Rastriya Panchayat राष्ट्रिय पञ्चायत | |
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Kingdom of Nepal | |
Type | |
Type | |
History | |
Established | 1962 |
Disbanded | 1990 |
Preceded by | Parliament of Nepal |
Succeeded by | Parliament of Nepal |
Seats | 124 |
Meeting place | |
Gallery Baithak, Singha Durbar, Kathmandu | |
Constitution | |
Constitution of Nepal 1962 |
Nepal portal |
Rastriya Panchayat was the official legislature (parliament) during the Panchayat regime of Nepal that effectively functioned from 1960 to 1990.[1] Its head office was at the "Gallery Baithak" in Singha Durbar, Kathmandu. In the 1980s, it consisted of more than 120 members among which 105 members were directly elected by the people, while the king was to nominate 20 percent of its members, i.e. 19 members were nominated by the monarch.
The Rastriya Panchayat was dissolved by King Birendra after the People's Movement I in 1990[2] and replaced by a bicameral legislature with a fully elected House of Representatives (Nepali: Pratinidhi Sabha).
Speaker / Chairman | Took office | Left office | Notes |
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Biswa Bandhu Thapa | April 1963 | July 1964 | [3][4] |
Rajeshwor Devkota | ? - 1965 | July 1966 - ? | [5] |
Narendra Kumar Pradhan | ? - 1967 | 1967 - ? | acting[6] |
Nagendra Prasad Rijal | ? - September 1967 | June 1968 | [7] |
Lalit Chand | June 1968 | 1970 | [7] |
Ram Hari Sharma | 1970 | 1971 | [8] |
Rajeshwor Devkota | 1971 | March 1972 | [9] |
Nagendra Prasad Rijal | 1972 | July 1973 | [10] |
Dambar Bahadur Basnet | July 1973 | 1974 | acting[10] |
Nain Bahadur Swanr | 1974 | 1975 - ? | also spelt Nain Bahadur Swar[11][12] |
Ram Hari Sharma | June 1976 | 1979 - ? | [13] |
Lokendra Bahadur Chand | 1980 | 1981 | [14] |
Marich Man Singh Shrestha | 1981 | 1985 | |
Tulsi Giri | ? | 1986 | [15] |
Nava Raj Subedi | 1986 | 1990 | [16][17] |
Parashuram Rai | 1986 | 1988 - ? | acting for Subedi[18] |
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