List of monarchs of Nepal
The King of Nepal was called " Raja ," the queen " Rani ".
Thakuri kings
- Kama Deva (1184-1196)
- Ari Malla Dev (1200-1216)
Malla kingdom ( undivided )
- Abhir Malla
- Jayastithi Malla (1382-1422)
- Jyotir Malla (1422-1427)
- Yashka Malla (1427-1482)
The three Malla kingdoms
Kings of Kantipur
- Mahendra Malla 1560-1574
- Sadashiva Malla 1574-1583
- Shiva Simha 1578-1620
- Pratapa Malla (1640-1673)
- Chakravartendra Malla 1669
- Mahipatendra Malla 1670
- Nripendra Malla 1674-1680
- Parthivendra Malla 1680-1687
- Bhupalendra Malla 1687-1700
- Bhaskara Malla 1701-1715
- Mahindra Simha 1715-1722
- Jagajjaya Malla 1722-1735
- Jaya Prakash Malla 1735-1746, 1750-1768
- Jyoti Prakash Malla 1746-1750
Kings of Lalitpur
- Siddhi Narsing (1618-1661)
- Yoga Narendra Malla 1685-1705
- Loka Prakash Malla 1705-1706
- Indra Malla ( Purandara Malla ) 1706-1709
- Vira Narasimha Malla 1709
- Vira Mahindra Malla 1709-1715
- Riddhi Narasimha 1715-1717
- Mahindra Simha (simultaneously king of Kantipur ) 1717-1722
- Yoga Prakash Malla 1722-1729
- Vishnu Malla 1729-1745
- Rajya Prakash Malla 1745-1758
- Vishvajit Malla 1758-1760
- Jaya Prakash Malla (also king of Kantipur ) 1760-1761, 1763-1764
- Ranajit Malla (also King of Bhaktapur ) 1762-1763
- Dala Mardan Shah 1764-1765
- Tej Narasimha Malla 1765-1768
Kings of Bhaktapur
- Trailokya Malla 1560-1613
- Jagajjyoti Malla 1613-1637
- Naresha Malla 1637-1644
- Jagat Prakash Malla 1644-1673
- Jitamitra Malla 1663-1696
- Bhupatindra Malla 1696-1722
- Ranajit Malla 1722-1769
- Dravya Shah (1559-1570)
Kingdom of Nepal
- Prithvi Narayan Shah Dev (1743-1775)
- Pratap Singh Shah Dev (1775-1777)
- Rana Bahadur Shah Dev (1777-1799)
- Bikram Shah Dev Girbanyudha (1799-1816)
- Rajendra Bikram Shah Dev (1816-1847)
- Surendra Bikram Shah Dev (1847-1881)
- Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah Dev (1881-1911)
- Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah Dev (1911-1950) for the 1st time
- Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (1950-1951) 2 months, for the 1st time
- Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah Dev (1951-1955) for the 2nd time
- Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (1955-1972)
- Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (1972-2001)
- Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev ( 2001) 3 days
- Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (2001-2008) for the 2nd time, last King of Nepal
On 28 December 2007, Parliament voted to abolish the monarchy and the king lost his function as head of state. Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala was holding office on an interim basis. On 28 May 2008, the Republic was proclaimed and Ram Baran Yadav, was sworn in on 23 July 2008 as the first President of the Republic.