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Major changes in Royal Palace
Secretariat
From Our Special Correspondent
KATHMANDU, April 7 : A major administrative
change and reshuffle have been effected in the Narayanhiti Royal Palace Secretariat. The
changes will come into effect from the Nepal New Year which falls on April 14.
Deputy Chief of the Royal Palace Household
Chiran Shumshere Thapa, alongwith other 18 officials, has been retired on age ground.
Three more officials, including Bishwa Bikram
Shah, Secretary in the Comptroller Department, have been given the marching orders
prematurely.
Sudan Pokhrel, Private Secretary to the king,
would be the new Deputy Chief of the Royal Palace Household.
In what appears like a most significant
decision, Press Secretary Mohan Bahadur Pandey has been appointed as the new Private
Secretary.
Colonel Yogeshwar Karki has been appointed as
the new Press Secretary. The Press Secretariat, however, has been divested of the
responsibility of foreign affairs which will now onwards be looked after by the Principal
Secretariat.
Pashupati Maharjan and Sharada Prasad Pradhan
have been given two years’ extension in their present posts, Principal Secretary and
the Chief of the Royal Palace Household, respectively.
Similarly, Shekhar Dhungana, a joint secretary
in the Press Secretariat, has been transferred to the Principal Secretariat.
The post of Military Secretary being held by
Vivek Shah has been upgraded as Principal Military Secretary, subsequent to his promotion
as Lieutenant General.
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