2017 in Nepal
# 2017 in Nepal

Events in the year 2017 in Nepal.

## Incumbents

* President: Bidhya Devi Bhandari
* Vice President: Nanda Kishor Pun
* Prime Minister: previously Pushpa Kamal Dahal and currently Sher Bahadur Deuba
* Chief Justice: Sushila Karki (until 9 June), Gopal Prasad Parajauli (starting 9 June)

## Events

### May

* May 14 - First phase of Local elections.
* May 27 - Summit Air Flight 409 crashes on final approach at Lukla Airport.

### June

* June 28 - Second phase of Local elections.

### August

* August 7/8 - Partial Lunar eclipse visible from entire Nepal.
* August 10–14 - Monsoon Floods lead to death of about 150 people in southern districts of Nepal.

### September

* September 18 - Third phase of Local elections.

### October

* October 14 - Tenure of Legislature Parliament ends.

### November

* November 26 – First round of the legislative election.

### December

* December 7 – Second round of the legislative election

## Deaths

* 14 January – Yama Buddha, rapper (b. 1987).
* 6 May – Min Bahadur Sherchan, mountaineer (b. 1931)
* 6 May – Marshall Julum Shakya, politician (b. 1939)
* 14 July – Ram Hari Joshi, former minister and founding member of Nepali Congress (b. 1928)
* 11 November – Kirti Nidhi Bista, 25th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1927)
