caption predecessor successor succession image article_title name reign
king gyanendra bir bikram shah dev tribhuvan dipendra -lrb- his nephew -rrb- -lrb- 2nd reign -rrb- -lrb- his grandfather -rrb- -lrb- 1st reign -rrb- tribhuvan '' ` monarchy abolished '' ' king of nepal gyanendra 01.jpg gyanendra of nepal
 gyanendra bir bikram shah dev 7 2001 -- 28 may 2008 november 1950 - 7 january 1951 4 june
gyanendra of nepal

gyanendra bir bikram shah dev -lrb- ; jñānendra Śāh ; born 7 july 1947 -rrb- was the king of nepal from 2001 to 2008 .
as a child , he was also briefly king from 1950 to 1951 , when his grandfather , tribhuvan , was forced into exile in india with the rest of his family .
following the nepalese royal massacre in 2001 , he again became king .
king gyanendra 's second reign was marked by constitutional turmoil .
his predecessor king birendra had established a constitutional monarchy in which he delegated policy to a representative government .
the growing insurgency of the nepalese civil war during king gyanendra 's reign interfered with elections of representatives .
after several delays in elections , king gyanendra suspended the constitution and assumed direct authority in february 2005 , assuring that it would be a temporary situation to suppress the maoist insurgency .
in the face of broad opposition , he restored the previous parliament in april 2006 .
his reign ended approximately two years later , when the nepalese constituent assembly declared nepal a republic and abolished the monarchy .
