President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly appointed ministers at Shital Niwas, the Office of the President, today.
The President reformed the Council of Ministers by adding some new ministers in the Cabinet on the recommendation of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba as per Article 76 (9) and 78 (1).
Council of Ministers
S.N. | Names | Portfolios |
1 | Sher Bahadur Deuba | Prime Minister |
2 | Bal Krishna Khand | Minister, Home Affairs |
3 | Gyanendra Bahadur Karki | Minister, Communication and Information Technology |
4 | Pampha Bhusal | Minister, Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation |
5 | Rajendra Prasad Shrestha | Minister, Federal Affairs and General Administration |
6 | Birodh Khatiwada | Minister, Health and Population |
7 | Janardan Sharma | Minister, Finance |
8 | Minendra Prasad Rijal | Minister, Defence |
9 | Uma Kanta Chaudhary | Minister, Water Supply |
10 | Narayan Khadka | Minister, Foreign Affairs |
11 | Renu Kumari Yadav | Minister, Physical Infrastructure and Transport |
12 | Prem Bahadur Ale | Minister, Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation |
13 | Dilendra Prasad Badu | Minister, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs |
14 | Devendra Paudel | Minister, Education, Science and Technology |
15 | Mahendra Raya Yadav | Minister, Agriculture and Livestock Development |
16 | Uma Regmi | Minister, Women, Children and Senior Citizens |
17 | Shashi Shrestha | Minister, Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation |
18 | Ram Kumari Jhankri | Minister, Urban Development |
19 | Gajendra Bahadur Hamal | Minister, Industry, Commerce and Supplies |
20 | Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav | Minister, Forest and Environment |
21 | Krishna Kumar Shrestha | Minister, Labour, Employment and Social Security |
22 | Maheshwa Jung Gahatraj | Minister, Youth and Sports |
23 | Umesh Shrestha | Minister of State, Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers |
24 | Bhawani Prasad Khapung | Minister of State, Health and Population |
25 | Bodh Maya Kumari Yadav | Minister of State, Education, Science and Technology |
Source : TRN, Photo : TRN,