Koirala (Nepali: कोइराला) is a predominantly Brahmin(Bahun) surname of Nepal.

It can refer to:

• Krishna Prasad Koirala, the patriarch of the Koirala family

• Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, Prime Minister of Nepal from 1959 to 1960

• Girija Prasad Koirala former Prime Minister of Nepal

• Manisha Koirala, Bollywood actress

• Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician

• Prakash Koirala, Nepalese politician

• Raj Ballav Koirala, Nepalese Actor

• Bharat Koirala, winner of the 2002 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism

• Saroj Prasad Koirala Nepalese Politician

• Lila Koirala Nepalese Politician and First Woman and Social Welfare Minister

• Matrika Prasad Koirala (1912-97) was the first Prime Minister after the fall of the hereditary Rana Prime Ministers in 1951.

• Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala (B.P Koirala) (1915-82) was Prime Minister but was forced into exile,and was known internationally as a leading voice for democracy in Nepal.

• Girija Prasad Koirala (1925-),five time Prime Minister after directly elected parliaments were restored in the 1990s and currently is the Prime Minister of Nepal.

• Manisha Koirala, also of the next generation of the family, was one of the biggest Bollywood stars of the 1990s.

• Indira Koirala (Acharya) - mother of Shailaja Acharya, a prominent senior politician of Nepali Congress.

• Vijaya Laxmi Koirala (Zaki) – She married a Pakistani diplomat Muhammad Akram Zaki. Zaki 75-year is now Senior Vice President in Nawaz Sharief's Party Pakistan Muslim League.

• Kamal Prasad Koirala was a parliamentarian with the CPNUML,is at present he is situated in Seoul,South Korea as an Ambassador.

• Richa Koirala is from a prominent background of Nepali Congress.

• Amit Koirala is the Chief of American Express Bank in Nepal, is married to Srijana Prasai Koirala who is a prominent business woman and runs an international school and travel agency in Kathmandu.

• Prakash Koirala, a staunch Royalist - was a minister in 2005 King's cabinet. Twice elected as the Member of Parliament, as Nepali Congress candidate in 1994 and 1999, but supported the King and finally joined King's cabinet in 2005. Expelled from the NC Party for his support of the King's 2005-06 autocratic regime ( he joined as a minister). His daughter is a prominent Bollywood actress - Manisha Koirala. Prakash Koirala’s wife’s name is Sushma Koirala, and his son’s name is Siddhartha Koirala.

• Shashank Koirala, the third son of B.P. Koirala who is a prominent Eye Specialist, Quit the job in 2005 and joined politics, Elected as CWC member in September 2005 Nepali Congress Party election. Shashank's wife Suphatra Koirala, a Thai national, is a famous Gynecologist in Kathmandu

• Nona Koirala Nona Koirala, was living with GP Koirala and was a Central Committee Member, nominated by GP Koirala. She died in 2007 Jan 28.

• Shekhar Koirala is close Girija Koirala aide and is also a NC, Central Committee Member, nominated by GP Koirala.

• Tarini Prasad Koirala Journalist, Writer, served in Radio Nepal also.

• Sujata Koirala is NC, Central Committee Member, and Chief of the party's Foreign Relations Department

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