Khanal cabinet

On 6 February 2011, Jhala Nath Khanal of the Communist Party of Nepal (UML) was elected the new Prime Minister of Nepal, after his predecessor Madhav Kumar Nepal resigned as the head of the government seven months before in June 2010.^[1][2] While many Nepalese thought that this would bring stability to the country, differences with the coalition partner, the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) led to only three ministers being sworn in along the Prime Minister on 6 February 2011.^[3]

Khanal cabinet
Cabinet of Nepal
Date formed	6 February 2011
Date dissolved	29 August 2011
People and organisations
Head of state	Ram Baran Yadav
Head of government	Jhala Nath Khanal
Deputy head of government	Upendra Yadav, Krishna Bahadur Mahara
Member party	Major parties Communist Party of Nepal (UML) Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Minor party Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition) 391 / 601 (65%)
Opposition party	Nepali Congress
Opposition leader	Ram Chandra Paudel
History
Election	2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly Election
Legislature term	1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Predecessor	Madhav Nepal Cabinet
Successor	Bhattarai Cabinet

On 4 May 2011, the two main coalition parties came to an agreement to form the final council of ministers. As per demand of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), the party received the portfolio of the Home Ministry, which the opposition party Nepali Congress saw critically, as this would make them oversee the police of Nepal that had been the worst victims of Maoist attacks during the Nepalese Civil War.^[4]

Ministers

Rank	Portfolio[4][5][6]	Minister	Party	Assumed office	Left office
1	Prime Minister of Nepal	Jhala Nath Khanal	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	6 February 2011	29 August 2011
2	Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs	Upendra Yadav	Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal	4 May 2011
3	Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Home Affairs	Krishna Bahadur Mahara	UCPN (Maoist)	4 May 2011
	Minister for Home Affairs	Bishnu Prasad Paudel	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	6 February 2011	4 May 2011
6	Minister for Information and Communication	Agni Sapkota	UCPN (Maoist)	4 May 2011
4	Finance Minister	Mohan Adhikari	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	6 February 2011
5	Minister for Defense	Bishnu Prasad Paudel	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
6	Minister for Law and Constitutional Affairs	Prabhu Sah	UCPN (Maoist)	4 May 2011
7	Minister for Commerce and Supplies	Mahendra Paswan	UCPN (Maoist)	4 May 2011
8	Minister for Land Reform and Management	Ram Charan Chaudhary	UCPN (Maoist)	4 May 2011
9	Minister for Youth and Sports	Hit Bahadur Tamang	UCPN (Maoist)	4 May 2011
10	Minister for Education	Gangadhar Tuladhar	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	6 February 2011
11	Minister for General Administration	Yuvraj Karki	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	13 February 2011
12	Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation	Khadga Bahadur Bishwakarma	UCPN (Maoist)	4 May 2011
13	Minister for Health and Population	Shakti Bahadur Basnet	UCPN (Maoist)	4 May 2011
14	Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation	Bhanu Bhakta Joshi	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	13 February 2011
15	Minister for Peace and Reconstruction	Barsaman Pun	UCPN (Maoist)	13 February 2011	April 2011[7]
		Biswanath Shah	UCPN (Maoist)	4 May 2011
16	Minister for Local Development	Urmila Aryal	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	13 February 2011
17	Minister for Energy	Gokarna Bista	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	13 February 2011
18	Minister for Irrigation	Raghubir Mahaseth	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	13 February 2011
19	Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare	Jayapuri Gharti Magar	UCPN (Maoist)	4 May 2011

References

1. "Profile: New Nepal Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal". BBC. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
2. "Embattled Nepalese prime minister resigns". CNN. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
3. "Khanal sworn in Nepal's Premier". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
4. "Major triumph for Nepal Maoists in cabinet reshuffle". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
5. "KHANAL EXTENDS CABINET; FIVE MINISTERS, SEVEN STATE MINISTERS". Nepal Mountain News. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
6. "Prime Minister of Nepal Jhalanath Khanal Expanded Cabinet". Jagran Josh. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
7. "Ex-ministers". peace.gov.np (in Nepali). Ministry for Peace and Reconstruction, Nepal. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.