List of representatives
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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