| Kirti Nidhi Bista | |
| Native Name: | कीर्तिनिधि विष्ट |
| Office: | 25th Prime Minister of Nepal |
| Termstart: | 12 September 1977 |
| Termend: | 30 May 1979 |
| Predecessor: | Tulsi Giri |
| Termstart1: | 16 July 1973 |
| Termend1: | 14 April 1971 |
| Monarch1: | Birendra Bir Bikram Shah |
| Predecessor1: | Gehendra Bahadur Rajbhandari |
| Successor1: | Nagendra Prasad Rijal |
| Termstart2: | 7 April 1969 |
| Termend2: | 13 April 1970 |
| Monarch2: | Birendra Bir Bikram Shah |
| Predecessor2: | Surya Bahadur Thapa |
| Successor2: | Gehendra Bahadur Rajbhandari |
| Office3: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Termstart3: | 9 April 1964 |
| Termend3: | 7 April 1969 |
| Monarch3: | Birendra Bir Bikram Shah |
| Primeminister3: | Tulsi Giri Surya Bahadur Thapa |
| Predecessor3: | Tulsi Giri |
| Successor3: | Gehendra Bahadur Rajbhandari |
| Birth Date: | 15 January 1927 |
| Birth Place: | Thamel, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Death Place: | Gyaneshwar, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Residence: | Gyaneshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Nationality: | Nepali |
| Citizenship: | Nepalese |
| Occupation: | Politician |
Kirti Nidhi Bista (ne|कीर्तिनिधि विष्ट; 15 January 1927 – 11 November 2017)[1] was a Nepali politician and 25th Prime Minister of Nepal.
Bista was born in Thamel, Kathmandu, Nepal in 1927.[2] He served as prime minister of Nepal from 1969 to 1970, 1971 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979.[3] He was minister of finance from 1969 to 1970 and from 1971 to 1973 AD.
After the coup d'état of King Gyanendra in 2005 AD, Bista was appointed one of the vice-chairmen[4] until the government collapsed in April 2006 after the people's uprising. He is best remembered for resigning from the prime ministerial post after Singha Durbar burned down in 1973
Bista died at his residence in Gyaneshwor on 11 November 2017. He was 90 years old at that time.He has only one Grandson Named Aayam Bikram Bista who was born in 2056/12/24 at Gaighat,Udayapur currently living in Tikathali,Lalitpur.[5] [6] [7] Bista had been battling a long-term cancer.[8] [9] [10] [11]