13 new ministers take oath from President
13 new ministers take oath from President
Published: 11:22 am Aug 26, 2016
KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Friday morning administered the oath of office and secrecy to 13 new ministers.
Inducting leaders from the Nepali Congress, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has expanded the coalition Cabinet.
The new ministers took the oath from the Head of the State amid a special function at the Sheetal Niwas today.
Dignitaries including Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun, PM Dahal, Speaker Onsari Gharti Magar, deputy prime ministers and ministers, political party leaders, chiefs of constitutional bodies, representatives of Kathmandu-based diplomatic missions and high level government officials were present on the occasion.
The new ministers sworn in today are:
Cabinet members after the expansion on Friday, August 26, 2016
S.N.
Name
Portfolio
1.
Puspa Kamal Dahal
Water Supply and Sanitation; Livestock Development;
Women, Children and Social Welfare Development;
Science and Technology
2.
DPM Bimalendra Nidhi
Home Affairs
3.
DPM Krishna Bahadur Mahara
Finance
Ministers
4.
Arjun Narsingh KC
Urban Development
5.
Ramesh Lekhak
Physical Infrastructure and Transportation
6.
Janardan Sharma
Energy
7.
Prakash Sharan Mahat
Foreign Affairs
8.
Bal Krishna Khand
Defense
9.
Deepak Bohara
Supplies
10.
Suryaman Gurung
Labor and Employment
11.
Gauri Shankar Chaudhari
Agricultural Development
12.
Daljit Shrepaili
Youth and Sports
13.
Bikram Panday
Land Reform and Management
14.
Jayadev Joshi
Population and Environment
15.
Hitraj Panday
Federal Affairs and Local Development
16.
Surendra Kumar Karki
Information and Communication
17.
Dhaniram Paudel
Education
18.
Ajaya Shankar Nayak
Law, Justice, & Parliamentary Affairs
19.
Keshab Kumar Budhathoki
General Administration
20.
Romi Gauchan Thakali
Commerce
21.
Sitadevi Yadav
Peace and Reconstruction
22.
Jeevan Bahadur Shahi
Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
23.
Deepak Giri
Irrigation
24.
Nabindra Raj Joshi
Industry
25.
Shankar Bhandari
Forest and Soil Conservation
26.
Gagan Kumar Thapa
Health
27.
Hridaya Ram Thani
Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
State Ministers
28.
Shreprasad Jawegu
Federal Affairs and Local Development
29.
Satya Narayan Bhagat
Energy
30.
Radhika Tamang
Agricultural Development
31.
Dhana Maya BK
Without portfolio
- Arjun Narasingha KC, Minister for Urban Development
- Prakash Sharan Mahat, Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Bal Krishna Khand, Minister for Defence
- Keshav Kumar Budhathoki, Minister for General Administration
- Gagan Kumar Thapa, Minister for Health
- Shankar Bhandari, Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation
- Sita Devi Yadav, Minister for Peace and Reconstruction
- Hridaya Ram Thani, Minister for Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
- Romi Gauchan Thakali, Minister for Commerce
- Deepak Giri, Minister for Irrigation
- Nabindra Raj Joshi, Minister for Industry
- Jeevan Bahadur Shahi, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
- Surya Man Gurung, Minister for Labour and Employment