HM reconstitutes Council of Ministers
The reshuffle inducts new faces

BY A STAFF REPORTER

Kathmandu, Feb. 7: His Majesty the King has, in accordance with the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal-1990 and on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, made some changes and additions in the Council of Ministers constituted under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on March 21 last year and also allocated the portfolios.

This was stated in a press communiqué issued today by the principal press secretariat of His Majesty the King.

With the reshuffle, Health Minister Dr. Ram Baran Yadav and State Minister for Water Resources Ram Bahadur Gurung have been dropped while many new faces have been incorporated into the new cabinet. Among the new faces, Praksah Koirala has been given Forest and Soil Conservation Ministry and Palten Gurung Labour and Transport Management Ministry.

Krishna Prasad Sitaula, Hari Prasad Sapkota, Mahadev Gurung, Benup Raj Prasai, Pushkar Ojha and Shiva Kumar Basnet have been included as the new State Ministers.

Similarly, Ramhari Dhungel, Keshar Man Rokka, Romi Gauchan, Mahendra Kumar Raya and Janak Raj Giri are new assistant ministers.

According to the press communiqué, the allocation of the portfolios of the Council of Ministers is as follows:

Ministers Portfolios

Girija Prasad Koirala Prime Minister - Royal Palace Affairs and GeneralAdministration

Ramchandra Poudel Deputy Prime Minister -Home

Khum Bahadur Khadka Minister -Physical Planning and Works

Govinda Raj Joshi Minister -Local Development

Chakra Prasad Bastola Minister -Foreign Affairs

Dr Ram Sharan Mahat Minister -Finance

Mahantha Thakur Minister -Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs

Siddha Raj Ojha Minister -Population and Environment

Omkar Prasad Shrestha Minister -Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation

Palten Gurung Minister -Labour and Transport Management

Jaya Prakash Prasad Gupta Minister -Agriculture and Co-operatives

Mahesh Acharya Minister -Defense

Ramkrishna Tamrakar Minister -Health

Amod Prasad Upadhyaya Minister -Education and Sports

Surendra Prasad Chaudhary Minister -Science and Technology

Baldev Sharma Majgaiya Minister -Water Resources

Shiva Raj Joshi Minister -Information and Communications

Prakash Koirala Minister -Forest and Soil Conservation

Ministers of state

Mohammad Aftab Alam Minister of State -Land Reform and Management

Krishna Prasad Sitaula Minister of State -Industry, Commerce and Supplies

Mrs Kamala Panta Minister of State -Women, Children and Social Welfare

Narendra Bikram Nemwang Minister of State -Agriculture and Co-operatives

Dilendra Prasad Badu Minister of State -Education and Sports

Surendra Hamal Minister of State -Labour and Transport Management

Gopal Rai Minister of State -Finance

Suresh Malla Minister of State -Physical Planning and Works

Tirtharam Dangol Minister of State -Health

Hari Prasad Sapkota Minister of State -Home

Mahadev Gurung Minister of State -Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation

Benup Raj Prasai Minister of State -Water Resources

Puskar Ojha Minister of State -Information and Communications

Shiva Kumar Basnet Minister of State -Forest and Soil Conservation

Assistant Ministers

Ramhari Dhungel Assistant Minister -Agriculture and Co-operatives

Keshar Man Rokka Assistant Minister -Local Development

Romi Gauchan Assistant Minister -Foreign Affairs

Mahendra Kumar Raya Assistant Minister -Industry, Commerce and Supplies

Janak Raj Giri Assistant Minister -Land Reform and Management.

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