Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal

The deputy prime minister of Nepal (Nepali: नेपालको उप-प्रधानमन्त्री) is the deputy head of government of Nepal. The deputy prime minister is second in seniority in the Council of Ministers of Nepal. The deputy prime minister is the senior-most member of cabinet after prime minister in the Government of Nepal. The deputy prime minister presides and chairs the cabinet in the absence of prime minister.

Deputy Prime Minister of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
नेपालको उप-प्रधानमन्त्री
Emblem of Nepal
Flag of Nepal
Prakash Man Singh Bishnu Prasad Paudel Incumbent Prakash Man Singh Bishnu Prasad Paudel since 15 July 2024
Style	The Right Honourable
Status	Deputy head of government
Abbreviation	DPM
Member of	Council of Ministers Pratinidhi Sabha
Reports to	Prime Minister of Nepal Pratinidhi Sabha
Nominator	Prime Minister of Nepal
Appointer	President of Nepal
Term length	At the president's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Subarna Shamsher Rana
Formation	27 May 1959; 65 years ago (27 May 1959)
Salary	रु77,640[1]

Constitutional provisions

Remuneration

The remuneration of Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal as per Section 78 of 2015 Constitution of Nepal shall be as provided for by Federal Act. Until such an Act is formulated, it shall be as determined by the Government of Nepal.^[2]

Oath of office

The Deputy Prime Minister shall take the oath of office and secrecy before the President as per Section 80 of 2015 Constitution of Nepal.^[2]

Deputy Prime ministers of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (2008–present)

The following individuals have been officially appointed as deputy prime minister of Nepal since the country was declared a republic in 2008:

S.No	Name	Additional portfolio	Political party		Assumed office	Left office	Prime Minister
1.	Bam Dev Gautam	Minister of Home Affairs		Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	August 2008	May 2009	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
2.	Bijay Kumar Gachhadar	Minister for Physical Planning and Works		Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)	25 May 2009	6 February 2011	Madhav Kumar Nepal
3.	Sujata Koirala	Minister of Foreign Affairs		Nepali Congress	12 October 2009[3]
4.	Krishna Bahadur Mahara	Minister of Home Affairs		Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)	4 May 2011[4]	29 August 2011	Jhala Nath Khanal
5.	Upendra Yadav	Minister of Foreign Affairs		Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum
6.	Narayan Kaji Shrestha			Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)	4 September 2011[5]	14 March 2013	Baburam Bhattarai
(2).	Bijay Kumar Gachhadar	Minister of Home Affairs		Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)
7.	Prakash Man Singh	Minister for Local Development		Nepali Congress	25 February 2014[6]	12 October 2015	Sushil Koirala
(1).	Bam Dev Gautam	Minister of Home Affairs		Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
(2).	Bijay Kumar Gacchadar	Minister for Physical Planning and Transport		Nepal Loktantrik Forum	12 October 2015	4 August 2016	KP Sharma Oli
8.	Kamal Thapa	Minister for Foreign Affairs		Rastriya Prajatantra Party
9.	Top Bahadur Rayamajhi	Minister for Energy		Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)	19 October 2015
10.	Chandra Prakash Mainali	Minister for Women and Children		Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (2002)	5 November 2015
11.	Chitra Bahadur KC	Minister for Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation		Rastriya Janamorcha
12.	Bhim Bahadur Rawal	Minister of Defence		Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)		1 August 2016[7]
13.	Bimalendra Nidhi	Minister of Home Affairs		Nepali Congress	4 August 2016	31 May 2017	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
(4).	Krishna Bahadur Mahara	Minister of Finance		Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
(2).	Bijay Kumar Gacchhadar	Minister of Federal Affairs and Local Development		Nepal Loktantrik Forum	8 May 2017
					7 June 2017	15 February 2018	Sher Bahadur Deuba
14.	Gopal Man Shrestha	Minister of Education		Nepali Congress
(4).	Krishna Bahadur Mahara	Minister of Foreign Affairs		Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)		17 October 2017
(8).	Kamal Thapa	Minister for Energy and Urban Development[8]		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	17 October 2017[9]	14 February 2018[10]
15.	Ishwor Pokharel	Minister of Defence		Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	1 June 2018	4 June 2021	KP Sharma Oli
(5).	Upendra Yadav	Minister for Health and Population		Samajbadi Party, Nepal		20 November 2019
		Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs			21 November 2019	24 December 2019
16.	Bishnu Prasad Paudel	Minister of Finance		Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	4 June 2021[11]	22 June 2021[12]
17.	Raghubir Mahaseth	Minister of Foreign Affairs
18.	Rajendra Mahato	Ministry of Urban Development		People's Socialist Party, Nepal
(6).	Narayan Kaji Shrestha	Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport		Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)	26 December 2022	15 July 2024
							Pushpa Kamal Dahal
(16).	Bishnu Prasad Paudel	Minister of Finance		Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	26 December 2022	27 February 2023
19.	Rabi Lamichhane	Minister of Home Affairs		Rastriya Swatantra Party	26 December 2022	27 January 2023
20.	Rajendra Prasad Lingden	Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	17 January 2023	25 February 2023
21.	Purna Bahadur Khadka	Minister for Defence		Nepali Congress	31 March 2023	4 March 2024
(17).	Raghubir Mahaseth	Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport		Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	6 March 2024	15 July 2024
(19).	Rabi Lamichhane	Minister of Home Affairs		Rastriya Swatantra Party	6 March 2024	15 July 2024
(5).	Upendra Yadav[13]	Minister for Health and Population		People's Socialist Party, Nepal	10 March 2024	13 May 2024
(7).	Prakash Man Singh	Minister for Urban Development		Nepali Congress	15 July 2024	Incumbent	K. P. Sharma Oli
(16).	Bishnu Prasad Paudel	Minister of Finance		Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	15 July 2024

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