Second Dahal Cabinet

Cabinet of Nepal
Date formed4 August 2016
Date dissolved31 May 2017
People and organisations
Head of stateBidhya Devi Bhandari
Head of governmentPushpa Kamal Dahal
Deputy head of governmentBimalendra Nidhi
Member partyMajor partiesCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
Nepali Congress
Minor parties
Rastriya Prajatantra Party
Nepal Loktantrik Forum
Akhanda Nepal Party (from 19 January 2017)
Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party, Nepal (from 19 January 2017)
History
Election(s)2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election
Legislature term(s)2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
PredecessorOli Cabinet
SuccessorDeuba Cabinet

On 4 August 2016, Pushpa Kamal Dahal of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) was elected as the Prime Minister of Nepal.[1] His candidacy was supported by the Nepali Congress, and several small parties represented in the Nepalese Parliament after a power-sharing deal with the Nepali Congress. Due to this, Dahal would become Prime Minister until the 2017 Nepalese local elections, after which he would step down in favour of the Nepali Congress.[2][3]

After being sworn in, Dahal formed a new government in a coalition with the parties that supported his election, making Bimalendra Nidhi, who supported the development of the power-sharing deal his Vice Prime Minister.[4] On several further occasions, Dahal made changes to his council of ministers.[5][6][7][8] The Cabinet Dahal with its ultimate 46 ministers (including state ministers) became the second biggest council of ministers in the history of Nepal, despite the new Constitution of Nepal set the maximum amount of ministries to 25.[9]

Ministers

Portfolio Minister Party Assumed office Left office
Prime MinisterN1 Pushpa Kamal Dahal Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) 4 August 2016 31 May 2017
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs Bimalendra Nidhi Nepali Congress 4 August 2016 31 May 2017
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Krishna Bahadur Mahara Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) 4 August 2016 31 May 2017
Deputy Prime Ministerand Minister of Federal Affairs and Local Development Bijay Kumar Gachhadar Nepal Democratic Forum 8 May 2017[10]
Minister for Urban Development Arjun Narasingha K.C. Nepali Congress 26 August 2016 31 May 2017
Minister for Youth and Sports Daljit Shreepaili Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) 4 August 2016 31 May 2017
Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation Ramesh Lekhak Nepali Congress 4 August 2016 31 May 2017
Minister for Supplies Deepak Bohora Rastriya Prajatantra Party 11 August 2016[11] 31 May 2017
Minister for Land Reform and Management Bikram Pandey Rastriya Prajatantra Party 11 August 2016[11] 8 May 2017
Gopal Dahit Nepal Loktantrik Forum 8 May 2017[10]
Minister of Federal Affairs and Local Development Hitraj Pandey Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) 14 August 2016 8 May 2017
Minister of Energy Janardhan Sharma Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) 14 August 2016 31 May 2017
Minister for Information and Communications Ram Karki Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) 14 August 2016 31 May 2017
Minister of Education Dhaniram Paudel Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) 14 August 2016 31 May 2017
Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ajaya Shankar Nayak Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) 14 August 2016 31 May 2017
Minister for Agricultural Development Gauri Shankar Chaudhary Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) 4 August 2016 31 May 2017
Minister of Foreign Affairs Prakash Sharan Mahat Nepali Congress 26 August 2016 31 May 2017
Minister of Defense Bal Krishna Khand Nepali Congress 26 August 2016 31 May 2017
Minister of General Administration Keshav Kumar Budhathoki Nepali Congress 26 August 2016 31 May 2017
Minister for Health Gagan Thapa Nepali Congress 26 August 2016 31 May 2017
Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation Shankar Bhandari Nepali Congress 26 August 2016 31 May 2017
Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Sita Devi Yadav Nepali Congress 26 August 2016 31 May 2017
Minister for Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation Hridaya Ram Thani Nepali Congress 26 August 2016 31 May 2017
Minister of Commerce Romy Gauchan Thakali Nepali Congress 26 August 2016 31 May 2017
Minister for Irrigation Deepak Giri Nepali Congress 26 August 2016 31 May 2017
Minister for Industry Nabindra Raj Joshi Nepali Congress 26 August 2016 31 May 2017
Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Jeevan Bahadur Shahi Nepali Congress 26 August 2016 8 May 2017
Jitendra Narayan Dev Nepal Loktantrik Forum 8 May 2017[10]
Minister of Labour and Employment Surya Man Gurung Nepali Congress 26 August 2016 31 May 2017
Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Development Kumar Khadka Akhanda Nepal Party 19 January 2017[12]
Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation Prem Bahadur Singh Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party, Nepal 19 January 2017[12]

Notes and references

Notes

1. ^ Dahal also led the following ministries:[7]

References
  1. ↑ "Pushpa Kamal Dahal elected Nepal Prime Minister". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Nepal PM Prachanda quits, honours power-sharing pact". Tribune India. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "NEPAL HEADS TO THE POLLS FOR FIRST LOCAL ELECTIONS IN TWO DECADES". Newsweek. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda sworn in as new Nepal PM". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Prime Minister Dahal expands Cabinet, adds three ministers". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Cabinet expansion stalled for few days". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  7. 1 2 "New ministers from CPN Maoist Centre sworn-in". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "13 new ministers take oath from President". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Deuba's Cabinet largest ever". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  10. 1 2 3 "Three ministers from Nepal Democratic Forum sworn in". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  11. 1 2 "PM assigns portfolios to RPP ministers". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  12. 1 2 "Cabinet expansion: Singh, Khadka sworn in as ministers". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
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