The inspector general of police (IGP) is the senior-most and highest ranked police officer of Nepal and the head of the Nepalese Police Force, who oversees all police activities throughout the country and reports directly to the Ministry of Home Affairs and is appointed by the government of Nepal for a tenure of four years, although two IGPs have served for six years. [1] [2]
Inspector general of Nepal police | |
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प्रहरी महानिरीक्षक | |
Reports to | Home Ministry of Nepal |
Residence | IGP Residence, Naxal, Kathmandu |
Seat | Nepal Police Headquarters, Naxal, Kathmandu, Nepal |
Appointer | Home secretary (subject to the decision of the prime minister and the council of ministers of Nepal) |
Term length | 4 years Extendable |
Constituting instrument | Police Act 2012 |
Formation | 1951 |
First holder | Toran Shumsher JBR |
Deputy | Additional Inspector General of Nepal Police (AIGP) |
Website | www |
Order [3] [4] | Name | Time in office |
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1st | Toran Shumsher J.B.R. | April 1950 |
2nd | Nara Shumsher J.B.R. | April 1950 – December 1953 |
3rd | Gyan Bahadur Yakthumba | December 1953 – August 1955 |
4th | Gopal Shumsher J.B.R. | August 1955 – July 1956 |
5th | Purna Singh Khawas | July 1956 – August 1957 |
6th | Dhundi Raj Sharma | August 1957 – December 1961 |
7th | Pahal Singh Lama | December 1961 – July 1966 |
8th | Rom Bahadur Thapa | August 1966 – June 1972 |
9th | Khadgajeet Baral | July 1972 – July 1978 |
10th | Durlav Kumar Thapa | July 1978 – June 1982 |
11th | Dil Bahadur Lama | June 1982 – June 1986 |
12th | Hem Bahadur Singh | June 1986 – June 1990 |
13th | Ratna Shumsher J.B.R. | June 1990 – February 1992 |
14th | Moti Lal Bohora | February 1992 – January 1996 |
15th | Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan | March 1996 – December 1996 |
16th | Achyut Krishna Kharel | February 1996 – March 1996 |
December 1996 – September 1999 | ||
17th | Pradip Shumsher J.B.R. | September 1999 – December 2002 |
18th | Shyam Bhakta Thapa | December 2002 – September 2006 |
19th | Om Bikram Rana | September 2006 – September 2008 |
20th | Hem Bahadur Gurung | September 2008 – February 2009 |
21st | Ramesh Chand Thakuri | February 2009 – May 2011 |
22nd | Rabindra Pratap Shah | June 2011 – September 2012 |
23rd | Kuber Singh Rana | September 2012 – November 2013 |
24th | Upendra Kant Aryal | November 2013 – February 2017 |
25th | Prakash Aryal | 10 April 2017 – 11 April 2018 |
26th | Sarbendra Khanal | 11 April 2018 – 11 February 2020 |
27th | Thakur Prasad Gyawaly | 12 February 2020 – 07 July 2020 |
28th | Shailesh Thapa Chhetri | 09 July 2020 – 01 May 2022 |
29th | Dhiraj Pratap Singh | 01 May 2022 – 24 March 2023 |
30th | Basanta Bahadur Kunwar | 24 March 2023 – present |
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