The Council of Ministers led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has got a full shape 23 days after he was appointed as the prime minister of Nepal.
Prachanda, who became the prime minister with the support of 169 lawmakers from seven parties on December 25, has given a full shape to his cabinet today (Tuesday).
On December 26, Prime Minister Dahal had formed an eight-member cabinet. Today, 14 more ministers have been inducted in the cabinet.
Newly elected minsters have been sworn-in amidst a program at Sheetal Niwas today.
Prime Minister
- Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'
Deputy Prime Ministers
- Bishnu Prasad Paudel, Finance Minister
- Narayankaji Shrestha, Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport
- Rabi Lamichhane, Minister for Home Affairs
- Rajendra Lingden, Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
Ministers
- Jwalakumari Sah, Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development
- Damodar Bhandari, Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies
- Rajendra Kumar Rai, Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
- Abdul Khan, Minister for Water Supply
- Bimala Rai Poudel, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Padam Giri, Minister for Health and Population
- Bhagwati Chaudhary, Minister for Women and Children and Social Welfare
- Hari Upreti, Minister for Defense
- Rekha Sharma, Minister for Communications, Technology and Information
- Sudan Kirati, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
- Amanlal Modi, Minister for Federal Addairs and General Administration
- Sushila Sreepali, Minister of State for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
- Dol Prasad Aryal, Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security
- Shishir Khanal, Minister for Education,Science and Technology
- Toshima Karki, Minister of State for Health and Population
- Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
- Bikram Pandey, Minister for Urban Development
- Deepak Singh, Minister of State for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
