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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 Nepal
नेपालको उप-प्रधानमन्त्री | |
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Incumbent Narayan Kaji Shrestha since 26 December 2022 Incumbent Raghubir Mahaseth Rabi Lamichhane since 6 March 2024 Incumbent Upendra Yadav since 10 March 2024 | |
Style | The Right Honourable |
Abbreviation | DPM |
Member of | |
Reports to | |
Appointer | President of Nepal |
Term length | At the president's pleasure |
Inaugural holder | Subarna Shamsher Rana |
Formation | 2008 |
Salary | रु77,640[1] |
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The following individuals have been officially appointed as deputy prime minister of Nepal since the country was declared a republic in 2008:
Name | Additional portfolio | Political party | Assumed office | Left office | Prime Minister |
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Bam Dev Gautam | Minister of Home Affairs | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | August 2008 | May 2009 | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | Minister for Physical Planning and Works | Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) | 25 May 2009 | 6 February 2011 | Madhav Kumar Nepal |
Sujata Koirala | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Nepali Congress | 12 October 2009[2] | ||
Krishna Bahadur Mahara | Minister of Home Affairs | Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) | 4 May 2011[3] | 29 August 2011 | Jhala Nath Khanal |
Upendra Yadav | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum | |||
Narayan Kaji Shrestha | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | 4 September 2011[4] | 14 March 2013 | Baburam Bhattarai | |
Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | Minister of Home Affairs | Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) | |||
Prakash Man Singh | Minister for Local Development | Nepali Congress | 25 February 2014[5] | 12 October 2015 | Sushil Koirala |
Bam Dev Gautam | Minister of Home Affairs | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |||
Bijay Kumar Gacchadar | Minister for Physical Planning and Transport | Nepal Loktantrik Forum | 12 October 2015 | 4 August 2016 | KP Sharma Oli |
Kamal Thapa | Minister for Foreign Affairs | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | |||
Top Bahadur Rayamajhi | Minister for Energy | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | 19 October 2015 | ||
Chandra Prakash Mainali | Minister for Women and Children | Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (2002) | 5 November 2015 | ||
Chitra Bahadur KC | Minister for Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation | Rastriya Janamorcha | |||
Bhim Bahadur Rawal | Minister of Defence | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 1 August 2016[6] | ||
Bimalendra Nidhi | Minister of Home Affairs | Nepali Congress | 4 August 2016 | 31 May 2017 | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
Krishna Bahadur Mahara | Minister of Finance | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | |||
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 | |||
Gopal Man Shrestha | Minister of Education | Nepali Congress | |||
Krishna Bahadur Mahara | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | 17 October 2017 | ||
Kamal Thapa | Minister for Energy and Urban Development[7] | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 17 October 2017[8] | 14 February 2018[9] | |
Ishwor Pokharel | Minister of Defence | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 1 June 2018 | 4 June 2021 | KP Sharma Oli |
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 | |||
Bishnu Prasad Paudel | Minister of Finance | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 4 June 2021[10] | 22 June 2021[11] | |
Raghubir Mahaseth | Minister of Foreign Affairs | ||||
Rajendra Mahato | Ministry of Urban Development | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | |||
Narayan Kaji Shrestha | Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | 26 December 2022 | Incumbent | |
Pushpa Kamal Dahal | |||||
Bishnu Prasad Paudel |
Minister of Finance | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 26 December 2022 | 27 February 2023 | |
Rabi Lamichhane | Minister of Home Affairs | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 26 December 2022 | 27 January 2023 | |
Rajendra Prasad Lingden | Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 17 January 2023 | 25 February 2023 |
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