Fifth Surya Bahadur Thapa cabinet

The fifth Surya Bahadur Thapa cabinet was formed on 11 June 2003 after King Gyanendra appointed Surya Bahadur Thapa as prime minister.^[1] The ministers were assigned extra portfolios on 1 August 2003.^[2]

Fifth Surya Bahadur Thapa cabinet
Cabinet of Nepal
October 2002–June 2003
Date formed	11 June 2003 (2003-06-11)
Date dissolved	10 June 2004 (2004-06-10)
People and organisations
Monarch	King Gyanendra
Prime Minister	Surya Bahadur Thapa
Total no. of members	10 appointments
Member party	Rastriya Prajatantra Party   Independent
History
Predecessor	Fourth Chand cabinet
Successor	Third Deuba cabinet

Surya Bahadur Thapa tendered his resignation to the king on 7 May 2004.^[3] The cabinet was dissolved on 10 June 2004, following the appointment of Sher Bahadur Deuba as prime minister.

Cabinet

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Took office	Left office
Prime Minister of Nepal Minister for Palace Affairs	Surya Bahadur Thapa		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	11 June 2003	10 June 2004
Minister for Finance	Prakash Chandra Lohani		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	11 June 2003	10 June 2004
Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister for Labour and Transportation Management				1 August 2003	10 June 2004
Minister for Information and Communications	Kamal Thapa		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	11 June 2003	10 June 2004
Minister for Local Development				1 August 2003	10 June 2004
Minister for Health				1 August 2003	3 March 2004[4]
Minister for Home Affairs				3 March 2004[4]	10 June 2004
Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister for Health	Bhesh Bahadur Thapa		Independent	3 March 2004[4]	10 June 2004
Minister for Education and Sports	Hari Bahadur Basnet		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	11 June 2003	10 June 2004
Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs				1 August 2003	10 June 2004
Minister for Physical Planning and Construction	Budhhiman Tamang		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	11 June 2003	10 June 2004
Minister for Population and Environment Minister for General Administration				1 August 2003	10 June 2004
Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation	Sarbendra Nath Shukla		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	11 June 2003	7 April 2004[5]
Minister for Land Reform and Management Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation				1 August 2003	7 April 2004[5]
Ministers of State
Minister of State for Women, Children and Social Welfare	Renu Kumari Yadav		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	11 June 2003	10 June 2004
Minister of State for Science and Technology				1 August 2003	10 June 2004