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 Kathmandu Saturday April 12, 2003  Chaitra 29,  2059.

His Majesty reshuffles cabinet

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KATHMANDU, Apr. 11: His Majesty the King has, on the advice of Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand, made some changes to the existing Council of Ministers constituted under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand on October 11, 2002 and reshuffled and expanded on November 18, and also allocated the portfolios in accordance with article 127 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal-1990.

The new composition of the Council of Ministers is as follows:

Council of Ministers   Portfolios
Lokendra Bahadur Chand Prime Minister Royal Palace Affairs, Defence, Education and Sports, Industry, Commerce and Supplies and law and Justice And Parliamentary Affairs
Badri Prasad Mandal Deputy Prime Minister Agriculture and Co-operatives, Local Development and Home
Ramesh Nath Pandey Minister Information and Communications and General Administration
Dr Badri Prasad Shrestha Minister Finance
Gore Bahadur Khapangi Minister Women, Children and Social Welfare
Dr. Upendra Devkota Minister Health and Science and Technology
Narayan Singh Pun Minister Physical Planning and Works
Badri Narayan Basnet Minister Land Reforms and Management and Forest and
Soil Conservation
Kamal Prasad Chaulagain Minister Labour and Transport Management and Population and Environment
Kuber Prasad Sharma Minister Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
Deepak Gyawali Minister Water Resources
Assistant Ministers    
Mrs Anuradha Koirala Assistant Minister Women, Children and Social Welfare
Gopal Dahit Assistant Minister Population and Environment
Ravibhakta Shrestha Assistant Minister Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
Jagat Bahadur Gurung Assistant Minister Industry, Commerce and Supplies
Rabindra Khanal Assistant Minister Education and Sports
Dr. Asarfi Shaha Assistant Minister Local Development
Prakash Chitrakar Pariyar Assistant Minister Land Reform and Management
This is stated in a communique issued today by the Press Secretariat of His Majesty the King.

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