Kirdi Nidhi Bista (Nepali: कीर्तिनिधि विष्ट) (born 15 January 1927) is a Nepali politician. He was born in Thamel, Kathmandu, Nepal in 1927. He served as prime minister of Nepal from 1969 to 1970, 1971 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979. After the coup d'état of King Gyanendra in 2005, Bista was appointed one of the vice-chairmen until the government collapsed in April 2006 after the people's uprising.