Honorific-Prefix: | General |
Gaurav Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | |
Native Name: | महारथी श्री गौरव शम्शेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा |
Native Name Lang: | ne |
Birth Date: | 1955 12, df=yes |
Office: | Chief of Army Staff of the Nepalese Army |
Term Start1: | September 2012 |
Term End1: | August 2015 |
Deputy1: | Pawan Bahadur Pande as Chief of General Staff |
Preceded1: | Chhatra Man Singh Gurung |
Succeeded1: | Rajendra Chhetri |
Allegiance: | Nepal |
Branch: | Nepal Army |
Serviceyears: | 1974–2015 |
Rank: | General |
Relations: | Rana dynasty and Pande familyMalika Rajya laxmi Pande (daughter)Samrat Shumshere JungBahadur Rana (son)Meghna Rajya Laxhmi (daughter) |
Gaurav Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (Nepali: गौरव शम्शेर जङ्गबहादुर राणा) also known as Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Nepalese Army from September 2012 to August 2015.[1] He is a descendant of the Shamsher Rana family of Nepal through then Maharajkumar Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana.[2]
General Gaurav Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana is a descendant of Prime Minister Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana and Commanding General Baber Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana. He is the son of former Major General Aditya Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana and is married to Rohini Rana. The couple has two daughters, two grandsons and two granddaughters.[3]
General Gaurav was born in 1955 in Kathmandu.[4] He attended The Lawrence School, Sanawar and the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.[5]