Second Oli cabinet

The Second Oli cabinet is the current Government of Nepal after on 15 February 2018, Khadga Prasad Oli got elected as the new Prime Minister of Nepal following the 2017 Nepalese election. Oli's candidacy was supported by the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre). He assumed his office along with two ministers with the remaining ministers still to be named.[1]

Second Oli Cabinet

Council of Ministers of Nepal
2018-Present
Date formed15 February 2018
People and organisations
Head of stateBidhya Devi Bhandari
Head of governmentKhadga Prasad Oli
Member partyNepal Communist Party
Status in legislatureMajority
Opposition partyNepali Congress
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal
Opposition leaderSher Bahadur Deuba
History
Election(s)2017 Nepalese legislative election
Legislature term(s)House of Representatives
PredecessorDeuba Cabinet

Despite the naming suggesting otherwise, the cabinet is not the extension of the first Oli cabinet, two different cabinets were formed by two different Nepalese Prime Ministers in between both Oli cabinets. Apart from Prime Minister Oli, only two other ministers served in both cabinets, Giriraj Mani Pokharel, who headed the Ministry of Education both times and Shakti Bahadur Basnet, who served in two different ministries in the two cabinets.


History

While the Constitution of Nepal set the maximum numbers of ministers (including State Ministers) to 25, Oli decided to have 17 ministries under him, which is less than the previous cabinets with each around 30 ministries.[2][3] It was later expanded to 22 ministries and the addition of 3 state ministers has bought the number of cabinet members to 25.

The first expansion to the cabinet was made on 26 February 2018, when seven more ministers were sworn in,[4] while the second expansion took place on 16 March 2018.[5]

On 11 March 2018, Oli won a Motion of Confidence with 208 out of 268 votes in the 275-member House of Representatives.[6]

On 17 May 2018, the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) merged to form the Nepal Communist Party.[7]

Another major cabinet reshuffle took place on 20 November 2019.[8]

On 28 May 2018, the Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal, which would merge into Samajbadi Party, Nepal on 6 May 2019, joined the government.[9] Samajbadi Party, Nepal left the government on 24 December, 2019.[10]

Ministers
Portfolio[1][4][5][11] Minister Party Assumed Office Left Office
Prime Minister of Nepal[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] Khadga Prasad Oli Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 15 February 2018
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense[lower-alpha 4] Ishwor Pokharel Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 26 February 2018
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health and Population[lower-alpha 1] Upendra Yadav Samajbadi Party, Nepal[lower-alpha 5] 1 June 2018 20 November 2019
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs 21 November 2019[17] 24 December 2019
Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen Tham Maya Thapa[18][lower-alpha 6] Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 15 February 2018 20 November 2019
Parbat Gurung Nepal Communist Party 21 November 2019[8]
Minister of Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 7] 26 February 2018
Minister of Finance Yuba Raj Khatiwada[lower-alpha 8][21][lower-alpha 9] Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 26 February 2018
Minister for Information and Communications 20 March 2020
Gokul Prasad Baskota[lower-alpha 8][lower-alpha 10]
 Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 1 June 2018 20 February 2020
Minister for Urban Development[lower-alpha 1] 10 January 2020[23] 20 February 2020
Mohammad Estiyak Rai Samajbadi Party, Nepal[lower-alpha 5] 1 June 2018 24 December 2019
Basanta Kumar Nemwang[lower-alpha 8][21] Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 20 February 2020
Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport 21 November 2019[8]
Raghubir Mahaseth Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 16 March 2018 20 November 2019
Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Matrika Yadav Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 7] 26 February 2018 20 November 2019
Lekh Raj Bhatta Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 21 November 2019
Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration Lal Babu Pandit[lower-alpha 11] Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 16 March 2018 20 November 2019
Hridayesh Tripathi Nepal Communist Party 21 November 2019[8]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Pradip Kumar Gyawali Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 16 March 2018
Minister for Education, Science and Technology Giriraj Mani Pokharel Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 7] 16 March 2018
Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation[lower-alpha 2] Rabindra Prasad Adhikari Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 16 March 2018 27 February 2019
(Deceased)
Yogesh Bhattarai[25] Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 31 July 2019
Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Sher Bahadur Tamang Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 16 March 2018 24 July 2018[26]
Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 17 February 2020[27]
Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal[lower-alpha 8] Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 3 August 2018[lower-alpha 12][28] 20 November 2019
10 January 2020[lower-alpha 12][23] 17 February 2020
Minister for Health and Population 20 November 2019
Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Barsaman Pun Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 7] 16 March 2018
Minister for Labour, Employment, and Social Protection Gokarna Bista Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 16 March 2018 20 November 2019
Rameshwor Raya Yadav Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 20 November 2019
Minister for Forests and Environment Shakti Bahadur Basnet Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 7] 16 March 2018
Minister of Water Supply Bina Magar Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 7] 16 March 2018
Minister for Agricultural and Livestock Development[lower-alpha 13] Chakrapani Khanal Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 7] 16 March 2018 20 November 2019
Ghanashyam Bhusal Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 21 November 2019[8]
Minister for Youth and Sports Jagat Bahadur Bishwakarma Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 16 March 2018
Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation[lower-alpha 13] Padma Kumari Aryal Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 3 August 2018

State Ministers
Portfolio[4][5][12][29] Minister Party Assumed Office Left Office
State Minister for Agricultural and Livestock Development Ram Kumari Chaudhary[lower-alpha 14] Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 7] 16 March 2018 20 November 2019
State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Dhan Bahadur Budha Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 16 March 2018 20 November 2019
State Minister for Information and Communications[lower-alpha 10] Gokul Prasad Baskota Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 16 March 2018 31 May 2018
State Minister for Health and Population Padma Kumari Aryal[lower-alpha 13] Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 16 March 2018 3 August 2018
Surendra Kumar Yadav Samajbadi Party, Nepal[lower-alpha 5] 3 August 2018 20 November 2019
Navaraj Rawat[30] Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 21 November 2019
State Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Moti Lal Dugar[30] Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 21 November 2019
State Minister for Urban Development Ram Bir Manandhar[30] Nepal Communist Party[lower-alpha 3] 21 November 2019

Notes
  1. Prime Minister Oli was also in charge of the Ministry of Health and Population and the Ministry of Urban Development from February 2018 until 31 May 2018.[12][13]
  2. Prime Minister Oli was also in charge of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation from 1 March until 30 July 2019.[14][15]
  3. Elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha as member of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist).
  4. Pokharel was appointed Deputy Prime Minister on 1 June 2018, prior to that he only served as Minister of Defence.[16]
  5. Elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha as member of the Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal.
  6. Tham Maya Thapa was given the portfolio of Women, Children and Social Welfare which was converted to Ministry of Labour, Employment, Women, Children and Social Security following the ministry reorganization of 23 February 2018.[19] The ministry's portfolio was again adjusted to Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizen on 17 March 2018.[20]
  7. Elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha as member of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre).
  8. Served partially as a minister with two portfolios
  9. Khatiwada had to resign from his ministeral posts on 3 March 2020, as his two-year term in the Rastriya Sabha ended, however he was reappointed only on the next day[22]
  10. Gokul Prsad Baskota served as State Minister for Information and Communications from 16 March 2018 until 31 May 2018, before being promoted to Minister for Information and Communications on 1 June 2018.[13]
  11. Lal Babu Pandit was given the portfolio of Population and Environment on 15 February 2018 which was converted to Ministry of Health and Population following the ministry reorganization of 23 February 2018.[19] His portfolio was changed to Federal Affairs and General Administration on 16 March 2018.[24]
  12. Dhakal served twice as the Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
  13. Chakrapani Khanal was in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture, Land Management and Cooperatives until 2 August 20, however, due to a cabinet expansion, Padma Kumari Aryal became the new Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, while Khanal's portfolio was changed to Ministry of Agricultural and Livestock Development.[29]
  14. Ram Kumari Chaudhary was sworn in as State Minister at the Ministry of Agriculture, Land Management and Cooperatives. However, due to a cabinet expansion, the ministry's portfolio was changed to the Ministry of Agricultural and Livestock Development.[29]

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