad Koirala | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
| September 29, 1958 | October 27, 1958 | Rishikesh Shah | Subarna Shamsher Rana | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
| July 13, 1961 | August 3, 1961 | Matrika Prasad Koirala | Tulsi Giri | John F. Kennedy | |
| October 23, 1964 | December 3, 1964 | Padma Bahadur Khatri | Tulsi Giri | Lyndon B. Johnson | Served again as an ambassador from 1976–1980. |
| April 4, 1969 | April 17, 1969 | Kul Shekhar Sharma | Kirti Nidhi Bista | Richard Nixon | |
| April 27, 1973 | June 14, 1973 | Yadunath Khanal | Nagendra Prasad Rijal | Richard Nixon | |
| May 25, 1975 | | Bishweshwar Prasad Rimal | Tulsi Giri | Gerald Ford | Chargé d'affaires |
| January 9, 1976 | January 23, 1976 | Padma Bahadur Khatri | Tulsi Giri | Gerald Ford | Previously served as an ambassador from 1964–1969. Memorandum of conversation between U.S. President Gerald Ford and the Nepalese Ambassador Padma Bahadur Khatri at the presentation of credentials on 23 January 1976 |
| August 8, 1980 | August 29, 1980 | Bhekh Bahadur Thapa | Surya Bahadur Thapa | Jimmy Carter | |
| February 3, 1986 | February 18, 1986 | Bishwa Pradhan | Nagendra Prasad Rijal | Ronald Reagan | |
| August 29, 1988 | September 19, 1988 | Mohan Man Sainju | Nagendra Prasad Rijal | Ronald Reagan | |
| November 5, 1991 | November 25, 1991 | Yog Prasad Upadhyay | Girija Prasad Koirala | George H. W. Bush | |
| March 7, 1995 | March 20, 1995 | Basudev Prasad Dhungana | Sher Bahadur Deuba | Bill Clinton | |
| March 18, 1996 | April 30, 1996 | Bhekh Bahadur Thapa | Sher Bahadur Deuba | Bill Clinton | |
| September 9, 1998 | September 10, 1998 | Damodar Prasad Gautam | Girija Prasad Koirala | Bill Clinton | |
| January 28, 2002 | February 14, 2002 | Jai Pratap Rana | Gyanendra of Nepal | George W. Bush | |
| August 20, 2004 | September 15, 2004 | Kedar Bhakta Shrestha | Sher Bahadur Deuba | George W. Bush | |
| November 21, 2007 | January 22, 2008 | Suresh Chandra Chalise | Girija Prasad Koirala | George W. Bush | |
| November 18, 2009 | February 24, 2010 | Shankar Prasad Sharma | Madhav Kumar Nepal | Barack Obama | |
| May 11, 2015 | May 18, 2015 | Arjun Karki | Sushil Koirala | Barack Obama | |
| December 24, 2020 | February 17, 2021 | Yuba Raj Khatiwada | Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli | Joe Biden | |