Council of Ministers of Nepal

The Council of Ministers (Nepali: मन्त्रीमण्डल, romanized: mantrīmaṇḍala) or Federal Executive (Nepali: संघीय कार्यपालिका, romanized: Saṅghīya kāryapālikā) is the executive body of the federal government of Nepal. The prime minister is the head of the council of ministers. The incumbent prime minister is Pushpa Kamal Dahal.^[1]

Formation

According to the Constitution of Nepal, the Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Nepal. The President on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Nepal forms a council of ministers consisting of members not exceeding twenty five in number from among the members of the federal parliament on the basis of the principle of inclusion.^[2]

Removal

According to the Constitution of Nepal, the minister ceases to hold office by:^[3]

tendering resignation in writing to the Prime Minister,
removal by the Prime Minister,
vacancy in the office of Prime Minister, or,
death.

Current Council of Ministers

On 26 December 2022, President Bidya Devi Bhandari appoint a CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal as the Prime Minister of Nepal.^[4]^[5]

Minister Constituency	Office(s)	Ministry	Assumed Office	Website
Dahal cabinet, 2022
Rt. Hon'ble Prime Minister
	Pushpa Kamal Dahal MP for Gorkha 2	Prime Minister of Nepal	Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers	26 December 2022	Official website
Rt. Hon'ble Deputy Prime Minister
	Raghubir Mahaseth MP for Dhanusha 4	Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport	Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport	6 March 2024	Official website
	Narayan Kaji Shrestha MP for Gandaki	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	6 March 2024	Official website
	Rabi Lamichhane MP for Chitwan 2	Minister of Home Affairs	Ministry of Home Affairs	6 March 2024	Official website
Hon'ble Minister
	Barsaman Pun MP for Rolpa 1	Minister of Finance	Ministry of Finance	6 March 2024	Official website
	Shakti Bahadur Basnet MP for Jajarkot 1	Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation	Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation	6 March 2024	Official website
	Bhanu Bhakta Joshi MP for Bajhang 1	Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration	Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration	6 March 2024	Official website
	Hit Bahadur Tamang MP for Nuwakot 1	Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation	Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation	4 March 2024	Official website
	Rekha Sharma MP for Dang 2	Minister of Communications and Information Technology	Ministry of Communications and Information Technology	6 March 2024	Official website
	Padam Giri MP for Parbat 1	Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs MP for Gorkha 2	Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs	4 March 2024	Official website
	Jwala Kumari Sah MP for Bara 3	Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development	Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development	6 March 2024	Official website
	Pradeep Yadav MP for Parsa 1	Minister of Health and Population	Ministry of Health and Population	13 May 2024	Official website
	Balaram Adhikari MP for Kapilvastu 1	Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation	Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation	6 March 2024	Official website
	Damodar Bhandari MP for Baitaddi 1	Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies	Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies	6 March 2024	Official website
	Bhagawati Chaudhary MP for Sunsari 3	Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens	Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens	6 March 2024	Official website
	Rajendra Kumar Rai MP for Dhankuta 1	Minister of Water Supply	Ministry of Water Supply	6 March 2024	Official website
	Hari Prasad Upreti MP for Sarlahi 3	Minister of Defence	Ministry of Defence	6 March 2024	Official website
	Dhan Bahadur Budha MP for Dolpa 1	Minister of Urban Development	Ministry of Urban Development	6 March 2024	Official website
	Dol Prasad Aryal List MP	Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security	Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security	4 March 2024	Official website
	Sumana Shrestha List MP	Minister of Education, Science and Technology	Ministry of Education, Science and Technology	6 March 2024	Official website
	Biraj Bhakta Shrestha MP for Kathmandu 8	Minister of Youth and Sports	Ministry of Youth and Sports	6 March 2024	Official website
	Nawal Kishor Saha Sudi MP for Saptari 1	Minister of Forests and Environment	Ministry of Forests and Environment	10 March 2024	Official website
Hon'ble State Minister
	Haseena Khan List MP	Minister of State for Health and Population	Health and Population	13 May 2024	Official website
Source: Office of the Prime Minister & Council of Ministers