The Minister for Industry, Agriculture and Cooperatives (Nepali: उद्योग,कृषि तथा सहकारी मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Industry, Agriculture and Cooperatives of the Government of Koshi Province. One of the senior-most officers in the Provincial Cabinet, the minister is responsible for promoting the cooperative sector in national development and adopting policies related to agriculture and land reform, realising the need for land management, formulation implementation and regulation of land management in Koshi Province.[1][2]
| Minister for Industry, Agriculture and Cooperatives | |
|---|---|
| उद्योग,कृषि तथा सहकारी मन्त्री | |
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| Ministry of Industry, Agriculture and Cooperatives | |
| Style | Honourable Mr. Minister |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | |
| Nominator | Chief Minister |
| Appointer | Governor |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Nepal |
| Inaugural holder | Sher Dhan Rai |
| Formation | 15 February 2018 |
| Deputy | Minister of State for Industry, Agriculture and Cooperatives |
The Incumbent, minister has been Chief Minister Hikmat Kumar Karki, who took office on 9 May 2024.[3]
List of office-holders
edit| N° | Minister | Party | Term of office | District of residence | Chief Minister(s) | Ref | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Term | |||||||
| Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives | |||||||||||
| 1 | Sher Dhan Rai | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | February 15, 2018 | March 27, 2021 | 3 years, 40 days | Bhojpur | Sher Dhan Rai | [4][5] | |||
| 2 | Ram Bahadur Ranamagar | March 27, 2021 | August 26, 2021 | 152 days | Ilam | [6][7] | |||||
| 3 | Bhim Acharya | August 26, 2021 | September 15, 2021 | 20 days | Sunsari | Bhim Acharya | [8] | ||||
| 4 | Hira Kumar Thapa | September 15, 2021 | November 1, 2021 | 47 days | Jhapa | [9][10] | |||||
| Minister for Agriculture | |||||||||||
| 5 | Jhalak Bahadur Magar | CPN (Maoist Centre) | February 6, 2021 | January 9, 2023 | 1 year, 337 days | Jhapa | Rajendra Kumar Rai | [11][12] | |||
| Minister for Industry, Agriculture and Cooperative | |||||||||||
| 6 | Bhakti Prasad Sitaula | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | January 9, 2023 | July 7, 2023 | 179 days | Jhapa | Hikmat Kumar Karki | [13][14] | |||
| 7 | Uddhav Thapa | Nepali Congress | July 7, 2023 | August 2, 2023 | 26 days | Jhapa | himself | [15][16] | |||
| August 2, 2023 | September 8, 2023 | 37 days | [17][18] | ||||||||
References
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