Murari Raj Sharma | |
Order1: | Nepalese foreign secretary |
Order2: | Nepalese Permanent Representative next the Headquarters of the United Nations |
Term End2: | [1] |
Predecessor2: | 1956-1960: Rishikesh Shah |
Successor2: | Durga Prasad Bhattarai |
Order3: | Nepalese Ambassador to the Court of St James's |
Predecessor3: | Prabal S.J.B. Rana |
Successor3: | Suresh Chandra Chalise |
Birth Date: | 1 April 1951 |
Death Date: | [2] |
Death Place: | London, United Kingdom |
Murari Raj Sharma (1951 - 2020) was a former ambassador for Nepal to the United Kingdom. He presented his letters of credence to the British Queen on February 12, 2008 at Buckingham Palace.[3] Prior to this, he was a Member of the United Nations Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. An award winning author, he wrote Reinventing the United Nations and Murari Adhikari's Short Stories. Sharma chaired a number of UN Committees.[4] Sharma was involved in resolving issues caused by the hijacking of the Indian Airlines Flight 814.